The Housing and Urban Development Corporation Limited (HUDCO) wants to focus on housing for the economically weaker sections. On Tuesday, its Chairman and Managing Director V. P. Baligar said the organisation has upped its performance in the social housing sector, and is keen to do more.

“We are in discussions with the government of Rajasthan for a special scheme of housing for the urban poor. We will extend support to the Rajasthan government.

For operational use by Indo-Tibetan Border Police

Waking up to the urgent need to improve the road connectivity in strategically located areas along the border with China, the Union government has started work on 26 major roads in five States. The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has sanctioned Rs.1,934 crore for strategic road projects, totalling 804 km, for operational use by the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) that guards the 3,488 km India-China border from the Karakoram Pass in Ladakh to Jachep La in Arunachal Pradesh.

Despite objections from Central Ministries fearing delay and undue veto power to Bangladesh

GANGTOK, May 27 – The two-day ‘2nd Sustainable Mountain Development Summit’ of Indian Mountain Initiative (IMI) hosted by Sikkim concluded with the ‘Gangtok Declaration’ and a momentum to carry on

Since September last year, when an earthquake of magnitude 6.9 rocked Sikkim, scientists have recorded nearly 300 aftershocks in the region and predicted the possibility of a quake up to magnitude

even years after unveiling the rural job guarantee scheme, the Centre on Tuesday announced a major extension of scope of works under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA) in a bid to revive demand for jobs, which witnessed over 20 per cent dip in the last financial year.

Union rural development minister Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday tabled the “MNREGA 2.0 — the second generation reforms” for the flag scheme in both Houses of Parliament

Experts recommend use of green technologies including cold mix to expedite road construction

Gangtok: Sikkim’s Green Mission Programme started in 2006 has catapulted the State as among the most clean and green in the country. This has been possible due to the various innovative environment-friendly initiatives taken by the Green Chief Minister Pawan Chamling. Along with the protection and conservation of its rich biodiversity, the adoption of green rural roads in the State can play a vital role in the development of the State as well as help achieve its Green Mission Programme, said experts at a media workshop on Tuesday.