Tag: #property industry

SRA (Slum Rehabilation Authority)

Maharashtra state will enable selling of SRA flats in just 5 years lock-in period.

February 28, 2020

The State housing department would shortly be enabling the Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) project beneficiaries to sell their homes in five years instead of ten years. Housing Minister Jitendra Awhad made the announcement at the assembly on 25 February to reduce the lock-in period. The decision was taken on the basis of a recommendation provided […]

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Supreme court

Builder accused in property scam gets approval to travel abroad by the Supreme Court.

On 27 February, Satinder Singh Bhasin, a Noida-based businessman who was arrested on charges of cheating and fraudulently selling the property to several people, was allowed by the Supreme Court to travel abroad for 10 days under certain terms. A Division Bench of Justices AM Khanwilkar and Dinesh Maheshwari allowed the petitioner to pertain for […]

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CCTV Camera

Housing Minister will mandate CCTV cameras in all new buildings.

February 27, 2020

Home Minister Anil Deshmukh said on Wednesday to the Legislative Council, that the installation of CCTV cameras would become mandatory in new buildings in Maharashtra. He also said that the CCTV cameras would be connected to the state Home department’s Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems (CCTNS). This announcement was made while the opposition […]

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Loan

NBFCs and HFCs are presumed to get additional one-year loan restructuring extension.

February 24, 2020

The next possible extension of the Date of Commencement of Commercial Operations (DCCO) of commercial real estate project loans by one year without downgrading asset classification may be allowed in a financially sound Non-Banking Finance Companies NBFCs and Housing Finance Companies (HFCs). Official sources stated that, following the recently concluded meeting of the Monetary Policy […]

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Commercial Property

Singapore’s GIC is going to purchase Tech Park in Bengaluru for Rs. 2,500 crore.

February 19, 2020

Singapore’s GIC sovereign wealth fund is the front runner in acquiring Mapletree Investment’s Global Tech Park in Bengaluru for nearly Rs 2,500 crore, in the commercial real estate area of India, with the largest output of private equity (PE). “GIC is now shortlisted and the documentation is in the process while it has not yet […]

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Waiver on Stamp duty

Credai appeals to the state government for keeping RR rates to be identical for the buyer interest.

February 14, 2020

The Confederation of Real Estate Development Association of India (Credai) has requested the state government to keep ready reckoner (RR) rates unchanged for the next financial year and the existing high rates in some regions. The appeal comes even as local representative district meetings are on in the state for recommendations on RR rates. The […]

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Commercial Property

Report: Private Equity investments in the real estate sector rose by 3%.

February 13, 2020

According to a report by Cushman & Wakefield India, private equity investments in the real estate sector rose by 3% in 2019 to Rs 43,704 crore, accounting for almost half the shares in investment flows for the office segment. In 2019 the office segment received Rs 21,890 crore from institutional investors, which reflects a 50.1% […]

Report: Private Equity investments in the real estate sector rose by 3%.more
Property Tax

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

February 2, 2020

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, […]

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Property Auction

Municipal Commissioner auctions government properties to recover outstanding tax dues.

February 1, 2020

On January 30 Tukaram Mundhe, Municipal Commissioner, ordered the Property Tax Division of Nagpur Municipal Commissioner (NMC) to auction government property in order to recover taxes. After a review of the property tax department, he published the guidance. Currently, 314 properties are owned by the central government and property tax dues of Rs 37.86 crore […]

Municipal Commissioner auctions government properties to recover outstanding tax dues.more
Police arrest

Crisis of the DHFL: ED arrests CMD Kapil Wadhawan under money laundering case, suspected to be in contact with Iqbal Mirchi.

January 29, 2020

Dewan Housing Finance Ltd (DHFL) CMD Kapil Wadhawan, 46 years old, has been arrested and brought before the specified PMLA court by the Enforce Directorate (ED), under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) and held under the custody of the ED until 29 January 2020. The court accepted the Agency’s claim that Wadhawan’s remand […]

Crisis of the DHFL: ED arrests CMD Kapil Wadhawan under money laundering case, suspected to be in contact with Iqbal Mirchi.more