Urban Development Minister

Venkaiah Naidu to issue advisory over Delhi Golf Club incident

The Delhi Golf Club on Tuesday said it has apologized to the member whose guest was the woman from Meghalaya and that disciplinary action against the erring staff "is in process".
 

Jun 28, 2017, 20:15 PM IST

Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu compliments NDMC for changing name of Race Course Road

Changing the name of Race Course road to Lok Kalyan Marg sends a message as the Prime Minister's residence is located on it, Union Urban Development minister M Venkaiah Naidu on Wednesday said.

Sep 22, 2016, 00:49 AM IST

'Clean cities' Alappuzha, Panaji, Mysuru show the way in urban solid waste management

Union Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu on Monday conferred the Clean City awards on Alappuzha, Panaji and Mysuru at a function here.

Jul 12, 2016, 12:38 PM IST

9 new cities added to smart cities list, taking total from 100 to 109

The Urban Development Ministry has allowed 9 more cities to participate in the upcoming Smart Cities Mission competition.

Jul 02, 2016, 13:56 PM IST

40 cities to be selected in second round of smart city project: Govt

Forty cities will be selected for the second phase of the Smart City Mission, which is likely to be announced by June, Rajya Sabha was told on Thursday.

Apr 28, 2016, 19:26 PM IST

12 crore people to become citizens of Smart Cities

As per the profile of the selected cities, 35 cities and towns have a population between one and five lakh. There are 21 cities with population ranging between five and 10 lakh.

Aug 27, 2015, 17:25 PM IST

PM Modi assesses preparations of 'Housing For All' project

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday called for a holistic approach towards meeting the target of "Housing for All", a priority project of his government.

Jun 11, 2015, 19:26 PM IST

Draft plans for smart cities, urban renewal on the anvil

The government has proposed to spend around Rs 1 lakh crore on the two schemes over the next five years.

Jun 06, 2015, 14:47 PM IST

Smart cities to attract over Rs 2-lakh cr investments: Venkaiah Naidu

The Union Cabinet yesterday approved the government's flagship 100 smart cities project and the new urban renewal mission with a total outlay of about Rs 1 lakh crore.

Apr 30, 2015, 16:01 PM IST

Cabinet gives nod to NDA government's flagship 100 smart cities project

Union Cabinet on Wednesday gave its nod to NDA government's flagship 100 smart cities project and the new urban renewal mission with a total outlay of about Rs one lakh crore.

Apr 29, 2015, 15:25 PM IST

Union Cabinet gives nod to 100 Smart City projects

The Smart City project was announced in July 2014 in the current government's first Union Budget last year.

Apr 29, 2015, 11:14 AM IST

Cabinet nod for smart cities soon; roll-out next month: Naidu

"The Expenditure Finance Committee has cleared it. It is likely to go to the Cabinet any time this month," Naidu said at an event organised by CII here.

Apr 06, 2015, 20:23 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

Housing for all scheme soon, says Govt

With an estimated three crore people having been identified as homeless, government will soon come out with a scheme to provide housing to all, government said in the Lok Sabha Wednesday.

Dec 10, 2014, 15:01 PM IST

Naidu reviews metro projects, regularisation of colonies issue

Naidu was informed that Simplified Building Bye-Laws would be finalised by the end of December and will be submitted to the ministry for notification.

Nov 22, 2014, 22:09 PM IST

Won't necessarily follow Western practices in making smart cities: Naidu

Naidu said nature, culture and prosperity should go hand in hand and that smart cities in India should be developed keeping in mind the Indian culture and traditions and need not necessarily follow the western practices.

Nov 22, 2014, 21:31 PM IST

Housing scheme for Tirupur knitwear workers: Naidu

Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu said his ministry would sanction a housing scheme for knitwear workers of Tirupur with support from the Tamil Nadu government.

Sep 01, 2014, 08:45 AM IST