Tag: Hardeep Singh Puri

Kochi Metro first phase becomes fully operational

The first phase of Kochi Metro became fully operational on Tuesday with the inauguration of the second stretch of the 18 km route by Union Urban Development Minister Hardeep Singh Puri and Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. The first 13 km stretch was inaugurated in June this year by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Both Puri...

October 3, 2017

Delhi Metro Phase IV proposal to be sent to Centre

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday said the proposal on Phase IV of Delhi Metro, involving extensions of the existing lines and one new, will be soon sent to the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs for approval. The issue was discussed when Kejriwal met Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri...

September 26, 2017

Fadnavis urges Centre to bring SRA scheme under PMAY

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has urged the Centre to bring the state’s Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) scheme under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojna (PMAY) so that it can get subsidy to create more affordable housing stock. He said the government’s intention was to create more housing stock and that it was taking various initiatives...

September 22, 2017

Doklam standoff handled with great maturity: Puri

India handled the Doklam standoff “with great maturity”, Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on Friday. “The Doklam issue was handled very well and with great maturity,” Puri, a former diplomat who has also served as India’s Permanent Representative to the UN, told reporters here. Indian and Chinese troops were locked in a tense border...

September 15, 2017

Rs.300 cr plan for Delhi’s garbage crisis

The central government has approved a Rs 300 crore plan for “visible improvement” in solid waste management in the national capital in the face of the serious garbage crisis plaguing the city. Newly-appointed Minister of State for Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri said on Friday that in this plan, north, south and east...

September 15, 2017

Explore overseas opportunities: Puri to NBCC

Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri today asked the government-owned construction major the NBCC to explore overseas opportunities and consider getting listed on foreign bourses, a senior official said today. The Housing and Urban Affairs Minister also advised the NBCC to participate in commercial bidding for taking up projects of Indian missions in various countries, he...

September 8, 2017

MoS Hardeep Puri: A diplomat whose work spanned multilateral arena

Hardeep Singh Puri, who was on Sunday inducted as a Minister of State in the Narendra Modi government, is a former IFS officer who has had a four-decade career in diplomacy spanning the multilateral arena. Puri, 65, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party ahead of the 2014 Lok Sabha polls. He was Ambassador to Brazil and...

September 3, 2017

9 new faces in Modi’s team have diverse backgrounds, vast experience

Hardeep Singh Puri, a former IFS officer who joined the BJP ahead of 2014 Lok Sabha polls, will be among nine new faces to be inducted on Sunday in the Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Council of Ministers. The new faces come from diverse backgrounds and have rich administrative experiences. Some of them have professional degrees...

September 2, 2017