News: Over 38 lakh urban poor have been provided with skill development training with assistance from the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation. Skill development of urban poor to enable either self- employment or salaried employment was undertaken under the ‘Skill Training for Employment Promotion Amongst Urban Poor (STEP-UP)’ ...

News: States and Union Territories will be penalised for any delay in transfer of funds to urban local bodies (ULBs) under the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation. States and UTs shall release the central assistance, along with the State/UT share, to the ULBs within seven working days of ...

News: “315 projects are under consideration entailing huge investment of Rs 13.33 lakh crore by the Project Monitoring Group (PMG),” said Statistics Minister V K Singh. There are 285 projects still under consideration costing Rs 12.27 lakh crore and 30 projects cost Rs 1.06 lakh crore are yet to be ...