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Affordable housing needs policy mix beyond floor space index: MoHUA Joint
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Increasing Floor Space Index (FSI) alone won't solve India's housing shortage; a comprehensive policy mix involving land availability, planning regulations, and economic incentives is essential, said Kuldip Narayan, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA).
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Centre to persuade states to lower land prices for affordable housing: Man
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The Centre, in consultation with the states, will evolve a mechanism to ensure that land prices for affordable housing projects are kept relatively lower than those for other housing segments, particularly under the Prime Minister Awas Yojana (PMAY), said Manohar Lal, Minister of Housing & U
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Centre advises states to fast-track clean-up of dirty spots with high focu
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) convened a high-level virtual meeting with all States & UTs on Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban 2.0, under the chairmanship of Union Minister, Manohar Lal in the presence of MoS, MoHUA, Tokhan Sahu and Secretary, MoHUA S Katikithala, said a statem
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'Mortal Kombat II' gets new release date, to hit theatres next year
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The makers have finalised a new release date for 'Mortal Kombat II' and now the movie will not be released this year.
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From Zero Loyalty to Hero Status: How Fydo is Boosting Profits for Indian
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 30: Fydo has launched as India's most innovative smart loyalty platform, aiming to transform the way customers interact with retail. It promises to improve customer retention rates by up to 10 times, generating excitement among businesses nationwide. Backed by major
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Why Micro-Communities Are Driving the Success of High-Street Retail Across
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Delhi NCR [India], August 30: India's retail sector has been on an extraordinary growth curve, powered by rising incomes, rapid urbanisation, and a young, aspirational consumer base. As the market matures, so do consumer habits. While destination malls and mega-retail formats still hold valu
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Urban infra can attract Rs 10 lakh crore investment in coming years: Housi
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Srinivas Katikithala, Secretary, Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs said that the Indian urban sector is expected to witness an investment of around Rs 10 lakh crore in the coming years for creating infrastructure.
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India's wireless subscriber base rises above 1,171 million: TRAI
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The growth was driven by a notable increase in urban wireless subscriptions, which rose by 3.16 million to reach 641.03 million at the end of July, a growth rate of 0.50 per cent.
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Bihar CM Nitish Kumar announces 'Chief Minister Women Employment Scheme'
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
In a post on social media X, the CM wrote that women would be given an amount of Rs 10 thousand as the first installment for employment, further stating that the process of applications would be determined by the Rural Development Department along with Urban Development and Housing Depart
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Andrew Jovic outlines a principled approach to urban-contemporary collecti
Updated : 6 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Dusseldorf [Germany], August 28: Andrew Jovic is a Dusseldorf-based art collector, author of the English edition Curatorial Strategies for the Modern Art Collection (ISBN-13 978-3982769226), and independent curator, working between Germany and Croatia (Zadar). His practice focuses on urban-c
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Future warfare will demand hybrid warriors: CDS Gen Anil Chauhan
Updated : 6 months, 3 weeks ago IST
"I think future warfare will demand hybrid warriors; They should be able to fight on borders, manoeuvre in deserts, plan complex anti-terror operations in dense urban terrain, neutralise drones and decode cyber intrusions. 'Shaastra' and 'Shastra' have to go together, if we have to fight
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Farmers, livestock rearers, small entrepreneurs, and shopkeepers' welfare
Updated : 6 months, 3 weeks ago IST
According to a release as part of the celebrations marking 20 years of urban development under the 'Viksit Gujarat, Viksit Bharat' initiative, the Prime Minister, from Ahmedabad, in the presence of Gujarat's Governor Acharya Devvrat, Union Minister of Jal Shakti C.R. Patil, and senior state
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