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Noting that the Compensatory Afforestation Fund (CAF) Act will come into force from September 30, 2018, union environment minister Harsh Vardhan, said the release of fund to states would help in creating the additional … READ FULL STORY
The Maharashtra government is considering a proposal to provide houses to police personnel, in cities such as Nagpur, Aurangabad, Nashik, Thane, Navi Mumbai and Pune, by providing land to state housing agencies CIDCO and … READ FULL STORY
Pune, Navi Mumbai and Greater Mumbai from Maharashtra, were ranked India’s three most livable places on the government’s inaugural ‘Ease of Living Index’, which was released on August 13, 2018. The national capital came … READ FULL STORY
City-based consumer body Mumbai Grakah Panchayat (MGP) has filed a complaint with the MahaRERA, seeking to penalise Navi Mumbai’s planning agency, the City and Industrial Development Corporation (CIDCO), for advertising 11 housing projects without … READ FULL STORY
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, on August 13, 2018, laid the foundation stone of the Bengal Silicon Valley Hub, to come up on 100 acres. State chief secretary Moloy De said that following … READ FULL STORY
Maharashtra accounts for around 17,125 projects registered under the RERA so far, out of a total of 31,500 registered projects, says a joint report by industry body FICCI and Grant Thornton. The Real Estate … READ FULL STORY
Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, on August 9, 2018, asked officials to prepare a detailed project report, for developing a regional ring road on the other side of the existing outer ring road, … READ FULL STORY
A division bench of the Bombay High Court, of justices Ranjit More and Anuja Prabhudessai, on August 8, 2018, has allowed an application filed by Wadia Group chairman Nusli Neville Wadia, seeking to replace … READ FULL STORY
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has formed a committee, to look into the question of whether sub-regional plans for the protection of natural conservation zones (NCZs), were consistent with the regional plan prepared by … READ FULL STORY
A single bench of the Bombay High Court, of justice Shalini Phansalkar Joshi, held that the Real Estate Regulatory Authority had the jurisdiction to hear and decide complaints, of people seeking compensation for delay … READ FULL STORY
Under a proposal, cleared by the Maharashtra cabinet on August 7, 2018, the MHADA (Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority) will form joint ventures with interested private landowners, to execute the centre’s flagship scheme, … READ FULL STORY
Do not play smart, or we will render you homeless. This was the Supreme Court’s categorical warning to real estate major Amrapali Group, which is accused of delaying its projects to the detriment of … READ FULL STORY
Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, on August 6, 2018, inaugurated the Durgabai Deshmukh South Campus-Lajpat Nagar section of Delhi Metro’s Pink Line, which links four major shopping centres … READ FULL STORY
