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18 Cities Granted Rs 1,496 Cr For Circular Waste Management In CITIIS 2.0
The initiative aims to promote circular solid waste management economies over the next four years, fostering reuse and recycling in urban areas.
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73% Of Work Completed In Smart Cities, Informs Union Minister Puri
The Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said that remaining projects are expected to be completed by 30 June, 2024
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India's Urban Development expenditure jumped eight folds with an expenditure of INR 11.83 lakh crores: Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs
The Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs(MoHUA), Hardeep Puri recently asserted that the expenditure allocated on the urban development domain has expanded eight-fold over the last six years (2015-2021). He further added that Swachh Bharat Mission becomes a Jan-Andolan and will be launching SBM 2.0, with an outlay of Rs. 1.41 lakh crores.
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NIUA inks pact with eGov Foundation to roll out NUGP
The National Urban Digital Mission (NUDM) was launched in February 2021 to improve the ease of living for citizens through the delivery of electronic governance services in partnership with State and local governments.
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Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister hails 'Housing for All' at UN
"The Indian Government has been unleashing the most comprehensive planned urbanized program undertaken anywhere in the world, since 2014. The 'Housing for All' program is an example of the paradigm shift that has taken place," Puri remarked. He further added that India appreciates and is leveraging every opportunity from the partnership with UNOPS in housing, renewable energy, and development cooperation.
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New Delhi, Bengaluru, Rajkot among winners of India Cycle4Change
The award marks the beginning of the second phase of the first season of India Cycles4Change Challenge in which107 cities across the country came together to test, learn, and scale up different cycling-friendly initiatives, thus,kickstarting India’s cycling revolution.
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IUDX: Unleashing the Power of Data for Urban Administration
“With the capabilities to unleash the power of data analytics, artificial intelligence, and machine learning, IUDX will enable higher operational efficiency in city administration by facilitating the data exchange between various civic bodies, municipal departments, application developers, and data consumers”, asserts Dr. Inder Gopal, CEO IUDX Program and Research Professor – Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore in conversation with Poulami Chakraborty of BW Businessworld.
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NDMC Ranked Number One under less than a million city category and received National Award from MoHUA on Municipal Performance Index 2020.
Hon’ble Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs declared the results of Municipal Performance Index 2020 today. New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) was declared first in Municipal Performance Index and best performing Municipality in all State and UTs under less than a million population category.
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MoHUA approves construction of 56,368 houses under PMAY-U
As per a statement from the Housing Ministry, these houses are to be constructed under various verticals of PMAY(U).
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Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) launches the National Urban Digital Mission (NUDM) along with other digital initiatives for Urban Governance
The Digital initiatives were launched by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs along with the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology. The event was attended by Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad, Minister of Electronics and IT and Shri Hardeep Singh Puri, Minister of State (I/C), Housing and Urban Affairs
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