The Central government has approved an additional investment of Rs.16,641 crore for affordable housing for construction of 2,44,267 houses for urban poor under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) during the first four months of this financial year.
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The Future Indian City
There are different models for development of smart cities. Some bring together a centralisation of different functions, others emphasise on the focused development of certain key infrastructure.
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Ministry sends proposal for infra status to housing sector
Minister for Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Girija Vyas informed that the proposal to assign infrastructure status to affordable housing sector was sent for consideration of 'Institutional Mechanism (IM) under the Harmonised Master List of Infrastructure sub-sectors'. The IM was constituted by the Ministry of Finance to consider assigning 'Infrastructure Status' to Affordable Housing Sector. The minister said this in reply to a question in th
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Govt asks developers to complete housing projects
Private developers who are delaying the construction of affordable housing units in Jaipur received a warning from the state government's urban housing and development (UDH) department. The developers were asked to complete the project by end of July or else lose the security money. The department said it would transfer the security money to Jaipu
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There is a huge potential to enhance our cement consumption
Consumption of cement can be enhanced by giving major thrust for the development of infrastructure apart from providing a level playing field with the global cement exporters by re-imposing the basic import duty on cement, presently zero,
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Experts suggest policy steps to boost affordable housing in urban areas
Experts suggest the government to liberalise obsolete development norms, rationalise floor area ratio and density in order to address shortage of housing in urban areas. According to experts, the process of urbanisation may grow at a compounded annual growth rate of more than two per cent over the next two decades and this c
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NHB to raise funds through ECB
In order to lend to low-cost housing projects, National Housing Bank (NHB) plans to raise $200 million through external commercial borrowing (ECB) in 2013-14. The NHB plans to seek approval from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for raising the amount through ECB. In 2012-13, the housing finance regulator could raise funds under ECB as the approval from RBI came in the latter
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NHB issues Rs 6.4 bn worth tax-free bonds
RV Verma, Chairman and Managing Director of National Housing Bank (NHB) issued tax-free bonds worth Rs 644 crore NHB was authorized to raise Rs 5,000 crore through tax free bonds during 2012-13. It had room to mobilise upto Rs 3,750 crore through the recently concluded public issue. Verma informed that the company could have mopped up more funds through this route had it not been
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Maken’s plea to RBI to revamp affordable housing loans
Ajay Maken, the Union Minister of Housing and Poverty Alleviation has made an appeal to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for restructuring of loans for affordable housing in case the project is delayed due to extraneous reasons beyond the control of the developer. The Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram has also joined Maken to make the appeal to the RBI.
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Maken’s plea to RBI to revamp affordable housing loans
Ajay Maken, the Union Minister of Housing and Poverty Alleviation has made an appeal to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for restructuring of loans for affordable housing in case the project is delayed due to extraneous reasons beyond the control of the developer. The Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram has also joined Maken to make the appeal to the RBI.