| Subir Roy: Meeting the urban challenge effectively | 11-NOV-09 |
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| The only positive change visible in Indian cities indicating that policy and action to meet the urban challenge are moving in the right direction is the significant number of shiny, new low-floor buses funded by the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM). |
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| Daunting urban challenge | 14-JUL-09 |
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| India’s urban population is projected to go up by around 100 million in the next 12 years; that means urban space and facilities equivalent to at least seven Mumbais will have to be created. The challenge is making governments at the Centre and in the states start focusing on the needs of towns and cities, in part because more voters live in them than before. In the latest Budget, for instance, the finance minister has introduced a low-cost housing programme (named inevitably after Rajiv Gandhi) that is grandly intended to abolish slums in five years. The likelihood of this happening can be gauged from the fate of that flagship programme, the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission, which has used only a third of the funds made available during four out of its seven years. |
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| Subir Roy: Money alone can't buy inclusive growth | 08-JUL-09 |
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| The Union Budget gives the first clear indication of how willing and able the second avatar of the UPA government is in delivering inclusive growth. The signal is that it is willing, but it is a bit open if it will be able to. The willingness, putting your money where your mouth is, comes through in actions such as sharply hiking the allocation for the flagship employment guarantee programme, the rural health mission, rural roads and the urban renewal mission. |
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| Mysore heritage structures get Unesco backing | 03-MAR-09 |
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| Mysore can boast of over 200 historical structures. However, most of them are poorly maintained, unlike in the days of the Wadiyars when their upkeep was an annual pre-Dasara ritual. With the changing landscape and unrestrained growth, a few of them have been relegated to the pages of history. |
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| Mysore heritage structures get UNESCO backing | 02-MAR-09 |
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| Mysore can boast of over 200 historical structures. However, most of them are poorly maintained, unlike in the days of the Wadiyars when their upkeep was an annual pre-Dasara ritual. With the changing landscape and unrestrained growth, a few of them have been relegated to the pages of history. A couple more are set to meet a similar fate. |
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| Govt mulls job guarantee scheme in cities | 23-FEB-09 |
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| Aiming to check unemployment caused by the economic downturn, the government is planning to come out with an employment guarantee scheme for urban areas on the pattern of NREGS. |
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| Srei Infra-led consortium bags Rs 6,000cr Bengal LRT project | 19-FEB-09 |
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| A Srei Infrastructure Finance-led consortium has bagged the Rs 6,000 crore Light Rail Transit System (LRT), an air-conditioned elevated mass trasport, connecting Kolkata's southern suburbs with the northern fringes via the central business district. |
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| Tamil Nadu presents farm-friendly Budget | 18-FEB-09 |
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| With Lok Sabha elections around the corner, the Tamil Nadu government on Tuesday announced various schemes for farmers including fresh loans to the tune of around Rs 2,000 crore. |
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| Civic body launches drive for community development fund | 02-FEB-09 |
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| It was a unique experiment; the first of its kind in Karnataka. The Mysore City Corporation (MCC) went to the doorsteps of the ratepayers. Not for votes, but to seek financial support to the huge investment for infrastructural projects that Mysore is witnessing under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM). |
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| Location for bus stand haunts authorities in Mysore | 28-JAN-09 |
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| The issue is in a quagmire for nearly half a century. Presently located at the K R Circle, what was a part of the Curzon Park half a century back, controversy has raised its head again, with a proposal made by the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) and the Mysore City Corporation last week to shift it to the People’s Park and the NGOs opposing the move. |
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