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 Power for setting up a 100-MW solar plant in Jaisalmer district of Rajasthan.

"I would like to to inform you that ADB has just agreedto extend financing for Reliance Power's 100-MW concentrated solar thermal plant which will be one of the largest solar power generation facilities in India and Asia as well," ADB director general (regional and sustainable development Department) S Chander said.

The World Bank and the United States have both reconfirmed their commitment to financing the Diamer-Bhasha dam, Finance Minister Hafeez Shaikh told a briefing here on Monday.

To help boost private investment in renewable energy, multilateral lending agency ADB has announced $103-million loan to Reliance Power for setting up a 100-MW solar plant in Jaisalmer district of

To help boost private investment in renewable energy, ADB lends to RPower

To help boost private investment in renewable energy, multilateral lending agency ADB has announced $103-million (500 crore) loan to Reliance Power for setting up a 100-MW solar plant in Jaisalmer district of Rajasthan. “I would like to inform you that ADB has just agreed to extend financing for Reliance Power’s 100-MW concentrated solar thermal plant, which will be one of the largest solar power generation facilities in India and Asia as well,” ADB Director-General (Regional and Sustainable Development Department), S. Chander, said here today.

Charankha (Patan): Gandhinagar residents will soon get a chance to become green entrepreneurs. For, they will be able to rent out their roof tops to solar power generation companies, who will pay them on the number of units generated.

In the first phase, panels will be installed on atop 50 government building and around 200 households to generate 5 MW solar power. The state government also plans to develop Gandhinagar as India’s model solar city.

Asia's rapid growth is leaving millions behind, causing a widening gap between rich and poor that threatens to undermine the region's stability, according to a new report from the Asian Development

Both communist China and democratic India are witnessing a similar syndrome; a widening rich-poor gap, according to a new report from the Asian Development Bank (ADB).