Govt to set up 50 regional airports

August 2016

The Centre will set up 50 regional airports over the next three years, according to Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju. “We estimate about ...

Tags: Ashok Gajapathi Raju, BusinessLine newspaper, Airports, Civil aviation policy, ATF

Rental Housing | A missing link in the housing shortage dilemma?

August 2016

As urbanisation strengthens its foothold in India, the housing shortage problem becomes more prominent. The rural poor flocking to Tier-I cities and ...

Tags: Pankaj Kapoor Urbanisation, MNC, Tier-I cities, Tier-II cities, RCA, Commercial, EWS, LIG, MIG, NDA government, NURHP, PPP, REIT, SPV, JNNURM

Indian Railways kicks off Talgo trial run

June 2016

Indian Railways (IR) has started the first trial run of a nine-coach semi-high-speed train, imported from Spain and manufactured by Madrid-based Talg...

Tags: Indian Railways, Spain, Madrid-based Talgo, Power engine, Mathura-Palwal section, Business Standard newspaper, Equipment

The Right to a Home

May 2016

The concept of affordable housing is never static; it evolves and changes from city to city, region to region, person to person....

Tags: Affordable housing, Shantistar Builders, Narayan Khimalal Toame, Constitution of India, ULCRA, DCR, LIG, EWS, UDD, Matheran Municipal Council, MRTP, Pursuant thereto, AHP guidelines, Mukhyamantri Gruh Yojana of Gujarat, Atal Awas Yojana of Chhattisgarh

Augmenting Affordable Housing

April 2016

With ´Housing for All´ a crying need for the country, and a priority for the government, it is time for a multi-pronged strategy that involves the pr...

Tags: Housing for All, Sachin Gulaty, JLL India, Neeraj Bansal, KPMG, Urban Land Ceiling Act, National Urban Housing and Habitat Policy, Jawaharlal Nehru Urban Renewal Mission, Rajiv Awas Yojana, ULCA, NUHHP, JNNURM, RAY, LIG, EWS

Indore Development Authority set to pump in Rs.343.75 crore in urban infra

April 2016

Indore Development Authority (IDA) board has declared plans to spend Rs.343.75 crore on the city's development by building affordable houses and impr...

Tags: IDA, Shankar Lalwani, LIG, Shiv Vatika, EWS, Building affordable houses

Celebrating technology and togetherness

March 2016

The three-day flagship techno-managerial festival of NIT Trichy, Pragyan, was formally declared open on February 25, 2016. Keerthi Vasan, Chairman, P...

Tags: NIT Trichy, Keerthi Vasan, Pragyan, Dr. Srinivasan Sundarrajan, NITT, Solaikutty Dhanabal, Krishnamachari Srikkanth, KS Nathan, Larsen and Toubro, Ravi Nawal, ISRO Exhibition, Girasomnis, Sudhir Kumar Mishra, BRAHMOS, Gianni di Caro

3rd Smart Cities Summit 2016

March 2016

It was a day-long event that witnessed participation from over 70 distinguished speakers and a high-powered, 50-member Smart Cities Trade Mission led...

Tags: Smart Cities Trade Mission, Bruce Andrews, US Department of Commerce, Pratap Padode, Smart Cities Council India, Philip Bane, US Smart Cities Council, USTDA, Praveen Pardeshi, Baumann Consultancy Network, Castro, Financing for Smart Cities, SPV, Overcoming Challenges, Technological Challenges