UP cabinet clears Urban Redevelopment Policy 2026
In a cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday, approval was granted to the Uttar Pradesh Urban Redevelopment Policy 2026.
In a cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday, approval was granted to the Uttar Pradesh Urban Redevelopment Policy 2026.
According to the official order, Kiran Kaushal, a 2009 batch IAS officer, has been appointed Commissioner, Samagra Shiksha, a key post overseeing school education reforms in the state.
With India striving to become a thirty trillion dollar economy, the audits across the country's Urban Development landscape must be oriented towards making constructive and implementable recommendations, as the cities are poised to be the growth hubs in realising the nation's goal, according to a top official.
Minister of Housing and Urban Development Krushna Chandra Mahapatra, who chaired the review meeting on Thursday, laid emphasis on effective implementation of urban infrastructure schemes stating that it will strengthen urban infrastructure, improve basic civic amenities and enhance the quality of life of urban residents across the State.
Located in Gujarat's Gandhinagar, GIFT City is India’s first operational smart city, which has high-end civic infrastructure, including India’s first-of-its-kind utility tunnel and Command and Control Centre (C4).
After the meeting, Chief Secretary Pratyay Amrit told the media that the Cabinet has decided to set up 25 new sugar mills and reopen nine previously closed mills.
He said Tamil Nadu, being the most urbanised State in the country with a high per-capita private vehicle ownership, needs high-capacity public transport alternatives in all its large growth engine cities.
Municipal bodies across Uttarakhand will be required to establish stray dog feeding points in every ward.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be on a two-day visit to Gujarat from Monday where he will inaugurate and dedicate multiple development projects worth over Rs 5,400 crore to the nation, a release from his office said on Sunday.
The Jharkhand government has issued a notification reallocating ministerial responsibilities in view of Education Minister Ramdas Soren’s health condition.
