It has become an annual confluence of ideas and ideology, a high-powered forum where Union ministers, chief ministers and those in charge of key ministries in strategic states meet to debate the hot-button issues of the day as well as discover the true state of their states.

After waiting for the nod from the Ministry of Urban Development for over a year now, the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) has finally received the technical go-ahead for its ambitious plan of resuscitating the Yamuna

Pulling up states for project execution delays and slackened pace of reforms implementation, the Centre today cautioned that unsatisfactory performance under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) will make it difficult for states to get financial aid from it in future.

New Delhi: The central government on Wednesday warned that the states that have not implemented projects under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) satisfactorily will find it difficult to get financial aid from it in future.

Who is responsible for the filth in the Yamuna?

Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit says no work is getting done because too many government agencies are meddling with the river; not to mention the Centre-sponsored delays.

Minister for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh says sewage treatment plants are not functioning to their full capacity.

Mumbai The Centre is ready to bear 50 per cent of the cost of the Colaba-Bandra Metro Corridor project under a joint venture model, according to Union Minister for Urban Development S Jaipal Reddy.

He was speaking on Tuesday at the foundation-stone laying ceremony of the 32-km Charkop-Bandra-Mankhurd Corridor.

THIS is about Delhi for only one reason

The Union urban development ministry has questioned the legality of SEZ as notified by the Delhi government in the absence of any provision for the same in the Master Plan Delhi 2021.

In a letter to the Delhi government, the ministry has asked the city authorities on what criteria SEZs will be set up in the city as there is no such area earmarked in the MPD 2021.

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