Urban development ministry
A central scheme which is a decade old scheme introduced by the previous UPA government for providing urbanisation in rural areas will soon be taken in for implementation for Gujarat’s Rurban model all across India. The Union Budget of 2014-15 which was presided over by finance minister Arun Jaitley, past week did not mention any [...] Continue Reading »
Getamber Anand the president (elect) of CREDAI and the CMD of ATS group stated that CREDAI (The confederation of Real Estate Developers’ Association of India) has sent a proposal to finance and urban development ministries to fulfil the long lasting demands of the real estate sector. Due to poor policies and economic downturn globally, the [...] Continue Reading »
The Delhi government has no desire to make stilt parking mandatory if the owner of the plot has enough space to fit cars within the compound. The DDA and the urban development ministry will soon come up with guidelines related to stilt parking and other provisions that will stop people from parking vehicles in places [...] Continue Reading »
The prominent cities and towns along the Ganges will get a new lease of life. The ministry of urban development is focusing on the renewal scheme and is busy preparing a blueprint for the same. UPA’s Jawaharlal Nehru Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) will be over written by this new scheme. Rs 1.75 lakh crore is expected [...] Continue Reading »
Six years ago, there was a plan to transfer the nearly 20-acre land lying vacant behind Jaya Prakash Narayan Apex Trauma Centre to AIIMS which will help in expanding its bed capacity from 2,000 to 4,100. However this proposal was not a top priority for the UPA government and hence was not implemented. Venkaiah Naidu [...] Continue Reading »
The National Capital Region Planning Board (NCRPB) has asked Haryana government to address environmental concerns raised by various quarters in the state’s sub-regional plan, with the aim of preventing construction activities in Aravalis including Mangarbani forest. To demarcate the Mangarbani grove as a ‘no-construction zone’ and to limit construction to 0.5 per cent in the [...] Continue Reading »
The Commerce and Industry Ministry has doubt regarding its proposal for easing FDI rules in railways and construction development sectors will get approval from the Election Commission. There are apprehensions that it may not be possible to attach the EC guidelines of not publicizing a decision taken by the Government while the model code of [...] Continue Reading »
In the permission given to the country’s largest real estate company DLF to construct a high-rise luxury apartment complex in the vicinity of Rashtrapati Bhavan, the CBI has not found any criminality which had led to security concerns. In July last year, the CBI had registered a preliminary inquiry against unknown officials of Urban Development [...] Continue Reading »
In respect of the property at Block No.48 in the Diplomatic Enclave at Sardar Patel Marg in Delhi, Urban Development Ministry today “strongly denied any wrongdoing” The UD Ministry had Okayed the construction of high-rise luxury flats near Rashtrapati Bhawan on Sardar Patel Marg despite objections from several agencies, according to media reports; including Intelligence [...] Continue Reading »
Even amidst stiff opposition from within the NCR Planning Board (NCRPB) and cautious notes from environment activists, the government went ahead to allow the construction beyond 0.5% and has given nod to tourism activities in nature conservation zones (NCZs). This was notably done only to accommodate the demand of Haryana government. It can be seen [...] Continue Reading »
