Closing India's water loop

January 2018

India's fragile and finite water resources are depleting, while the multi-sectoral needs of water from sustained economic growth (over 8 per cent) wi...

Tags: Closing India, Water resources, AECOM, Gregg Herrin, Robert Makowski, Bentley System, GIS, Delhi Jal Board, Both Cyndi Smith, Ken Adamson, Bentley SewerCAD, SewerGEMS, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, AMC, SCADA

Uttar Pradesh – A record 3.52 lakh toilets constructed in 17 days

November 2017

The Uttar Pradesh Government has recently jumped to the top of the list of toilets constructed in the country, by building nearly 3.52 lakh toilets i...

Tags: Uttar Pradesh Government, Bijnor Shanpur nagar panchayat, Toilets constructed

Madhya Pradesh announces Rs 1.5 lakh house grant for transgender persons

October 2017

In a programme dedicated to inaugurate the newly constructed toilet for the third gender in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chou...

Tags: Constructed toilet, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, PMAY scheme, Transgender panchayat, Beti Bachao Abhiyan

Task Force to be set up for speedy implementation of various projects

September 2017

Nitin Gadkari, who has taken over as Union Minister for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, has reportedly said that he will s...

Tags: Nitin Gadkari, Drinking Water, Sanitation, Rural Development, Panchayati Raj, Urban Development, Sanitation Sushri Uma Bharti, Namami Gange programme

URBAN GUIDE

August 2017

Narendra Singh Tomar has been given the additional charge of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs. He has held portfolios of mines, steel, labou...

Tags: Narendra Singh Tomar, Panchayati Raj, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs

Centre wants states to speed up project execution

October 2016

The Centre has urged the states to speed up the execution of central schemes to achieve the goal of ´developed India´....

Tags: Central schemes, Developed India, Panchayati Raj, Drinking Water, Sanitation, Narendra Singh Tomar

Centre wants states to speed up project execution

September 2016

The Centre has urged the states to speed up the execution of central schemes to achieve the goal of “developed India”. Addressing an All India Concla...

Tags: Central schemes, Rural Development, Panchayati Raj, Guwahati, Assam, NDA government, PMAY, SECC census, Indira Aawas Yojana, Cold mix, Fly ash, Geo-textiles, Plastic, Waste materials

Rs 2,000 cr to panchayat roads

June 2016

Andhra Pradesh Panchayat Raj Minister Ayyanna Patrudu said 4,500-km road projects had been taken up at a cost of Rs 2,000 crore in various panchayats...

Tags: Andhra Pradesh, Panchayat Raj Minister, Ayyanna Patrudu, Road Works