A few days back, a reputed Indian daily news paper carried a misleading article on smart cities, Only 22% funds utilised in six Housing Ministry schemes, triggering a widespread speculation over actual progress of the Smart Cities Mission.

Ranked the No. 1 state in ease of doing business, Telangana is driving growth for a new India, as CW discovers.

A greenfield smart city is a clean-slate approach towards urban growth, something that helps prepare for a new future. Two main issues that need to be addressed today a comingofage population that needs employment, and a place for them to live while they work.

Avvashya CCI Logistics (ACCI), a subsidiary company of Allcargo Logistics, plans to invest close to Rs 600 million in the next two years to build an auto engineering part warehouse in Guwahati.

Tata Power, India's largest integrated power company, partnered with Tata Motors to make Maharashtra ready for electric vehicles (EVs) and to establish EV charging stations in the state for public use

In an exclusive interview with CW, Jayesh Ranjan, Secretary, Department of IT, Electronics and Communication, Government of Telangana, talks to RAHUL KAMAT about how T-Hub, optic fibre network, Phase-2 of the metro and new sectors like aerospace and defence are attracting investments in the state.

Hyderabad is the lifeline for Telangana and contributes over 65 per cent of the states GDP. Exemplary administrative tools have been in place, owing to which the city has been ranked best in ease of doing business.

Urbanisation is an inexorable process as far as India is concerned. The future of IndiaÆs growth lies in its cities and a large chunk of our gross domestic project (GDP) will come from urban centres. It goes without saying that our existing cities were never planned to deal with the exponential levels of population growth currently witnessed. What can be worse than witnessing civic resources being stretched beyond limits.

In India, the Central and the State Governments have worked on a wide range of sectorsùincluding roads, ports, telecommunication, power, water supply, waste management, tourism, industrial infrastructure, SEZ, township development, and health on a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) basis.