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Making Master Planning sync with Smart Cities
The Smart Cities Mission aims to address the gap in city-wide basic infrastructure; additionally, it applies IT enabled solutions to city services and does a make-over of ‘Areas’ in cities. In the Smart City local areas are developed in three ways – retrofitting, redevelopment and Greenfield.
What is a 'smart' city?
The most frequently asked question is: What is a Smart City? The response is that even though the idea of a Smart City has been around for some time there is little consensus on the idea of a smart city or its definition and the way to make a city ‘smart’.
Happy Birthday Earth!! – Earth Day 2017
Saturn wears many beautiful ringlets, Mars is red and ornamented with volcanoes, canyons and craters, Jupiter is big and has a bright red spot but no planet is as beautiful and bountiful as Earth. The present state of time when we are inclined to focus on the hazards facing the Earth—a large number of them—it also becomes imperative to take some time out to rejoice in the assorted loveliness of nature that is around our homes.
New Education Policy
The objective of this Group is to formulate a new Education Policy for the country through an inclusive, participatory and holistic approach.
Citizens to stop for 'Red Light' Signals, not 'Red Beacon' (Lal Batti) Culture
In yet another move depicting that citizens are the foremost priority of the Narendra Modi Government, it has been announced that VIP vehicles in India can no longer have red beacons atop. This decision will come into effect from 1st May, 2017 onwards.
The Smart India Hackathon 2017 Grand Finale Results Announced
The Smart India Hackathon 2017 promoted innovation, out-of-the-box thinking in young minds, especially engineering students. It was focused on the problems of social importance as identified by 29 Ministries/Departments of Government of India.
राष्ट्रीय सुरक्षित मातृत्व दिवस- हर गर्भवती को मिले पर्याप्त स्वास्थ्य सुविधा
महिलाएं किसी भी समाज की मजबूत स्तंभ होती हैं। जब हम महिलाओं और बच्चों की समग्र देखभाल करेंगे तभी देश का सतत विकास संभव है। एक गर्भवती महिला के निधन से ना केवल बच्चों से माँ का आंचल छिन जाता है बल्कि पूरा का पूरा परिवार ही बिखर जाता है।
Winners of eGreetings Design Contest for Christmas 2016
The Joyous festival of Christmas is not only a holy day but also a worldwide cultural and commercial phenomenon. People across the globe observe it with traditions and practices that are both religious and secular in nature.
Winners of eGreetings Design Contest for Diwali 2016
Diwali, the festival of light and indeed one of the most popular festivals of India symbolizes wealth, happiness and prosperity. It is celebrated with great vibrancy and gusto all across the country.
Winners of eGreetings Design Contest for Guru Nanak Jayanti 2016
Guru Nanak Jayanti, popularly known as Gurupurab, marks the birth anniversary of the great Guru Nanak Dev, founder of Sikhism. To celebrate the auspiciousness of the festival, MyGov conducted an eGreetings design contest and received some remarkable entries.
Value Capture Financing – a big ticket reform for speedy urban service delivery and resource mobilization
Over the last two & a half years, a number of major Missions have been launched by Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD), Government of India for improving the quality of urban services and bridging the urban infrastructure deficit. One of the key challenges faced is the limited revenues of cities and their limited capacity. Value Capture Finance (VCF) is an innovative urban-development funding and revenue generation tool.
Mission XI Million: Unfolding India’s Ambitious Football Goals
On the run up to the FIFA Under-17 World Cup Football that is going to be held for the first time in India from 6-28 October 2017, the government is keen to promote football as a popular sport amongst the Indian youth and get more children into playing football. Mission XI Million, launched by the Union government in February 2017, aim at training 11 million children in football by October 2017.