100 Smart Cities to become reality soon
France plans to offer its expertise in urban development to build the new age cities in India. When the NaMo government announced the plans to make 100 smart cities in the country, this European country quickly jumped to the business opportunity and contacted the officials in India to express its interest. A team of officials [...] Continue Reading »
Singapore has expressed keenness to invest in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s grand plan of creating 100 such cities across the country. In order to achieve that desired goal, the government of Singapore has sought clarity on India’s concept of smart cities. Singapore is trying to understand what the (Indian) government actually means by a ‘smart city’. Whether [...] Continue Reading »
Many global retail business men have opted to come to India by opening a store in the NCR region or in Mumbai prior expanding it to other cities, as suggested by a study. The top four destinations that are being preferred by the retailers are Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore and Hyderabad. The study has been done [...] Continue Reading »
Modi’s election manifesto talked about improving the infrastructure of the country and reduce the load of the Metros and develop Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities. Finally the time has come to take some action on that agenda. Government is planning to set up 100 smart cities across the country that will provide all modern [...] Continue Reading »
The Ministry of Urban Development has been getting a list ready for the features that can be installed when the work commences on the development of ‘100 smart cities’. The aforesaid was announced during the present years Union Budget. An amount of Rs 7,060 crore has been set aside for the development of these smart [...] Continue Reading »
The 2014 Budget proposals to allow FDI in the housing sector and tax incentives for REITs (Real Estate Investment Trusts) was welcomed with much joy by realty experts. They believe that by doing so, the chances for creating affordable housing will increase, and help improve investment flows. Announced by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, the Budget [...] Continue Reading »
The Narendra Modi government is emphasising on creating 100 smart cities in India and Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor Development Corporation (DMICDC) is hopeful that its demand of Rs 7,500 crore for three smart city projects will be approved by the infrastructure project friendly NaMo Government. The DMIC Trust will meet on Wednesday and will discuss the demand [...] Continue Reading »
Gujarat’s landscape is changing fast and the skyline soon will be filled with the skyscrapers. Eighteen kilometres off Ahmedabad airport, there are two tall buildings which are 122 metres and 28 floors high shielded with cobalt blue glass stand high and tall amidst the otherwise brown, dusty landscape. The towers are the first buildings to [...] Continue Reading »
