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Urban News |
 Interview
with Dr. Ramachandran, Secretary Ministry of Urban
Development on JNNURM projects
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 "The
idea is not just delivery of projects, but also an improvement
in the ways cities are governed"
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Tamil
Nadu Municipal Energy Efficiency (Water Supply and Street
Lighting) Project
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| The Tamil Nadu Government has issued a Government Order (GO) for 29 ULBs to go ahead and sign the energy performance contract for the project supported by REEEP and the Alliance to Save Energy, India. It took almost 8 months to get this order released from the government with continuous encouragement and support from the Alliance, TNUDF, and the DMA office. This is a first-of-its-kind GO in India, which empowers ULBs/ municipalities to go ahead with EE project implementation through performance based contracts under an ESCO mechanism. " |
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Vibrant
Gujarat 5th Global Summit, Gujarat 2011 on 12-13 January
2011
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Seminar:
Urban Infrastructure Development:
Investing Opportunities in Gujarat- The
Learning Curve
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The
seminar included the presentations on the best practices in urban
development. These best practices are:
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| Maharashtra Municipal Act Amendments |
| Maharashtra Municipal Act Amendments - Area Sabha |
| Inclusive Urban Development for Swarnim Gujarat |
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| India's urban awakening: Building inclusive cities, sustaining economic growth |
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McKinsey has released a report on urban India- India's urban awakening: Building inclusive cities, sustaining economic growth, McKinsey Global Institute April, 2010 |
| National Urban School Sanitation Initiative |
| The Government of India launched National School Sanitation Initiative on April 27, 2010. |
| URBAN PROGRAMMES - WELCOME TO ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF COLLEGE OF INDIA |
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Strengthening
Urban Management:
The Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI), Hyderabad,
has started 2010 E-Brochure containing information
related to various conferences and programmes viz; Regional
Conference on Good Urban Governance in South Asia, International
Training Programme on “Public Private Partnerships in Urban
Infrastructure and Service Delivery" and International
Certification Programme in PPP Management e- brochure etc. Web links:
http://www.asci.org.in/urbanprog.asp |
| The Economic Times, 8 March 2010, New Delhi |
| Plan panel may allocate more for JnNURM, The Economic Times, New Delhi, 8.3.2.10 |
| Indian Express,10 March, 2010, New Delhi |
| Parekh to head panel on slum redevelopment, Indian Express, New Delhi, 10.3.2009 |
| Lecture by Ms. Kate Barker, Author UK Government Housing Supply and Land-Use Planning Reviews on Housing Supply, Affordability, and Land Use Regulation and Planning: Lessons from U.K. India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, 12 Feb, 2010 |
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“Making cities work for growth” project in collaboration with the India Habitat Centre, National Housing Bank, and National Institute of Urban Affairs organized a public lecture by Kate Barker, UK Government Reviewer and member of the Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England.
In 2003 and 2005, Kate Barker was asked by the Government of the United Kingdom to prepare two reports on: (i) factors contributing to rigidities in housing supply and their effects on the macro-economy and housing affordability; and (ii) how urban planning and development regulation in the UK could be reformed to improve performance of the housing sector and deliver better for business and infrastructure. Learn why for thirty years, real house prices in the UK increased at three times the rate of France, how difficult it is to run a land use planning system that controls all urban real estate development without reference to market indicators, and how inflexible housing and land supply can take affordability beyond the reach of an increasing share of population, even in a country that has completed the urban transition. India and the UK share the same planning traditions, and in a fast growing and rapidly urbanizing India, better planning is increasingly seen as essential to healthy urbanization. Ms. Barker’s lecture and discussion considered what can be learned from the UK’s careful review of how public policy can and cannot make the housing sector work for the economy. The session was chaired by Dr. Rakesh Mohan, Vice Chairperson, Indian Institute for Human Settlement and former Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India. It was very well received by the audience. |
| Nobel laureate scoops prestigious UN-HABITAT award |
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Nairobi,
1 February 2010 |
| Smart City 2010, The Claridges, New Delhi, January 20, 2010 |
| Smart City 2010 - Organised by e-Gov in association with National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA) and National Institute for Smart Government (NISG) |
| Google Earth Hero: Shelter Associates |
| Shelter Associates, improves life for slum dwellers in Sangli, India. |
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The
Government of Gujarat has initiated the Swarnim Jayanti Mukhya
Mantri Shaheri Vikas Yojana (SJMMSVY), in 2009