Category: Features

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

February 3, 2020

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

Budget 2020: How it will benefit the real estate segment?

February 2, 2020

Budget 2020 has given the real estate industry and the common man many surprises. Many demands were anticipated from the real estate sector in the 2020 budget, but only a few received the attention of the minister of finance. Let us check some of the main budget announcements and their effect on the real estate […]

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Hilltown with green buildings will get a 50% tax rebate on property tax.

In the hill town, there is a new format of property tax, which gives green buildings a 50% exemption. Under the new rules, the Dharamshala Municipal Corporation’s (DMC) meeting of the General House decided on 30 January all families below the poverty line and cowsheds were exempted from paying property tax. When approached, Devender Jaggi, […]

Hilltown with green buildings will get a 50% tax rebate on property tax.more

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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MMRDA proposes 28 commercial and 10 residential buildings in BKC to make the area more lucrative.

January 29, 2020

Thirty years is a short time in a rising metropolis and as the commercial hub of the Bandra-Kurla Complex became a hotspot, MMRDA decided to make it more lucrative by preparing a cosmopolitan development of taller buildings, and greener spaces. A master plan to construct 28 commercial and 10 residential buildings in BKC’s E Block […]

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Government to issue a list of “Smart Cities” in June 2020.

January 28, 2020

The Smart Cities Mission will complete its five years of implication and the central government is going to publish a report card in June, consisting of 100 chosen smart cities into three categories – ease of living, municipal performance index and climate. It will allow cities to plan better and move towards data-driven governance, which […]

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Pune Metro becomes India’s fastest metro project developed in just 30 months.

January 27, 2020

The first trial conducted by Pune Metro earlier this month was the fastest one to achieve the milestone (30 months) of the country’s metro projects. With the January-10 run being a precursor to technical trial runs and regulatory approval and certification, progress is on track to make the first 5 km stretch to be operationalized […]

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Godrej Properties to develop luxury apartments at the famous RK Studios.

January 25, 2020

Godrej Properties Ltd (GPL), a real estate company, has unveiled a luxury residential project at the famous RK Studios in the tony Chembur neighborhood, the southern part of Mumbai. The company is releasing the 3 and 4-bedroom Collector’s Edition residences, it said in its release. Bombay Art Deco influences the architecture of these luxury buildings. […]

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Delhi government files affidavit before High court alleging that the forest area cannot be regularized according to central law.

January 24, 2020

The AAP government told the Delhi High Court on Thursday that unauthorized forest colonies were barred from regularizing under the Centre’s notification on October 2019, to regularize illegal settlements in the city. Delhi government declared in its affidavit placed before the bench of justices GS Sistani and A J Bhambhani that the Delhi National Capital […]

Delhi government files affidavit before High court alleging that the forest area cannot be regularized according to central law.more