smart cities

Cabinet likely to approve Smart City project today

The Union Cabinet is likely to clear the Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ambitious Smart City project on Wednesday.

Apr 22, 2015, 10:51 AM IST

India builds its first 'smart city' as urban population swells

Ahead of his election last May, Prime Minister Narendra Modi promised 100 so-called smart cities by 2022 to help meet the rush.

Apr 15, 2015, 08:20 AM IST

France to work with India on semi-high speed rail

France will partner India in a study for upgrading the speed on Delhi-Chandigarh rail line to 200 km per hour and help in re-development of Ambala and Ludhiana railway stations.

Apr 11, 2015, 13:11 PM IST

Smart Cities is the solution to rapid urbanisation: expert

Experts worldwide point out there will be a need to cope with changes in lifestyles, work, study along with time and location constraints, he said.

Mar 31, 2015, 15:18 PM IST

Smart cities are not just about technology: Amsterdam Mayor

Technology forms an important component of smart cities but its actually innovation and cooperation for sustainable growth that goes into building such infrastructure, Amsterdam Mayor Eberhard van der Laan here Monday said.

Mar 23, 2015, 19:35 PM IST

Sebi clears Muni bonds; to boost smart cities, infra projects

In a move that will help raise funds for infrastructure projects and the government's smart cities initiative, regulator Sebi today approved new norms for issuance and listing of municipal bonds on stock exchanges.

Mar 22, 2015, 18:52 PM IST

Smart Cities project likely to be rolled out next month

The much awaited Smart Cities project is likely to be rolled out next month as the extensive consultation process with all stakeholders has concluded.

Mar 16, 2015, 14:18 PM IST

AECOM offers advisory blue-print for Make in India projects

Bullish on India, US-based infrastructure design and consultancy giant AECOM has offered to provide advisory services and prepare blueprints for various projects under the government's Make in India, Smart Cities, Clean India and Clean Ganga initiatives.

Mar 15, 2015, 16:51 PM IST

Task forces for Smart Cities set up

City-wise task forces have been set up by Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu for drawing up concrete action plans for development of Ajmer, Allahabad and Visakhapatnam as Smart Cities.

Mar 04, 2015, 13:43 PM IST

Smart city plan: Criteria agreed for selection, ranking

The important stakeholder consultations were organised by the Urban Development Ministry upon the direction of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take the states on board before proceeding further with a the launch of the smart city initiative.

Jan 31, 2015, 23:50 PM IST

Venkaiah Naidu pushes for PPP model to construct smart cities

Union Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu said here Monday that the union government is not in a position to make all investments for smart cities and hence the public-private partnership (PPP) route would be necessary.

Jan 12, 2015, 17:50 PM IST

Essel Group pledge to invest Rs 20,000 crore in West Bengal

Diversified media to education business conglomerate Essel Group Thursday pledged to invest Rs 20,000 crore towards developing two smart cities and and various vital infrastructural projects in West Bengal.

Jan 08, 2015, 23:13 PM IST

Govt plans industrial corridors, smart cities to boost manufacturing

The government Tuesday said that to boost manufacturing sector, it intends to develop industrial corridors and smart cities for providing infrastructure based on modern technology with high-speed communication.

Dec 30, 2014, 21:38 PM IST

Smart Cities should be in tune with 21st century: PM

The 'Smart Cities', proposed to be created across the country, should be hubs of economic activity in tune with the 21st century and planning should visualize "urban-dependent" population in addition to the urban populace, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Monday.

Dec 29, 2014, 17:21 PM IST

Finance minister vows to push land purchase reform

Jaitley said changes to the law were needed to fulfil Prime Minister Modi`s vision of building 100 new "smart" cities across India.

Nov 09, 2014, 11:30 AM IST

Schemes like smart cities, speed trains in next Budget: Mayaram

The Budget 2015-16 will include many of the schemes announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi such as smart cities and high speed trains, Finance Secretary Arvind Mayaram said on Friday.

Oct 10, 2014, 20:46 PM IST

Smart City to be developed in PPP model

Government on Wednesday said its ambitious Smart City project will be developed with active private participation and some hilly regions will be part of the scheme.

Oct 08, 2014, 20:29 PM IST

Singapore to help India in smart cities project

Having allocated over Rs 7,000 crores in its recent budget for development of 100 'smart cities', India on Saturday roped in Singapore for providing its expertise in this even as the two countries decided to step up economic engagement besides defence and security cooperation.

Aug 16, 2014, 16:16 PM IST

Realty players coming up with key suggestions for smart cities

The Indian real estate players are helping with their suggestions in framing policies for 100 smart cities in the country proposed by the new government.

Jul 25, 2014, 19:35 PM IST