How large is the workforce that resides in rural areas and commutes to urban areas and vice versa? This note examines this unnoticed issue and compares different aspects of the share of commuting workers in rural and urban workforce based on two National Sample Survey rounds in 2004-05 and 2009-10.

The plan charts a 20 year path towards achieving the overarching vision embedded in the Constitution that South Africa belongs to all who live in it. It breaks the five-year electoral cycle to allow for long-term planning.

Major restoration project drawn up for waterbodies in Tiruvallur district

Bhopal : Urban Administration and Development Minister Babulal Gaur inaugurated 43rd annual conference of All-India Mayors’ Council at Indore today.

The National Housing Bank (NHB) will set up a loan guarantee fund of Rs 1,200 crore for the urban poor.

High-speed connectivity between the regional centres of the National Capital Region will soon become reality, with Minister of Urban Development Kamal Nath giving in-principle approval to the conce

The Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) is not likely to hold any more public hearings on the controversial Pedder Road flyover project, which is awaiting clearance from the cent

New Delhi: Stating that diversity has defined our civilization, Union ministerJairam Ramesh said A K Ramanujan’s essay on Ramayana is an example of our diversity.

Addressing the media, Ms. Dikshit said Delhi was rapidly acquiring a very urban look and noted that the rural population has declined by over 55 per cent over the past decade. Of Delhi's total population of 1.68 crore, the urban population constitutes 1.65 crore.

The city has registered a 26 per cent growth in urban population over the past decade with North-West Delhi recording the highest growth rate of 21.79 per cent and New Delhi district the lowest at 0.80 per cent.

The State Cabinet has decided to extend the maximum probable route length of the proposed monorail project for the State Capital.

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