Latest Answer: Pune was ranked 2nd in the smart city competition but that ranks doesn't matter. What matter is not where a city stands now but where it likes to go and how it proposes to go. It will be based on a model drawn from the vested strength of a city and backed by a reliable action plan.
Latest Answer: Hi folks,
Have you read the news in which Union Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu sent a message yesterday that money allotted for the smart city projects can not be used for other purposes. They also asked the 20 selected cities to get the projects off the ground by June 25, the day Smart City Mission completes one year of its launch
Q:To enable time bound and hassle free clearances for projects in urban areas, central govt. has decided on stream lining approvals and will soon issue a notification to this effect by the end of November.
Latest Answer: Hi Rajiv,
But i think it will take some time as Colour Coded Zoning Maps for defence airports under joint civil operations will be prepared after a meeting with all concerned is taken by the defence minister. Concerned defence establishments will accord required approvals within 30 days from date of application.