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At upcoming Central Vista National Museum, plans for a glass dome inspired by the Louvre

May 21, 2025 8:43 am

Sources said the Indian government, which has tied up with French Museums Development (FMD) for the project, is keen on a similar glass structure for the new National Museum

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Two new buildings in Central Vista won’t have Patel’s design stamp

December 11, 2024 9:52 am

On November 28, the Central Public Works Department (CPWD) invited tenders for these two CCS buildings (6 and 7) to be built at the old Vice-President’s House site on Maulana Azad Road and Vigyan Bhawan Annexe.

Metro at Delhi’s India Gate: corridor connecting new museum at North Block, ministry offices on anvil

December 11, 2024 11:34 am

Under its Central Vista revamp, the government has proposed constructing new Common Central Secretariat (CCS) buildings after demolishing existing structures.

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Transit system over ground or beneath? CPWD to take call on Central Vista plan

August 25, 2023 8:06 am

The first three of the 10 buildings proposed in the CCS project are under construction as of now. In total, the 10 buildings would accommodate 54,000 employees of various union government ministries.

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Ringing in the new, letting the light in

May 29, 2023 10:42 am

Sunday was a spectacular unveiling of the new Parliament by the PM. Its real inauguration will be when the Opposition takes its gleaming new seat, when democracy's grunt work begins

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India's new Parliament, and why it is needed

May 29, 2023 9:51 am

What are the salient features of the new building inaugurated on May 28? How much bigger and more efficient than the iconic but increasingly obsolete and dangerous old Parliament House is it?

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Office complex for ministries being moved for Central Vista revamp inaugurated

April 13, 2023 2:49 am

The process of allotment of flats to eligible government employees by the Directorate of Estates has already begun, sources said.

Central Vista project: Size, estimated cost of MPs’ complex reduced

January 06, 2023 11:37 am

The CPWD floated a modified pre-qualification bid for the 'MP Chambers' project with an estimated cost of Rs 1,210 crore and total plinth area of 98,000 sqm.

How is the new Parliament building coming along?

November 06, 2022 11:51 am

The new building will have six granite statues devoted to personalities, four galleries each for the two Houses of Parliament, three ceremonial foyers, as many India galleries, and one Constitution gallery.

Bimal Patel: Architect of Modi govt's grand projects prepares for biggest challenge yet — Parliament House

September 11, 2022 2:13 pm

The inauguration of the redesigned Central Vista avenue by PM Modi was a triumphant moment for Bimal Patel, with even his harshest critics acknowledging his work. Leena Misra in Ahmedabad and Nirupama Subramanian in Delhi on the man steering most of Modi govt’s pet projects, past the divided political landscape, trying for consensus.