Mumbai
Value & Budget Housing Corporation (VBHC), co-founded by former MphasiS chairman Jaithirth (Jerry) Rao and former Citibank Consumer Banking Head P S Jayakumar, has announced an expansion plan of Rs 300 crore. The company will launch nine projects of budget homes across Bangalore, Mumbai, Chennai, NCR and Baroda, offering a total of 2,500 units. VBHC [...] Continue Reading »
Mumbai has witnessed new launches of around 3,600 units in the recent April-June quarter which is more than twice the number of 1,700 housing units launched in January-March, said Abhishek Kiran Gupta and Gagan Agrawal of Bank of America Merrill Lynch. The Mumbai real estate is lagging behind for past one year owing to which [...] Continue Reading »
According to the study by Venture Intelligence, a research service focused on PE and merger and acquisition activity in India, Private equity (PE) firms had invested about USD 1.84 billion during the quarter ended June 2012. The investment amount was 34 percent less than USD 2.79 billion invested in the same period last year. Further, [...] Continue Reading »
While banks are being unwilling to provide real estate loans, the Reserve Bank of India has been following a cautious policy to reduce risks associated with realty sector and to ensure that the sector remains sustainable and viable over a long period of time. National Housing Bank (NHB) has also played its role in de-risking [...] Continue Reading »
Although the real estate market remained sluggish, nearly seven million sq ft of office space were leased out during the April-June period, says a survey. Major cities like Delhi NCR, Mumbai and Bangalore have totalled over 75 per cent of the entire space absorbed during the three month period, according to a report by global [...] Continue Reading »
Economic slowdown in the country has even hit tax collection in the April-June quarter. Only 6.77 per cent growth in gross direct tax collection has been recorded in the quarter while the target for the year was 15 per cent. The gross tax collection for the quarter was over Rs 1.11 lakh crore as against [...] Continue Reading »
People from rural areas are migrating to cities as a result of urbanization and industrialization. The demand for housing is increasing rapidly along with the increase in rate of migration. Apartments and flats are stretched in every direction. But yet they are not sufficient as the population is increasing at a fast pace. An abundant [...] Continue Reading »
Eight Indian companies have made it to Fortune magazine‘s 2012 list of world’s 500 largest companies with Indian Oil and Reliance Industries finding a place in the top 100. With an annual revenue of $86,016 million, Indian Oil has cornered the 83rd spot up from 98th place last year. Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries is the [...] Continue Reading »
The high power expert committee (HPEC) in its report to the union government has recommended that the property tax system in the country should be rationalized. Property tax should be retained as a general benefit tax, and its components such as water tax and sewerage tax should be replaced by appropriate ‘user charges’, recommended the committee. It also recommended [...] Continue Reading »
The floods of 2005 created mess in the Santa Cruz-Kalina belt but, for many of its residents, their anguish did not end with that one unforgiving monsoon. Every year, whether the rains are ruthless or not, high tide causes flooding in the ground floor houses at Air India Colony in Kalina and at Saraswati Road [...] Continue Reading »
