Ministry Of Housing And Urban Affairs

As Ease of Living Index 2020 is released, a look at the relevance of 'liveability' in India, and what it entails

While the EOL Index provides a good comparative benchmark to promote healthy competition among cities, urban India needs a much more disaggregated index at the ward or zonal level to prepare local area action plans and to promote citizens' participation in the urban development process.

Pt Birju Maharaj, Jatin Das among 27 artists asked to vacate govt-allotted accommodations by 31 December

Mohiniyattam dancer Bharati Shivaji said she was in "a state of shock" and yet to determine her "plan of action".

Govt launches Rs 5,000-cr special credit facility for street vendors; here's all you need to know about Rs 10,000 loan scheme

In order to revive businesses of street vendors that have taken a serious hit due to the COVID-19 lockdown, the Centre has launched a special micro-credit facility amounting to a total of Rs 5,000 crore that will provide them Rs 10,000 as initial working capital

After govt nod, NBCC asks Jaypee Infratech RP to reconsider bid; lenders, home buyers vote on sole bid by Suraksha Realty

Financial creditors and home buyers of the Jaypee group realty firm are currently voting on the bid of Suraksha Realty,

Govt to establish National Urban and Innovation Stack for Smart Cities to tackle implementation challenges at the ground level

The NUIS will provide anytime-anywhere access to government services, delivering real-time updates while ensuring a KPI based service delivery

States given Rs 2,969 cr to tackle waterlogging problem under AMRUT scheme says Hardeep Singh Puri

Puri said barring Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Meghalaya the first installment has been released to all states on approval of state annual action plans (SAAP).

Govt launches 'technology challenge' aiming to bring an end to manual clean-up of septic tanks

Narendra Modi had recently expressed desire for a challenge to promote technologies to avoid human intervention in cleaning of sewers and septic tanks.

Affordable housing: Realty players laud carpet area hike for MIG flats under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana

The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs on Tuesday revised the carpet area of houses eligible for CLSS under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) in respect of MIG I from "up to 120 square metre" to "up to 160 square metre" and, in respect of MIG II the limit has been raised from 150 square metre to 200 square metre

Smart Cities Mission: Narendra Modi says govt committed Rs 2 lakh cr for development, but data shows only 0.09% spent

Modi’s claim of having committed over Rs 2 lakh crore for 100 smart cities is four times more than the total outlay of Rs 48,000 crore the Centre promised states

Swachh Sarvekshan 2018: Indore cleanest city followed by Bhopal and Chandigarh; 29 cities to get award

The Centre on Wednesday announced Madhya Pradesh's Indore as one of the cleanest cities in India, followed by Bhopal and Chandigarh as per the Swachh Sarvekshan 2018 conducted in 4,203 cities.