Tag: #Construction Industry

Real estate

Mumbai and Pune city may not get the relief benefit for the construction projects.

April 17, 2020

The updated guidelines for ongoing construction projects provided by the Center on April 15 have come as a significant relief to the builders as workers stationed at such sites are now able to begin construction work. The updated guidelines, however, also confirmed that such work cannot be performed in places designated as COVID-19 hotspots. Mumbai […]

Mumbai and Pune city may not get the relief benefit for the construction projects.more
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Home Ministry permits 15 industries to start their work with social distancing norms.

April 13, 2020

Two days until the slated end of the lockdown, the government has enabled more than 15 types of industries to begin their work on a single shift basis with minimal manpower and distancing norms. These involve large electrical goods such as transformers and circuit vehicles, telecom equipment and components like fibre optic cable, compressor and […]

Home Ministry permits 15 industries to start their work with social distancing norms.more
Under-construction Building

PHD Chamber suggested all under-construction projects to be treated as assets for granting credit to the developers.

April 11, 2020

PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PHDCCI) has suggested that ongoing projects must be treated as assets for providing credit to developers, zero- period interest waiver in Uttar Pradesh should be provided for two years amid COVID-19, and developers who have applied for partial or partial project competition must be issued completion certificates to prevent […]

PHD Chamber suggested all under-construction projects to be treated as assets for granting credit to the developers.more
Partnership

Kolte-Patil Developers and a UK based real estate company will jointly develop a 5.4 acre in Pune.

April 10, 2020

Kolte-Patil Developers, a real estate developer based in Pune, has signed an agreement with UK-based real estate company Planet Smart City to jointly build a more than a 5.4-acre parcel of land in Pune. Kolte-Patil would get Rs 91 Crore for his plot’s monetization. Kolte-Patil’s I-Ven Townships (Pune) a Kolte-Patil subsidiary and the UK developer […]

Kolte-Patil Developers and a UK based real estate company will jointly develop a 5.4 acre in Pune.more
Durga Shanker Mishra

Housing Minister: Real Estate will soon get special regulatory measures to get restored the industry.

April 9, 2020

Special guidelines and legislative measures will soon be issued for the real estate industry, including the Real Estate Legislative Act (RERA), to counter this crisis, said Durga Shanker Mishra, Secretary, Housing and Urban Affairs. “We are caught in an unimaginable scenario that has engulfed the whole world in its grip. In these critical days, we […]

Housing Minister: Real Estate will soon get special regulatory measures to get restored the industry.more
construction

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

April 7, 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
Investment

Wadhwa Group receives Rs 300 crore investments from a Japenese company Marubeni Corporation.

April 1, 2020

Japanese institutional investor Marubeni Corporation has decided to invest Rs 300 crore into a 1 million sqft residential project ‘Atmosphere’ of real estate developer Wadhwa Group in Mumbai’s Mulund suburb. This is the maiden investment Marubeni has created in Indian real estate. In a statement, it said it would invest in the project by subscribing […]

Wadhwa Group receives Rs 300 crore investments from a Japenese company Marubeni Corporation.more
Loan

Developers’ body seeks to defer housing loans EMI for a 12months.

March 25, 2020

Real estate developers body is looking for a 12-month deferral of housing loan instalments, a 2-year moratorium on project loans, issuance of building plans and other permits that are being supported by payment of fees, and other steps to help the real estate industry in UP and Haryana. The National Real Estate Development Council (NAREDCO-UP) has […]

Developers’ body seeks to defer housing loans EMI for a 12months.more
construction workers

Realtors’ body rules to provide wages to the construction workers even though they are off work due to COVID19.

March 21, 2020

Realty developers body the Confederation of Real Estate Developers Association of India (CREDAI) has opted to pay construction staff even though they are off work owing to sickness or work stoppage at the site in the context of ongoing coronavirus mayhem. CREDAI has mentioned in a letter to members of its realty developers that this change would […]

Realtors’ body rules to provide wages to the construction workers even though they are off work due to COVID19.more
Under-construction Building

Construction work freezes in China due to epidemic prevention.

March 12, 2020

In February, construction operations in China halted when the government prolonged the lunar New Year break and urged residents to remain indoors for a coronavirus epidemic preventive. The flu-like disease began from central Wuhan has killed 3,158 people and affected over 80,000 in mainland China. Japan’s Komatsu report, one of the most significant manufacturers of […]

Construction work freezes in China due to epidemic prevention.more