Almost a decade has passed since the Indian government announced the concept of “smart cities” as the new lighthouses of urbanisation. The June 2015 announcement of 100 smart cities aimed to create models of urban development. However, these lighthouses of urbanity have now been relegated to the annals of India’s urbanisation history.
The Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT), launched in 2015 by the Government of India, marked a significant step towards addressing urban infrastructure challenges
The "National Heritage City Development and Augmentation Yojana" (HRIDAY), initiated on January 21, 2015, by the Ministry of Tourism, marked a watershed moment in India's urban planning and heritage conservation.
The year 2025 marks the 200th anniversary of passenger travel by rail. While horses used to drag heavy loads along parallel rails, initially of wood and later of steel, at the beginning of the industrial revolution, the arrival of steam locomotives changed transportation forever. On September 27, 1825, a locomotive built by George Stephenson pulled 11 wagons of people and 20 wagons of coal a distance of some 26 miles from Darlington to Stockton along steel tracks (these places are about two hours by car from Manchester). That inaugurated travel by rail.
The current status of urban knowledge development, in form of accumulated knowledge, so recorded and accorded a formal status, in the syllabus of recognised courses or diploma and masters degress, of institutions of formal educations, like universities, is the bed rock of knowledge in any discipline.
The three things India’s government must do for the economy to break out of its torpor.
Announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on October 13, 2021, the Pradhan Mantri Gati Shakti National Master Plan represents a paradigm shift in infrastructure development aimed at propelling India into a competitive global economy.