Unless there is a fundamental shift in the mindset away from one which separates the rural from the urban, Indian planning cannot address the challenges of urbanisation in our present stage of deve

The West Bengal government has received an extension of two years for completion of Jawaharlal Nehru Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) projects sanctioned till March 2012.

Output is far lower compared to Punjab, Haryana, Gujarat: expert

Gurbachan Singh, Chairman of the Agricultural Scientists Recruitment Board, has said there is a need for Karnataka to increase production of foodgrains with the use of advanced technology and scientific management of natural resources. Dr. Singh, who was the chief guest, was speaking at the second annual convocation of the University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS), Raichur, here on Sunday.

The Cabinet has endorsed ‘Land Use Policy 2012’ that aims to encourage optimal use of land for agriculture amid concerns over food security in Nepal.

It seems like Singapore’s billion-dollar green investments have paid off.

Groundwater levels in the state are receding at an alarming rate. While groundwater in many areas was already in the ‘critical’ category earlier, village after village in the state is now nose-diving into the ‘over exploited’ category when it comes to harvesting groundwater.

This perilous status of groundwater in AP has been conveyed to the authorities by the groundwater department. What is worrying the experts is that while on one hand, despite the rains, there is little recharge of groundwater due to massive urbanisation, on the other hand, rampant deep borewell drilling continues to lead to depletion of groundwater resources.

Air pollution parameters have soared up in the Kathmandu Valley on an unprecedented scale in recent times. Dry climate and unplanned urbanisation is adding fuel to the fire.

The alarming increase in global warming and unusual climatic shift have mainly triggered the recent natural disasters in South Asia, including Pakistan, as 97 percent of the world’s total floods du

U.N. report says China, India together will account for about third of the increase in urban population in coming decades

India will witness the largest increase in urban population in the next four decades followed by China, a United Nations report has said. India will add another 497 million to its urban population between 2010 and 2050, while China will see 341 million people shifting into cities, followed by Nigeria (200 million), the United States (103 million) and Indonesia (92 million), according to the U.N.'s ‘2011 Revision of the World Urbanisation Prospects' report released on Friday.

The average life expectancy of people in the South and South-East Asia will rise to 75 years in less than 40 years, WHO said Monday, insisting the number of aged people over 60 years will triple by