GOK State Budget 2013-14 - What's in store for Bangalore?

kbsyed61 - 12-JUL-2013

So the much awaited state budget for 2013-14 by Congress government is out. It is still very early into budget announcements to make a real sense of each of these announcements.

Going by Deccan Herald's live blog, here is the list for Bangalore.

Source - Deccan Herald

Re-Imagining the World-Class City

chris.kurian - 18-NOV-2010

The Indian Institute for Human Settlements [www.iihs.ac.in] announces an Institute on 'Re-Imagining the World-Class City' at Bengaluru from the 3rd to the 9th of January 2011.

Benefits of metro rail

vinod_shankar - 5-NOV-2009

Every now and then i see one or the other organisation opposing the metro.  No doubt they entitled to their views, but do they ever see the benefits any metro brings to cities,(especillay the crowded ones like bangalore, mumbai etc)  Let me quote a few points from PIB regarding the delhi metro, i am sure such benefits will accrue to bangalore also once the metro is complete

Tier 2 chinese towns better than b'luru

idontspam - 30-MAY-2009

What does it mean to be green

idontspam - 26-FEB-2009

Stockholm and Hamburg became the first cities to be named European Green Capital on Monday, Stockholm was commended for beach improvements, high recycling rates, its congestion charging system, an extensive public transport system and carbon emissions that were half the national average. 

'Jaago Re! One Billion Votes' from Janaagraha and Tata Tea

silkboard - 15-SEP-2008

Got this on Janaagraha's email group. worth posting, and nice initiative.

Unravelling Myths about Subsidies in Urban Transport

shas3n - 19-AUG-2008

In a recent article published by Ashok Sreenivas and Girish Sant in EPW, they demonstrate that private vehicles get more subsidy from Goverment than public trans

When Vehicles are Prioritised over Humans (Pedestrians)

asj - 9-JAN-2008

I invite everyone to check this slide show http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxQl6RSXW9o Though I have made an example of Pune, are any of our other small cities different? What we need is a back to the basics approach ''first footpaths, then roads'' only then will we get our urban planning right.