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Kerala Urban Policy suggests major reforms

Thiruvananthapur: Kerala Urban Commission constituted by the government to formulate State Urban Policy for the next 25 years has recommended various pathbreaking measures to deal with the challenges of rapid urbanisation. The major recommendations include setting up of Metropolitan Planning Committees in three major cities Thiruvananthapuram, Ernakulam and Kozhikode by 2025, 25 per cent reservation for youth in corporation councils …

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1 month ago

Inflation behaving more like a magician who tricks you again and again

New Indian Express

The main culprit is food inflation, which jumped to 10.87%, largely led by vegetable prices that rose by a staggering 42.18% in October. As Deputy governor Michael Patra noted, inflation will likely encounter a hump in the near months largely due to an adverse base and one-off shocks to prices of vegetables, edible oils and gram. The fact that inflation …

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1 year, 2 months ago

State-level top panel to finalise City Gas Distribution Policy

Hindustan Times

: The Haryana government has constituted a state-level apex committee under the chairmanship of chief secretary to finalise the City Gas Distribution Policy, 2023. State-level top panel to finalise City Gas Distribution Policy The committee’s objective is to streamline the approval process for city gas distribution, including infrastructure development and end-user connections. As per a notification, additional chief secretary, home; …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Aviation ministry ready to make policy for air taxis

Live Mint

The civil aviation ministry is ready to formulate policy framework for the air taxis and will soon commission a study on the matter, Civil Aviation Secretary Rajiv Bansal said. “After Production Linked Scheme for drones is being rolled out this month, we are now ready to take the next big steps in the e-VTOL system” Bansal said while speaking at …

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2 years ago

Balanced approach to real estate

China Daily

Potential homebuyers look at a property model in Taiyuan, Shanxi province. Although that might appear contradictory, it is not a contradiction to encourage appropriate housing consumption while curbing real estate speculation, since both approaches serve the general development goal of "providing all people with adequate housing". Since the principle of "housing is for living in, not for speculation" was first …

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2 years, 11 months ago

Bad air: Ad hocism won’t work anymore

Hindustan Times

It’s December in Delhi, and as the city is blanketed by a brown soup of air pollution again, a familiar storyline is playing out. Questions are raised about whether air pollution could be harmful, even cause death, with the Union government responding that there is too little evidence on the health impacts of air pollution. Persuaded by the visibly deteriorating …

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3 years, 3 months ago

Policy-making an evolving process, say experts

The Hindu

MIT World Peace University’s School of Public Policy and The Hindu Education Plus hosted a webinar on Thursday on Understanding Public Policy and its Career Prospects. Elaborating on public policy, Narendra Jadhav, Rajya Sabha MP, economist, educationist and author, said, “It is a government chosen course of action with three key dimensions — definition of problems, goals the government would …

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6 years, 10 months ago

A Comprehensive National Urban Policy for India: A Roadmap to Sustainable Growth

Live Mint

India needs a comprehensive national urban policy to address its urbanization challenges. The government launched the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (Amrut) to tackle these issues. However, a national urban policy is crucial to provide a coherent framework for urban development. It should outline the importance and objectives of cities, highlight key enablers, cross-cutting principles, desired outputs and …

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