Economically weaker sections (EWS)
Andhra Pradesh has 32,872 acres of Government land available within a radius of 10 km from district headquarters. Deputy Chief Minister KE Krishna Murthy disclosed this in a press conference here recently. SPSR Nellore district had the highest acreage at 5,823 acres while West Godavari had the lowest at 79 acres. Krishna district, which is [...] Continue Reading »
Chandigarh- Haryana’s new housing policy is expected to benefit over 3.5 lakh families below the poverty line (BPL) and the economically weaker sections (EWS) in the state. These sections will also avail assistance from the state government for the construction of houses as per the new housing policy. A state level meeting which was held to address [...] Continue Reading »
Even 10 years after getting possession of their houses, more than 300 families who own flats in buildings constructed by the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA) still have not made full payment to the authority. MHADA sources say that the families owe MHADA about Rs 30.39 crore. The apartments are part of the [...] Continue Reading »
CREDAI, the realty developers apex body was quite unhappy and resented against the Union Government’s decision of proposing the mandatory reservation of 35% of dwelling units built for the economically weaker sections (EWS). The CREDAI memorandum addressed to Union Minister for Housing and Poverty Alleviation, Mr Ajay Maken that such a drive without any incentives to the developer community will only burden [...] Continue Reading »
Residents of the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) Quarters in Ejipura have staged a dharna opposing their eviction by the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP). BBMP have started the eviction to facilitate the joint development of the land with a private partner. As per the agreement, 1,512 flats for EWS will be constructed on one half [...] Continue Reading »
10,000 one-room tenements constructed for the economically weaker sections under the Jawaharlal Nehru Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) in Chandigarh are lying unused and are suffering from a total lack of maintenance. The flats were constructed almost a year back. However, these could not be allotted to the beneficiaries due to the incomplete infrastructure of the [...] Continue Reading »
Developers launching apartments in Bangalore are trying to differentiate their residential projects. While most of them resort to differentiating on the basis of designs, layout, theme, furnishing and different finishing for floor, walls, roof etc., some are now trying to innovate on the basis of social distinctions. Some developers are providing newly affluent home buyers [...] Continue Reading »
Statistics suggest that there is a wide gap between the demand in supply of housing – both in terms of quality and quantity, in urban India. Technical Group constituted by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation (MHUPA) reveals data that shows that the urban housing shortage in the country at the end of [...] Continue Reading »
Each beneficiary of Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation’s housing scheme for economically weaker sections (EWS) will save Rs 36,000 as the state government has waived the stamp duty on conveyance. Now that the stamp duty on registration of EWS houses built under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) scheme has been waived, the beneficiaries [...] Continue Reading »
The commissioner of Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), MK Shankarlinge Gowda, announced on Tuesday, that the authority is looking for more partnerships with realty developers in building houses for economically weaker sections (EWS) in the city. During the interaction of BBMP with Confederation of Real Estate Developers’ Association of India (CREDAI), Adarsh Developers M.D, BM [...] Continue Reading »
