Category: INDIA / WORLD

PCMC collected Rs 198 crore property tax through an online payment system.

April 7, 2020

Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation’s (PCMC) property tax department raised Rs 198 crore tax via the online payment system, making up the largest portion of Rs 490.11crore’s overall property tax collection for fiscal 2019-20. Smita Zagade, Assistant Commissioner, said this represents the increasing demand for online payment methods. The tax was paid online by owners of […]

PCMC collected Rs 198 crore property tax through an online payment system.more
construction

PMI: UK construction industry experiences the steepest decline in activity in March 2020.

Britain’s construction industry experienced the sharpest decline in activity following last month’s financial crisis, a survey revealed on Monday, despite seeing far less pressure than other sectors that are affected due to coronavirus pandemic lockdown. Also reported last week’s figures from financial data provider IHS Markit and the Chartered Institution of Procurement and Supply (CIPS), indicating the British business sector as a whole is shrinking at the highest pace in more than 20 years.  The construction Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) plunged to 39.3 in March from 52.6 in February, its lowest since April […]

PMI: UK construction industry experiences the steepest decline in activity in March 2020.more
Maharashtra RERA Rules in Place to Protect Homebuyers from May 1

K-RERA allows three months deadline extensions on all RERA projects.

April 6, 2020

The Karnataka Real Estate Regulatory Authority (RERA) has provided a deadline extension for all residential buildings throughout the city, taking into account the lockdown declared by the state and the union governments. Much of the mass exodus of migrant workers who decided to return to their hometowns before the coronavirus outbreak, the continuing construction projects […]

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Financial crisis

Multiplex Association of India (MAI) request for complete rent waiver.

Cinema halls and multiplex operators have requested the malls’ landlords and developers to fully waive the rent and common area maintenance (CAM) during this lockdown and recuperating period. Unlike other industries, the cinema operators, according to the Multiplex Association of India (MAI), have “zero” revenue during the lockdown period and before that when several state […]

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High Court

High Court restricts ICRA ltd from publishing Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd credit score.

April 4, 2020

The Delhi High Court on Friday restricted a private credit rating firm, ICRA Ltd, from allowing the Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd (IHFL) credit score public until April 6. Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva’s interim direction came on a request to stop ICRA Ltd from downgrading IHFL’s credit score for failing to include any details the credit rating […]

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Noida residents refuse for quarantine units provided by realtors.

A proposal by Naredco body of realtors to give space for COVID-19 quarantine wards in two housing projects in Noida was met with skepticism by residents associations, which said the decision triggered fear among the citizens living there. The Noida administration said it received aid offers from many quarters, but there were stringent public health […]

Noida residents refuse for quarantine units provided by realtors.more
Electricity

COVID-19 effect: Maharashtra government declares an 8% reduction in electricity tariff.

April 3, 2020

On March 30th, the Maharashtra government declared an average 8 per cent reduction in the electricity tariff over the next five years to enable enterprises and citizens to sail through the COVID-19 crisis. Although the sector has earned the biggest gains, according to an official announcement, farmers would have to endure a 1 per cent […]

COVID-19 effect: Maharashtra government declares an 8% reduction in electricity tariff.more
Real Estate Market

Experts predict the real estate market will see a surge in returns in 2-3 years.

Because cities are in locked down and people are reluctant to move out of their houses, buyers have the greatest worry over whether or not their investment in the real estate is secure. Realty shares have slipped into COVID-19’s terror, and many customers are uncertain over whether to stay invested or exit. Though according to […]

Experts predict the real estate market will see a surge in returns in 2-3 years.more
Property Registration

PMC: Pune citizens can now access property tax bills through digital platform.

April 2, 2020

The civic body took to the digital platform to issue property tax bills for the new fiscal (2020-21) after the current lockdown hindered it from printing and dispatching more than 10.5 lakh of them. The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has now begun uploading the bills to the property tax payment network that can be accessed […]

PMC: Pune citizens can now access property tax bills through digital platform.more
RHB

Rajasthan Housing Board might provide 16,000 vacant flats to COVID-19 patients.

To take on coronavirus, several schools, hospitals, and facilities have opened their doors for citizens suffering through the lockdown time to reach both ends. However, the Rajasthan Housing Board (RHB), which has 16,000 vacant properties, is still in progress to give any solace to the suffering people. State residents also volunteered to cater migrant workers […]

Rajasthan Housing Board might provide 16,000 vacant flats to COVID-19 patients.more