JAIPUR: To attain balanced growth in the state, the state commission on urbanisation will study all major aspects related to urbanisation and will recommend long-term measures to improve the quality of life of common man.

As Rajasthan is urbanising fast, the state was the first to constitute such a panel.

Exceeds last fiscal by 1,000 crore; State gets 600 crore as Central assistance
The Planning Commission on Thursday approved a Rs.7,800-crore Annual Plan outlay for Uttarakhand for 2011-12, which is Rs.1,000 crore more than the last fiscal. The Himalayan State will also get an additional Rs.600 crore Central assistance.

KASARAGOD: P. Karunanakaran, MP, has set aside Rs.1 crore from his local area development fund to address the problems faced by the families affected by the aerial spraying of the pesticide in Kasaragod district. The fund will be handed over to the District Collector.

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The Supreme Court on Tuesday questioned the slackness of the Karnataka government in implementing the Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor project mired in political controversy, saying that the government seemed to have gone on

NOIDA: The city may be undergoing a change due to various infrastructure development works, however if figures released by the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) are to be believed, the widespread digging has resulted in increase in the suspended particulate matter (SPM) resulting in various problems to the residents.

UPPCB states that the standard level of SPM in residential areas i

Urban revolution: 20 new trendsetters to redifine India by 2030India is on the threshold of an urban revolution, the scale and speed of which is unprecedented. It took nearly 40 years for the urban population to rise by 230 million but it will take only half this time to add the next 250 million. Cities will be central to India's economic growth.

Making further concessions for creating public infrastructure in Naxalite areas, the government on Thursday ordered that projects like building of roads, schools or hospitals on forest land would not require clearance under the Forest Conservation Act, 1980 as long as the total forest land to be diverted is not more than five hectares.

In such cases, the state governments themselves would be au