Affordable housing projects
The much-awaited Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Bill has obtained clearance from the Cabinet on 4th June. The Bill is expected to bring in transparency in the nation’s real estate sector with tighter norms for selling projects and preventing property fraud cases. This Act may be called as the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, [...] Continue Reading »
Noida: Noida and Greater Noida are witnessing development projects worth Rs 3,337 crore. The residents of the twin districts have been awaiting this for nearly an year. In the coming few years, the two districts will be flushed with several development activities. The key projects coming up in Noida and Greater Noida include- two new [...] Continue Reading »
Mumbai: In order to control unauthorised constructions in the state, following the appalling building collapse in Mumbra, Thane, the state government has planned to appoint special officers at the municipal corporations. The Minister for State for Housing, Sachin Ahir, stated that the government has decided that an officer will be appointed for each ward who [...] Continue Reading »
Delhi- In order to promote low-cost housing projects, the government is planning to allow foreign direct investment (FDI) in such projects, subject to a host of conditions, including a lock-in period and minimum capital requirements. At present, FDI is banned in the real estate business but 100 percent FDIis allowed in the construction development projects [...] Continue Reading »
Gujarat- The state eminent for its affordable housing will not offer cheap homes as per government plans. The Gujarat Housing Board (GHB) has not proposed cheap prices of apartments in major cities. The price of one bedroom apartment proposed by Gujarat Housing Board is around Rs 11 lakh. While a two bedroom apartment unit will [...] Continue Reading »
Gujarat- The real estate industry and the state government is all set to develop large number of affordable residential units in various regions of state. The state government has promised to initiate work for developing 120,000 homes for the poor and homeless people of the state for the year 2013-14. Government has allocated a total [...] Continue Reading »
The urban housing fund which was announced recently by the Finance Minister in the Budget is likely to function within a month. The minister proposed an allocation of Rs. 2,000 crore to the National Housing Bank (NHB) for initiating it. According to an official, the fund will be used for the refinancing of the banks [...] Continue Reading »
New Delhi- Delhi Development Authority (DDA) has passed its budget for 2013-14 which mainly focuses on development of affordable housing projects in its sub-cities and infrastructure development projects, followed by maintenance of green areas, building community centres and multi-storey wedding venues and more. The DDA Budget for the fiscal 2013-2014 was passed on Tuesday at [...] Continue Reading »
Bhubaneswar- Odisha developers are suspicious with the state government’s plan of developing one lakh affordable houses in 10 years. The government had initiated ‘scheme for affordable urban housing in Odisha-2012′ which directs developers to reserve 15 percent built-up space for developing residential units for economically weaker section (EWS) and lower income group (LIG). But the [...] Continue Reading »
The Ministry of housing has sought tax sops, under the section 80IB (10) of the Income Tax Act, for the developers of affordable housing projects. A senior government official said the housing ministry has also asked for service tax exemption for private developers of the affordable housing projects. Also, the ministry has suggested that the [...] Continue Reading »
