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On World Whisky Day (May 17, 2025), we asked master distillers, distillery owners, and industry experts to explain how Indian whiskys get their distinct flavour and colour.

PM Modi to lay foundation stones of 8 AMRUT projects in Maharashtra on January 19

He will also dedicate more than 90,000 houses built under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban).

India undertaking largest planned urbanisation programme in world: Minister Puri

According to the ministry, the challenge is a significant step in the direction of achieving India's commitments to combating the challenges posed by climate change.

Radico Khaitan's Happiness in a Bottle Gin and 4 more spirits to check out this month

What you need to know about Amrut Two Indies White Rum, Happiness in a Bottle Gin, Ardbeg Smoketrails Manzanilla, Hoegaarden Gin and D’Yavol Inception scotch, including the price.

Stock your home bar with these new spirits this festive season

Pink gins and coffee-infused gins, a peaty single malt from Amrut, and more to serve guests at home or give as Diwali presents.

Ex-Amrut master distiller on what it takes to make great whisky

Surrinder Kumar says that the malt whisky space in India is hotting up, and 2021 will see at least three new launches.

Lucknow becomes first city in UP to list municipal bonds: Here's why cities need municipal bonds

In COVID times, Lucknow Municipal Corporation will progress towards achieving the ‘Aatmanirbhar’ goal with the listing of municipal bonds worth Rs 200 crore, the chief minister said

Explainer: As Lucknow becomes the 9th city to have raised municipal bonds, here’s a look at what municipal funding is all about

Eight other cities have raised municipal bonds so far. These include Amaravati (Rs 2000 cr), Visakhapatnam (Rs 80 cr), Ahmedabad (Rs 200 cr), Surat (Rs 200 cr), Bhopal (Rs 175 cr), Indore (Rs 140 cr), Pune (Rs 495 cr) and Hyderabad (Rs 200 cr)

PMAY (U), AMRUT and Smart Cities Mission a boon in fight against COVID-19: Hardeep Singh Puri

PMAY (U), Smart Cities Mission (SCM) and Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) have completed five years

Growth in home loans higher in non-metros: JLL

The consultant attributed factors such as improved connectivity, infrastructure growth, better education and health care facilities that supported the growth of peripheral cities.

Budget 2019: Fund allocation for housing and urban affairs ministry up 12%

The Metro received the biggest share of the pie - an allocation of Rs 19,152 crore, a 23 percent increase from Rs 15,600 crore last year. It is expected that the Metro network would be expanded to over 15 cities in 2019-2020.

Budget 2019: Government allocates Rs 7,300 crore under AMRUT

The AMRUT scheme was allocated Rs 6,400 crore (revised) in last year's Budget.

Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and Madhya Pradesh top Ease of Living Index rankings

The Ease of Living Index seeks to assist cities in undertaking a 360-degree assessment of their strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats.

Andhra Pradesh gets 1st rank in Ease of Living Index under AMRUT

According to the ministry, Andra Pradesh, Odisha and Madhya Pradesh were awarded the three best performing states under AMRUT.

Centre commits Rs 2,070 cr under AMRUT for 31 Gujarat cities

In a release issued today, he said the 31 cities included Ahmedabad, Dwarka, Jamnagar, Gandhinagar, Bhavnagar, Bhuj, Godhra, Porbandar, Rajkot, Surat and Vadodara.

All urban development projects in Uttarakhand under AMRUT cleared: Venkaiah Naidu

The urban development minister today reviewed various ongoing projects under the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) here.

Haryana to unveil scheme to tackle unauthorised colonies

Haryana Urban Local Bodies Minister, Kavita Jain, on May 8, 2017, said that the government will soon unveil a plan to permanently solve the problem of unauthorised colonies in the state. A scheme has &#82

Green cover in the NCR drops by 1% between 1999 and 2012

As per the information received from the Ministry of Urban Development, the proportion of green area in the National Capital Region (NCR) has declined from 4.26% in 1999, to 3.30% in 2012, environment minister &#82

Government proposes to increase urban reform incentive fund, to Rs 3000 crores

The Urban Development Ministry has proposed a six-fold increase in its ‘reform incentive fund’ to over Rs 3,000 crores annually, over the next three years, to push implementation of various schemes in the urban &#82

Need for improvement in urban infrastructure: Minister

"Migration is a worldwide phenomenon which is bound to take place. We have to prepare ourselves for that, to ensure that those who migrate to cities are given whatever they expect from cities," Minister of State for Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation (HUPA) Rao Inderjit Singh said here at the 'One Globe' conference.

Smart city mission has led to comprehensive urban planning: Urban development minister

Urban development minister, M Venkaiah Naidu on February 7, 2017, said that the government‘s ‘Smart Cities‘ mission, has brought about a paradigm shift, wherein cities approach the challenges differently, rather than doing different things. &#82

Budget 2017: Reforms that the realty sector needs the most

As budget 2017 closes in, the real estate market is ready with its list of demands from the finance minister. Of these, some demands have a good chance of being addressed in the upcoming &#82

Government to utilise geo-spatial technology to build smart cities

The centre is planning to extensively utilise geo-spatial technology, to realise its vision of building 100 smart cities across the country, union urban development minister, M Venkaiah Naidu revealed on January 23, 2017. “Cities, &#82

Plastic business growing due to new order wins: Jain Irrigation

"Plastic business is growing because of the infrastructure growth. We have got Rs 300 crore order under AMRUT (Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation) cities water programme", Anil Jain, MD of Jain Irrigation told CNBC-TV18.

SPV to be set up for Thane smart city project

A special purpose vehicle (SPV) will be set up soon by the government, to facilitate Thane‘s transition into a smart city, stated Thane‘s municipal commissioner, Sanjeev Jaiswal. Thane was in the list of cities &#82