Smart City
CREDAI collaborates with World Trade Centres Association to boost real estate trade across India
Wed, Jun 12, 2019
CREDAI is set to collaborate with the WTCA to develop Tier-2 and -3 cities by promoting international trade and transforming them into major trade hubs and vital cogs of the Indian economy.
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Smart Cities Project: Former Corporate Affairs Secretary Tapan Ray appointed Managing Director at GIFT City
Tue, Jun 11, 2019
Former Corporate Affairs Secretary and board member at SEBI, Tapan Roy has been appointed Managing Director of the Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City) — India's first international financial services center and operational Smart City.
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Growth in home loans higher in non-metros: JLL
Mon, Jun 10, 2019
The share of four metro cities -- Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai -- in outstanding home loans dropped to 16 per cent in 2017-18 from 22 per cent in 2012-13 as growth in loan book was higher in small towns, according to property consultant JLL India.
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Smart city a slogan, govt should focus on building cities that give 'decent living to poor people': Christopher Benninger
Sat, Sep 29, 2018
On Thrusday, Eminent architect and city planner Christopher Benninger said that smart city was merely "a misnomer and a slogan", adding that the government should instead concentrate on building cities that give a "decent living to poor people".
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Only 5% of proposed smart city projects completed: Anarock
Tue, Jul 17, 2018
The smart cities mission, launched in 2015, aims to tackle the escalating problems in urban areas with regards to transportation, energy supply, governance, basic urban infrastructure services and overall quality of life.
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Naya Raipur smart city operational, becomes 10th on list; check out facilities, features
Fri, Jun 15, 2018
Naya Raipur is now the 10th Smart City to be operational in the country, along with 9 other cities including Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Surat, Pune, Nagpur, Rajkot, Visakhapatnam, Bhopal and Kakinada. Naya Raipur is one of the three smart cities of Chhattisgarh selected under the smart cities mission.
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Smart City Centers ensuring better safety of women on streets: Puri; other key points
Tue, Jun 12, 2018
Puri said it has been observed that the cities are becoming cleaner due to monitoring of cleaning work through CCTV cameras leading to reduction in instances of thrown garbage, littering, urination in public and night time burning of garbage. Increase in traffic challans issuance indicates an orientation for better traffic discipline, he added. Further, he informed that Intelligent Transit Management System has helped Ahmedabad to improve its operational efficiency by reducing its operational cost while improving the service levels.
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Diu Smart City does a first in India
Tue, Apr 24, 2018
On other smart cities, the release said Bengaluru Smart City is working on implementation of solution to improve traffic management, while Jaipur Smart City Ltd (JSCL) has planned to develop night bazaar at Chaura Rasta, in the heart of Pink city.
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Implementation of smart city project not smart: Premji
Sun, Feb 05, 2017
"It is unfortunate that the smart city project got lot of attention from Prime Minister Narendra Modi but its implementation has been shallow," said Premji at a function to celebrate the company`s 2016 earthian programme awards here.
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