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Get cases of fraud in PMAY (Urban) scheme probed:Panel to govt
The Standing Committee on Urban Development, in its reports 'Demands for Grants (2017-18)' for HUPA Ministry, noted that a lot of bogus builders/developers are apparently registering and enlisting a lot of consumers for allotment of economic weaker section/ lower income group house in the name of af
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If Cities Can Learn From Themselves
Started by three young techies, Smart Cities Wheel is a startup using Artificial Intelligence which can help the urban planners to plan the city and map the performance of the city in a better way
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Chennai: Time To Replan The City
Can anyone forget Chennai’s floods of 2015? Induced by unplanned construction, the flood washed away the city infrastructure and became live example of what unplanned development can do to a city. A look at how the city is recovering and revamping its entire transportation plan to become a smart ci
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Are Cities Ready For Green Ride?
Indian cities are becoming worse in terms of pollution. The Centre is investing in many green mobility options to cut the emission and make our cities safer to breathe
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Time to Bridge The Urban-Rural Divide
Efficient policy and smart implementation can completely change the demography of Indian villages
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“We Can Build Roads Three-Times Faster”
A recent study by McKinsey Global Institute says that India, will require building 2.5 billion square metres of paved road to match the huge influx of migrating population in the urban pockets by the year 2030. However the pace of highway construction is at an average of 18.23 km per day, a way low
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Vizag Can Be Future Hub Of Global Fintechs
FinTech Valley in Vizag is a self-sustainable global FinTech ecosystem that focuses on converging finance and technology to create large avenues of growth through industry enablers, world-class infrastructure, entrepreneurship and innovation. J A Chowdary– Special Chief Secretary and IT Advisor to
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‘Action On Ground Begins Now’: Rajiv Gauba
Rajiv Gauba, Secretary in the Union Ministry of Urban Development tells BW Businessworld’s editor-in-chief Anurag Batra that the years 2017 and 2018 would see a lot of action on ground in the realm of smart cities. He says that even though the first few months of the Smart Cities Mission had been co
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Cracking The Urban Mobility Code
Smart mobility solutions can make our cities economically productive, less polluting and wasteful of resources, socially inclusive, environmentally sustainable and above all, liveable
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NRL completes its first smart model village project
Central oil PSU Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL) has completed its first Model Village project at Gandhigaon in Assam's Golaghat district.
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