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India is the biggest partner of Germanys development cooperation programme across the world. Last year, the two countries collaborated on projects worth 1.5 billion (Rs.11,000 crore) The Dollar Business Bureau   Germany has also been engaged in supporting several Indian initiatives including Swachh Bharat, the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) and the Atal Mission for Urban Rejuvenation and Transformation (AMRUT).   Germany on Monday announced that it will partner with India to develop Bhubaneswar, Coimbatore and Kochi under the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Smart Cities initiative. Gunther Adler, State Secretary of the German Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety said, Germany would contribute to Indias Smart Cities programme - namely to projects in Kochi (Kerala), Bhubaneswar (Odisha) and Coimbatore (Tamilnadu). In January ...

The Dollar Business Bureau France has committed investments up to 2 billion euro for the development of smart cities in India. The investments will be meant to convert Chandigarh, Nagpur and Puducherry into smart cities, French Ambassador in India Francois Richier said on Wednesday. “Also, there is an investment of another 200 million euros for the extension of Bangalore metro,” he said. During Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to France in April, the country had committed 600 million euro for smart cities and other projects related to sustainability, including in renewable energy and energy efficiency. Besides developing the smart cities, France was keen to develop heritage sites and tourism for the smart cities, Richier said at a seminar on ‘Towards Smart and ...

Source: PTI Urban Development Minister, Venkaiah Naidu at a roundtable discussion in Washington DC. Source: PIB, Government of India   India's economy is back on track and the country's growth rate is likely to cross eight per cent in the coming years, Indian Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu has said as he asked US investors to take advantage of the current business-friendly atmosphere. "Public life in India is undergoing a rapid transformation. The economy is back on track, inflation is under control, and growth rate is likely to cross eight per cent in the coming years," Naidu, 66, said in his interaction with the American industry leaders at a round table organised by the US India Business Council (USIBC) on Wednesday. ...

 The Dollar Business Bureau In view of the rapid industrialization and urbanization in India, there is a need to embrace innovative approaches to new city development and city management, said the National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM), in its recent release on Wednesday. A Smart City will effectively deliver public services to citizens and businesses with a balanced focus in terms of modernizing city infrastructure and leveraging technology to improve efficiency and capacity of city services, the IT industry body added. Sharing its vision on the role of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector in the Government of India’s 100 Smart Cities Mission, the NASSCOM informed that it has built an innovative framework, in partnership with various ...

 The Dollar Business Bureau The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday, gave its approval for the Smart Cities Mission and the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation of 500 cities (AMRUT). Individual outlays of Rs 48,000 crore and Rs 50,000 crore have been approved for spending under the two missions for the development of ‘smart cities’. Besides this, the Union Cabinet also gave its approval for the Central Government to spend over Rs 1 lakh crore on urban development over the next five years, under two new urban missions. According to the release, each city selected for development under the ‘Smart Cities’ initiative, would be getting a central assistance of Rs 100 crore ...