Real estate law should focus on small projects
The parliamentary panel says that the law should be applicable on the constructions built on 100 sq m area or more.
The Standing Committee says that the small projects has been removed from the purview of the Bill where the area of land is less than 1000 sq m or where a building does not have more than 12 flats.
The committee also says that the threshold can be further decreased by the central government on recommendations of states or union territories.
The panel says that the committee is disappointed and this reflects on the ministry to leave such an important issue in the hands of the state governments.
The committee is surprised as to why the Housing and Urban Poverty (HUPA) ministry had not included a provision which would ensure that a construction execution certificate has to be issued. The report also says that as per the proposed legislation a ‘model agreement’ has been offered.
The report says that the provision should consist of a provision regarding the quality of materials and technology used in the development. The panel says that the HUPA ministry has been quiet on this topic of maintaining any data on the presence of night shelters. Focusing on the need to solve this problem the Committee says that the chances of making the scheme for urban homeless compulsory under National Urban Livelihood Mission (NULM) should be inspected.
Source: The Tribune
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