Judgment of the National Green Tribunal, May 27, 2025 in the matter of Sumit Saini Vs Shree Ram Steel Industries & Others. Sumit Saini, resident of village Damla, District Yamuna Nagar, Haryana had sent a letter petition dated May 14, 2022 to the NGT. The application said that around 25 …
Cabinet gives nod to new policy. A 500 sq ft flat worth Rs 20 lakh on cards Owning a flat may seem a far-fetched idea to the common man but Haryana’s ‘Affordable Policy 2013’ is set to change all that. With the Cabinet giving its nod to a policy for …
The state cabinet has cleared four low-cost housing schemes under the Mukhyamantri Aavas Samruddhi Yojana for the lower income group (LIG), the middle income group (MIG) and the urban poor. However, the government is yet to announce an affordable housing policy. The schemes approved are slum-rehabilitation scheme; housing schemes for …
Bank Loans To Applicants Have Not Gone Beyond 20% So Far The state government’s ambitious move to scale up the affordable housing project from 1.25 lakh homes to five lakh houses has boomerang, putting the government in a fix. Slated to be one of the biggest housing schemes in the …
The Punjab government has decided to frame a policy for mega projects to provide houses to the public at affordable rates. An official spokesperson of the department of town and country planning said the policy would incorporate provisions like the maximum permissible area for group housing in a project, where …
JAIPUR: In an attempt to woo the electorates ahead of assembly polls, chief minister Ashok Gehlot on Thursday laid the foundation stone of a rehabilitation housing scheme for the residents of Sanjay NagarBhattaBasti under Rajiv Gandhi AwasYojana (RGAY). Gehlot also extended the date of ongoing "PrashasanShahronKe Sang" campaign. Touted as …
Ahmedabad Urban Development Association (Auda) has passed the first affordable housing scheme in the newly declared residential affordable housing (RAH) zone in Khodiyar area, which comes under Town Planning scheme - 60. The developers, Manubhai Patel Company, have been given permission to construct 53 housing units in the zone. Each …
Loan granted under concessional International Development Association window on a long-term basis for 25 years The World Bank has approved a concessional loan of $100 million to the National Housing Bank (NHB) for implementation of low income housing programme. The loan has been granted under the concessional International Development Association …
The state government has decided to build almost 27,000 flats in three cities of Bihar, including Patna. These flats will be constructed through Public-Private Partnership (PPP) and will be available at less than market rates. A decision to this effect was taken at the state cabinet meeting on Tuesday presided …
JAIPUR: In order to launch new housing schemes for residents of Jaipur and Jodhpur, the Rajasthan housing board (RHB) has decided to acquire more land from farmers. A decision was taken in the RHB meeting to acquire approximately 10,000 bigah land in these two cities. RHB officials have already identified …
Gandhinagar: Gujarat government is ready with its housing policy for urban areas. The policy is expected to be unveiled within a month. Sources say that the government will be announcing two sub-policies on slum rehabilitation and affordable housing in the cities simultaneously. The government plans to build 22 lakh houses …
The govt intends to construct about 20,000 units annually under the scheme To meet the growing demand for affordable housing in the state, the government is planning to build 5000 housing units immediately under a new scheme. "Immediately we plan to take up a project at Gothapatana, on the outskirt …
In line with its policy to encourage low-cost housing projects, the government is considering allowing foreign direct investment (FDI) in such projects, subject to a host of conditions, including a lock-in period and minimum capital requirements. Currently, FDI is prohibited in the real estate business but 100% FDI through the …
The CAG report on the Delhi Government’s target to construct a whopping 4 lakh low-cost housing units under Basic Services to the Urban Poor (BSUP) programme reveals how ill-prepared and ill-suited government agencies are to address the city’s housing woes. Flawed tendering processes, delays in identifying land and starting construction, …
Many developers have recently launched similar affordable home projects in the city Godrej Properties Ltd. (GPL), the real estate development arm of the Godrej Group, launched an affordable housing scheme in their township project Godrej Garden City (GGC) in Ahmedabad. Five new towers, each ground plus 12 storeys tall, will …
Builders to be given sops, including waiver of fees At a time when the property prices have skyrocketed in the urban areas, affordable housing may well be within the reach of the ‘aam aadmi’ in Haryana. In fact, with a view to attract the private builders to go in for …
Mumbai: The state government has decided to completely do away with charging premiums for Maharashtra Housing Area Development Authority (Mhada) redevelopment projects in lieu of extra floor space index. Instead, it will take a share of the surplus flats, which are likely to form the corpus of affordable housing in …
City-based DBS Affordable Home Strategy Ltd. is set to create about 25,000 affordable home for the lower income groups in next five years, financial closure for which the developer has achieved with micro finance institutions and banks. At a project cost of Rs 2,000 crore, DBS aims to achieve large …
New Delhi: Delhi Devlopment Authority (DDA) passed its budget for 2013-14 at an Authority meeting held on Tuesday with special focus on development of low-income housing in its sub-cities and maintenance of green areas. Infrastructure projects also got a boost. L-G Tejinder Khanna, who is the DDA chairman, said that …
The new land pooling policy, which will encourage active involvement of the private sector, is likely to be tabled for approval at a meeting of the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) on Tuesday. Land pooling is being seen as an alternative to land acquisition by government agencies. It is based on …
Lucknow: In what may bring relief to real estate developers, UP government has hinted at revising the policy in favour of developers for reserving certain percentage of units for weaker sections of the society in their housing projects on above 3,000 square meters of land. The policy is applicable to …
