Survey on drinking water launched in 10 cities
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It will collect data on equitable distribution with respect to quantity and quality, says Ministry
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It will collect data on equitable distribution with respect to quantity and quality, says Ministry
A survey on the condition of drinking water, waste water management and water bodies in 10 cities was launched by the Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry on Tuesday as the first step under the newly announced Jal Jeevan Mission-Urban (JJM-U).
The pilot survey would be conducted in 10 cities and later in all 500 cities under the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT), said HUA Secretary Durga Shanker Mishra. It would collect data on “equitable distribution of water, reuse of waste water and mapping of water bodies with respect to quantity and quality through a challenge process”, a statement said.
DMRC to introduce QR code, RuPay-based ticketing in move to go contactless
As of now, Delhi Metro s airport express line is the only section of the network where the QR code-based ticketing system is being used. The airport express line also allows the use of National Common Mobility Card (NCMC)
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DMRC now plans to implement the QR code-based ticketing system on its nine corridors
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has announced the introduction of Quick Response (QR) codes and other payment-based systems with the aim of making entire ticketing process contactless. The initiative has been brought on as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
India could get 8 new cities after Finance Commission provides Rs 8,000 crore grant
Housing Secretary D.S. Mishra says it’s too early to give details like where the cities will come up, or if they will be new or carved out of existing cities.
Moushumi Das Gupta 2 February, 2021 9:25 pm IST Text Size:
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New Delhi: The Rs 8,000-crore grant provided by the 15th Finance Commission to the Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry to “incubate” eight new cities has come in time to address India’s growing urbanisation challenge, its secretary D.S. Mishra said Tuesday.
Each proposed new city will get Rs 1,000 crore for its initial development over the next five years, and a state can have only one city under the proposed scheme.
Extension of tax holiday on investment in affordable housing until March 2022 to boost realty sector: Hardeep Singh Puri
A portal launch for migrant workers has also been proposed under Budget 2021 which will collect relevant information on gig, building and construction workers.
Union Minister of Civil Aviation Hardeep Singh Puri
The proposal to continue with the tax holiday on investment in affordable housing in Budget 2021, interest deduction of an additional Rs 1.5 lakh to promote housing until March 2022 and the tax exemption for affordable rental housing complexes will boost the real estate sector, Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri has said.
Nirmala Sitharaman s Budget Like Never Before Obliges Urban Population While Satisfying The Rural
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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman s third budget in two years was one that registered unprecedented fiscal deficit, an intent that is definitely encouraging for an economy that has been beaten to the ground by a once in a century crisis . Being compared to its 30-year-old counterpart, when the then Finance Minister Manmohan Singh opened the Indian economy for liberalisation, Sitharaman s budget will be remembered for uplifting living standards of the populace in the face of a battered fiscal.
Budget 2021 s tone was clear: reviving the severely hit urban population while making sure that the rural folk is not left wanting.