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tune of Rs. 40 lakh crore spread over the period of 20 year, as estimated a Committee appointed by MoUD during 2011. The require ...

such handicaps, the JNNURM succeeded in containing the drinking water problem significantly and the sewage and city transport pr ...

cordingly, it would be fully justified for the local bodies to impose betterment levy or impact fee to recover the costs incurre ...

T HE Smart Cities Mission guidelines talk about the active financial role played by the Municipal Corporations to fund their gro ...

nicipal bonds over the next five years by the larger municipals alone with investment grade. Even the market regulator SEBI has ...

Challenges The opportunity to expand munici- pal bonds market in India is exten- sive, but the existing institutional and legal ...

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While conceptualizing Smart Cities Mission, Indian government took many cues from cities across the globe. BW SMARTCITIES look a ...

governments, non-profits and private companies can benefit from pooled bond financing too. With this tool, a sponsor sells an is ...

the Association of Czech Municipalities and the Un- ion of Towns and Commu- nities (2%). MUFIS bor- rowed $44 million from the U ...

tion zone each month and billed a credit or debit card accordingly. Within a short time, traffic levels in Central London fell b ...

T HE financial viability of the Smart Cities Mis- sion depends a great deal on the huge invest- ment by private players. However ...

ywhere in the world. This is a huge opportunity for the private players to participate in the mission. Apart from the infrastruc ...

IT infrastructure that connect the city in a seamless manner. According to an estimate by Frost and Sullivian, the total in- ves ...

maximum Non Performing Assets in the infrastructure project and funding is a major problem for such projects. To attract private ...

Guest Column T HE Smart Cities Mission, presently covering 33 cities and expected to cover 100 cities over the next five years p ...

smart cities bankability of projects is of considerable concern because of weak regulation, market risks in- cluding competition ...

Guest Column are initiated actually reach fruition (about five per cent only). There is also the ongoing issue of transparency a ...

T HE emergence of energy efficient technology is going to be the main driver for the future market growth of the Air Conditioner ...

Guest Column A leap towards modernization is important today, particularly in India. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has envisaged ...