Maharashtra government
Lessees and occupants of Maharashtra state government land will have to display certificates, declaring that their properties were granted by the government. A notice board has to be displayed on the building premises or on compound walls, visible to the public from now on. State government officials say that this will help the government to [...] Continue Reading »
In order to earn more money, the Maharashtra state cabinet has cleared a new policy for pre-Independence leasehold plots in Mumbai. The policy will affect the monthly rentals of tenants occupying old buildings in the city. As per the new policy, the government has hiked rent, limited the term of new agreements to 30 years [...] Continue Reading »
The Maharashtra Housing Department has offered a major relief to flat buyers and society residents. The state government has said that there is no need for a no-objection certificate (NOC) from the developer for sale or transfer of flat (resale) in a fully constructed building. The clarification has come after allegations of developers illegally collecting [...] Continue Reading »
The Maharashtra government has announced that it will soon increase the floor space index (FSI) in the state. The consideration comes as a way to permit developers to build taller buildings to promote the development of integrated townships around the state’s densely populated cities such as Mumbai and Pune. The government also sees it as [...] Continue Reading »
The Maharashtra government has transferred the responsibility to maintain the Eastern and Western Express Highways from the state public works department (PWD) to Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). The decision is considered vital as there has been a piling up of complaints against the current custodian of the two thoroughfare, which are the city’s north-south arteries. [...] Continue Reading »
Faced with criticism that the Maharashtra government has been stifling the growth of real estate in the state, chief minister Prithviraj Chavan assured the Maharashtra Chamber of Housing Industry (MCHI) that its concerns would be addressed within 45 days. MCHI had raised several issues during a presentation. It claimed that these issues are hampering real [...] Continue Reading »
The confusion over VAT payable by the builders and buyers in Maharashtra is being handled carefully by the state government and builders alike. The Maharashtra Chamber of Housing Industry (MCHI)-Confederation of Real Estate Developers’ Associations of India (CREDAI) has set up a four-member committee to look for the best option for developers to compute Value [...] Continue Reading »
The state sales tax department of Maharashtra has insisted that the payable value added tax (VAT) is much less than three per cent. This has put buyers who purchased flats between 2006 and 2010 and had paid money, in a fix as to how to recover the additional amount paid. Till now, there has been [...] Continue Reading »
Indian real estate companies seem to take a hit due to imposition of VAT in Maharashtra. The shares of most big players dropped for a second day as confusion kept arousing about who would end up paying a proposed retrospective value-added-tax(VAT) from the state of Maharashtra. The drop was caused by worries about a stringent [...] Continue Reading »
Developers in Maharashtra seem to be apprehensive of the regulatory measures proposed by the state and central government. As the developers already have disclosed their presentiment about the state government’s housing regulatory bill, the presentiment deepens as the centre is now set to introduce its own regulatory authority for the real estate sector. Maharashtra Chamber [...] Continue Reading »
