Well-planned aerocities have the potential to become engines of regional growth by stimulating investment, creating jobs, and driving urban modernisation. However, to fully leverage India’s aviation boom, they require robust structural support, writes Rajeev Vijay. In the last few years, along with the rapid expansion of the aviation industry, airports in India have evolved beyond...
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India Plans Airport-Centric Real Estate Push; Naidu Targets 15% Economic Growth
As part of India’s civil aviation push, the initiative aims to unlock 15% economic growth through large-scale real estate projects near upcoming airports. India’s civil aviation sector may soon witness a dramatic transformation in its urban landscape, with large-scale real estate developments planned around upcoming airports to mirror global hubs like New York, London, and...
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Rs. 6 trillion Master Stroke
This Union Budget came against the backdrop of a raft of reforms, economic slowdown and fiscal stress. While the Budget proposals will incrementally contribute to economic expansion with its de facto elements of stimulus, the pace of growth will largely be due to factors outside the Budget.
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Impact of demonetisation on infrastructure
Land transportation was a cash-driven sector as it is a very fragmented and unorganised sector. Transition to a ´plastic economy´ would obviously remove hidden costs. This is a cultural change.
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The warehousing sector is going to experience a sea change in its structure
With the total warehousing space requirement in the country´s top seven markets expected to grow from 621 mn sq ft in 2016 to 839 mn sq ft by 2020, the warehousing sector has shown tremendous traction in the past couple of years. Further, investment in warehousing can provide an opportunity of realising returns in the range of 10-24 per cent per annum.
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Pushing for growth
The potential is enormous when you look from a macro perspective. In India only about 20 per cent of organisations look at warehousing services from a supply chain point of view, whereas globally the average is over 60 per cent.
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Dr. Samantak Das’s reaction on RBI’s decision to hike repo rate
RBI has once again shown its stance towards curbing inflationary pressures. By doing so, there is a substantial compromise being made towards the country's GDP growth.
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Quote on RBI’s Credit Policy: CRR and repo rates slashed by 0.25%
Finally, we have the rate cut (start of the series of cuts that hopefully will follow over several quarters, influenced by the overall inflation situation and the economy's need to perk up growth rates) which coupled with the lower CRR should provide great relief to Real Estate industry reeling for quite some time now under the burden of huge debts on one side and poor cash flows caused by slowdown in sales.