Gandhinagar, March 25 – Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Gujarat on March 31 to inaugurate and lay the foundation stones for a range of urban development projects, as the state celebrates two decades of rapid urbanization and infrastructure expansion.The visit comes as Gujarat marks 20...
ahmedabad
airport development
amrut 2.0
gandhinagar
gujarat
gujarat government
highway projects
infrastructure
metro rail
municipal corporations
narendra modi
pradhan mantri awas yojana (urban)
rajkot
smart city mission
surat
urban development
urbangovernance
vadodara
Aizawl, March 20 Political activity is intensifying in Mizoram ahead of the Aizawl Municipal Corporation (AMC) elections, with parties stepping up preparations, finalizing candidates, and outlining agendas for the civic body.Polling for the 19-member AMC is scheduled for April 21, with...
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amc elections
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candidate selection
congress
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local elections
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mizoram
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polling
urbangovernance
zoram people’s movement
Aizawl, March 20 Political activity is intensifying in Mizoram ahead of the Aizawl Municipal Corporation (AMC) elections, with parties stepping up preparations, finalizing candidates, and outlining agendas for the civic body.Polling for the 19-member AMC is scheduled for April 21, with...
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aizawl municipal corporation elections
amc elections
bharatiya janata party
candidate selection
civic body elections
congress party
elections 2024
local council elections
mizo national front
mizoram politics
municipal elections
political campaigns
political parties
urbangovernance
zoram people's movement
Mumbai, March 17 – Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday directed officials to identify sites for developing shipyards to accelerate water passenger transport in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR).This initiative aims to facilitate the indigenous construction of boats...
dighi
infrastructure development
maharashtra
marine vessels
maritime board
metro line 11
metro projects
mumbai metropolitan region
nandgaon
public-private partnership
shipyards
transportation
urbangovernance
vijaydurg
water metro project
water transport
Jammu, March 10 The Jammu and Kashmir government amended the unified building bylaws on Tuesday and launched a portal for processing building permits to promote ease of doing business and digitize urban governance.The amendments were notified under the provisions of the Jammu and Kashmir...
automated development control regulations
building bylaws
building permits
change in land use (clu)
commercial floor area ratio (far)
development control
digitalization
energy efficiency
environmental compliance
jammu and kashmir
land use regulation
portal
right of way
self-certification
unified building bylaws
urbangovernance
The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs informed the Rajya Sabha that the Smart Cities Mission has led to significant improvements in urban infrastructure and civic amenities in Jammu.Responding to a starred question raised by Member of Parliament Sat Sharma, Minister of State for Housing...
Mumbai, March 6 – In the Maharashtra State Budget for 2026-27, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday outlined a major shift in urban governance, projecting that 70 per cent of the state’s population will live in urban areas by 2047 and contribute nearly 80 per cent of Maharashtra’s GDP...
2026-27 budget
affordable housing
artificial intelligence
development control regulations (dcr)
digital twins
expressway network
machine learning
maharashtra state budget
metro network
metropolitan region development authority (mmrda)
mumbai
slum redevelopment
third mumbai
urbangovernance
vadhavan port
New Delhi, February 27 Delhi Mayor Raja Iqbal Singh met his Romanian counterpart Vasile Carare at the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) headquarters on Friday, where they discussed potential cooperation and knowledge exchange in urban governance, according to an official statement.According...
building plan approval
citizen services
city leadership
delhi municipal corporation
knowledge exchange
megacity
milisouti
municipal cooperation
property tax
raja iqbal singh
romania
sanjeev khirwar
urbangovernance
vasile carare
waste management
Hyderabad, February 18 – The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has launched MyCUREApp, an upgraded and integrated digital platform aimed at streamlining civic services and accelerating grievance redressal across the city.The app enables residents to lodge complaints related to...
citizen services
civic issues
cyberabad municipal corporation
data monitoring
digital platform
ghmc
greater hyderabad municipal corporation
grievance redressal
hyderabad
malkajgiri municipal corporation
municipal administration
mycureapp
sanitation
urbangovernance
waste management
Hyderabad, February 17 – Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Tuesday directed officials to give top priority to cleanliness in the municipal corporations of Hyderabad, Cyberabad, and Malkajgiri.The Chief Minister announced that he would conduct surprise field inspections and made it...
advertising
cleanliness
cyberabad municipal corporation
ghmc
hmda
hyderabad municipal corporations
malkajgiri municipal corporation
municipal administration
parking facilities
revenue generation
smart poles
streetlight maintenance
telangana
urban development
urbangovernance
waste management
February 14, New Delhi – The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, approved the launch of the Urban Challenge Fund (UCF) with a total Central Assistance (CA) of Rs. 1 lakh crore. The CA will cover 25% of the project cost, subject to raising a minimum of 50% of the project cost...
credit repayment guarantee
financial reforms
government funding
india
market finance
municipal bonds
northeast india
private participation
public private partnerships
tier 2 cities
tier 3 cities
urban challenge fund
urbangovernanceurban infrastructure
urban local bodies
Bhubaneswar, February 11 The Odisha government signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Airawat Research Foundation (ARF) of IIT Kanpur on Wednesday to strengthen AI-driven urban governance in the state, according to an official statement.The MoU was signed in the presence of Usha...
ai project management unit
airawat research foundation
artificial intelligence
data systems
digital infrastructure
iit kanpur
odisha government
urbangovernanceurban planning