District Congress Committee (DCC) Vice-President Ivan D

July 15: The Chief Minister, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy, on Wednesday sought another Rs 10,000-crore from the Centre for the development of infrastructure and civic amenities in Greater Hyderabad.

The JNNURM has not measured up

S Lalitha, Bangalore, DH News Service:
It has been life on the footpath for the last 50 days for 32 families of Desheya Nagar slum in Fraser Town. Braving the vagaries of weather, these families are leading an unenviable existence here.

In the context of India

Saubhadro Chatterji / New Delhi July 09, 2009, 0:16 IST
Only a third of central allocations utilised.
Four years after the launch of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission, or JNNURM, to upgrade the infrastructure in cities, just above a third of the central funds allocated under the scheme have been used.

Pune The hike in JNNURM funds to Rs 12,887 crore, particularly the increase in allocation for housing and basic services for the urban poor (BSUP), in the Union Budget may not exactly be cheerful news for the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) that has been getting barbs from the government over poor implementation of schemes for the urban poor.

Mumbai: To expedite projects that could curb flooding in Mumbai, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee increased the allocation for the Brihanmumbai storm water drain (Brimstowad) project in the current fiscal year from Rs200 crore, earmarked during the interim budget, to Rs500 crore.

Tarun Das

Renewable energy will get a big boost from the Budget which can be termed the first-ever

NEW DELHI: The Union Budget 2009-10 was hailed by Congress leaders in Delhi on Monday as a development-oriented and pro-poor budget which would take the country forward.