Category: Construction Industry

Property Tax

Kolkata local body enforces strict law upon tax delays.

February 12, 2020

Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) would adopt a two-way strategy to tackle a group of real estate developers who breach municipal laws that eventually hinder apartment owners. First, any tax delays must be paid by the builder and not the buyer. Second, until the KMC provides the developer with a clearance certificate (CC) a buyer cannot […]

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Loan application

Developers facing denial on bailout scheme applications.

February 11, 2020

More than two years after a bailout scheme for stalled slum rehabilitation projects was initiated by the state government by providing soft loans, not a single builder has benefited from it. In October 2017, the government had partnered with the SBI the state-run Shivshahi Punarvasan Prakalp Limited (SPPL), to provide loans between Rs.5 crore – […]

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Construction Waste Recycling Plant

A step to eliminate construction waste has been initiated by Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation.

The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) will establish an online portal that displays the status of construction work and reports the waste left by different departments. The online site, which will include construction work information of various departments, is intended to take responsibility for the Construction and Demolition (C&D) waste department and enable it to go […]

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Luxurious House

Demand for luxurious housing mounts in South Mumbai.

February 8, 2020

Regardless of the sloppy economy, the demand for luxury property in Mumbai is growing, and developers are preparing to fulfill it. The buyer’s first choice of housing would be luxurious towers in South Mumbai. Living lavishly in a quaint Mumbai neighborhood with plenty of modern facilities and near to all the key destinations. The country’s […]

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GHMC launches online portal to sell TDR certificates.

On February 6, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) launched an online portal to support the sale of TDR. It has features like the issue, use, sale of TDR certificates and existing certificates data. The site is recognized as TDR Bank. It was initiated by KT Rama Rao, Minister of Municipal Administration and Urban Development […]

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NRI Investment

High Court imposes ban on NRIs from purchasing residential property in India.

February 7, 2020

The High Court of Madras proposed that non-resident Indians should be banned from buying homes in India, speculative sales should be prohibited, and a 100% additional stamp duty on purchases of second homes should be imposed. As party respondents, the Court itself impleaded the Union housing and finance ministries. We also asked questions about the […]

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Sharad Pawar

Trust led by Sharad Pawar gets 51 hectares of land by the Maharashtra government at a nominal rate.

51 hectares of land in Jalna District have been allotted by the Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi government to the Vasantdada Sugar Institute (VSI), headed by the Sharad Pawar at nominal rates. Originally, the Agriculture Department purchased 51.33 hectares of land for a state seed farm, in the village of Patharwala, Ambad taluka in Jalna. The cabinet-led […]

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Construction

Developers are providing an extended warranty to retain customer confidence.

February 3, 2020

Real estate is one of those industries where product assurance remains in question until the Real Estate (RERA) Act (Regulation and Development) made it mandatory for all projects in 2017. In some of the major real estate markets, quality construction is still a value proposition, with buyers willing to pay a premium, for return for […]

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Developer reducing in India

Budget 2020 lacks to resolve major issues faced by the realty sector.

Real Estate developers and property consultants shared their disappointment about the Budget for the next fiscal and said they did not address the sector’s tremendous liquidity problem and gave no significant opportunities to raise slow housing sales. “The budget direction is incremental but the sector-specific measures for the real estate sector are not in effect,” […]

Budget 2020 lacks to resolve major issues faced by the realty sector.more
Nirmala Sitharaman

Latest Update: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman budget speech 2020 highlights.

February 1, 2020

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today introduced a new discretionary personal income tax regime and unveiled a multibillion-dollar farm, infra and healthcare package to boost the country’s economy. Emphasizing capacity building and empowering oppressed sections of the society while preserving the creators of wealth, Sitharaman said this budget would improve people’s income and purchasing power. Finance […]

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