The UPA’s flagship programme, the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), launched in 2005 has been described as a “failure” by none other than a high-level government panel headed by Planning Commission member Arun Maira.

The panel has criticised this `66,000 crores urban renewal programme which was supposed to improve water supply and sanitation and upgrade urban infrastructure across 63 cities of India.

In order to keep the nation's largest liquefied natural gas importer a private firm.

The Oil Ministry has rejected public sector oil companies' plan to acquire Asian Development Bank's stake in Petronet LNG so as to keep the nation's largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) importer a private firm. The ADB had on August 23 last year offered to sell its 5.2% stake in Petronet, in which GAIL, IndianOil (IOC), Bharat Petroleum (BPCL) and Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) hold 12.5% stake each and have a first right of refusal

GUWAHATI: Every household in Guwahati is expected to have round-the-clock supply of safe and clean water by 2016.

The Guwahati Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) has tied up with the Central government, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the Asian Development Bank for total funding of Rs 2,713 crore for undertaking four water supply projects which will cover the entire city.

Jodhpur To help boost private investment in renewable energy, multilateral lending agency ADB today announced $103 million loan to Reliance