AP poised to be regional aviation hub | CM

January 2017

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has said that Andhra Pradesh was well-positioned to emerge as an aviation hub with Vijayawada (Gann...

Tags: N Chandrababu Naidu, Vijayawada Gannavaram airport, Passenger traffic, P Ashok Gajapathi Raju, M Venkaiah Naidu, YS Chowdary, Bandaru Dattatreya

Centre releases Rs 250 crore assistance to Lucknow Metro

December 2016

Lucknow Metro Rail project – a JV of central and Uttar Pradesh Governments – has received Rs 250 crore from the Ministry of Urban Development. The mi...

Tags: Lucknow Metro Rail project, JV, Uttar Pradesh Governments, Lucknow Metro, M Venkaiah Naidu, European Investment Bank

Rs 350 crore project approved for developing infrastructure

October 2016

Rs 350 crore has been approved by the Centre for developing infrastructure at heritage sites, Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu recently an...

Tags: Infrastructure, M Venkaiah Naidu, HRIDAY, GDP, AMRU, Smart City

Centre finalises rules for Real Estate Act

October 2016

The Centre has finalised the rules for the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, which will be communicated to the states soon, allowing them...

Tags: Real Estate, Regulators, M Venkaiah Naidu, Real Estate Regulatory Authorities, Residential, Commercial projects

Naidu stresses on need to promote alternative construction technologies

October 2016

To meet the housing demand in the country, M Venkaiah Naidu, Union Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation (HUPA) Minister, has pitched for promoting a...

Tags: M Venkaiah Naidu, HUPA, Promoting alternative technologies, Construction, Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, Rao Inderjit Singh, Rao Inderjit Singh, Ministry of Defence, Nandita Chatterjee

The Transformer

October 2016

M Venkaiah Naidu´s up level three as he announces the third list of 27 cities that qualify under the Smart Cities Challenge (See list on page 86). Wi...

Tags: M Venkaiah Naidu, Smart Cities Challenge, Infrastructure, Union Territories, Transforming India, Development, Technology

Smart Cities turn 60!

September 2016

According to a recent report by the Smart Cities Council India, traditional cities with unauthorised colonies, slum clusters, poor transportation, in...

Tags: Smart Cities Council India, Smart City Mission, SPV, PMC, M Venkaiah Naidu, Golden Temple, Ujjain, Tirupati, NAREDCO, Parveen Jain, Guy Perry, Essel Infra And Utilities, Infrastructure, Safra Catz, Oracle Corporation

Amritsar tops the list of 27 new Smart Cities

September 2016

Amritsar has topped the list of 27 new Smart Cities announced by the Minister of Urban Development M Venkaiah Naidu. Eight other cities of pilgrim an...

Tags: Amritsar, Smart Cities, M Venkaiah Naidu, Smart City Mission, Infrastructure, Area-Based Development and technology