With an operational metro line of around 810 km and over 980 km of the metro network and RRTS currently under construction in 27 cities, India now has the fifth-largest metro network in the … READ FULL STORY
Update on September 10, 2019: India will have an online database of all cities by 2024 on infrastructure, education and health facilities among others as it aims to create a “culture of data” to … READ FULL STORY
The Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry has put the draft of ‘The Model Tenancy Act 2019‘ in public, for consultation. Reacting to the development, Swapan Dutta, director (east) of property consultant Knight Frank, … READ FULL STORY
The Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry’s budgetary provisions were pegged at Rs 48,000 crores in the Union Budget 2019-20, a hike of nearly 12% from 2018-19. The Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban), an ambitious … READ FULL STORY
Over 89% of urban municipal wards in the country have achieved complete door-to-door collection of solid waste under the Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban), the government said in an RTI reply. The union Housing and … READ FULL STORY
The Central Works Public Department (CPWD) has set up a committee, under the chairmanship of its additional director general MK Sharma, to formulate a design policy for building construction and infrastructure development, a government … READ FULL STORY
To protect the rights of senior citizens and address the special needs, the government, on March 6, 2019, said that it has issued guidelines for the regulation and redevelopment of retirement homes. According to … READ FULL STORY
As of now, 28 states and union territories (UTs) have notified the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act (RERA) in the country, Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry spokesperson, Rajeev Jain said. According to the … READ FULL STORY
Concerned with the rise in instances of urban flooding in the country, the centre has decided to draw up recommendations, on how cities should deal with such a situation, an official said on October … READ FULL STORY
The central government, on September 26, 2018, sanctioned the construction of 6,28,488 housing units, taking the total number of houses being funded under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) (Urban) to 60,28,628 across the … READ FULL STORY
A parliamentary panel has observed that the Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry, is giving the ‘usual excuse of procedural delays’ in accounting for spent funds, in case of the government’s prestigious flagship programmes, but … READ FULL STORY
The empowered committee, set up by the Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry, will reach out to home buyers to resolve their problems ‘at the earliest’, Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri said, on July 1, … READ FULL STORY
The Central Public Works Department (CPWD), which functions under the Housing and Urban Affairs (HUA) Ministry, has launched a web-based system, e-MB (electronic measurement book), to monitor the financial progress or utilisation of funds … READ FULL STORY
