The land acquisition procedure for the first bullet train project between Mumbai and Ahmedabad, will be over by December 2018, Railway minister Piyush Goyal said, on October 25, 2018. “We are taking more time … READ FULL STORY
The Maharashtra cabinet, chaired by chief minister Devendra Fadnavis, on October 23, 2018, gave its nod to form the state housing development corporation, to boost the implementation of the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY). … READ FULL STORY
The Supreme Court, on October 10, 2018, came down heavily on Maharashtra’s Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) for trying to ‘shrug off’ its responsibility, in ensuring compliance of an Act meant for the welfare of … READ FULL STORY
The Bombay High Court, on October 10, 2018, directed the National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) and the Thane civic body, to reply to a construction firm’s plea against a notice to stop … READ FULL STORY
A division bench of the Bombay High Court, of justices SC Dharmadhikari and PD Naik, on September 27, 2018, dismissed 176 petitions, challenging the state government’s decision of mutating the names of the petitioners … READ FULL STORY
Gujarat’s revenue minister Kaushik Patel, on September 27, 2018, said that the state government had decided that the farmers having their land under Urban Development Authorities (UDAs) or Area Development Authorities (ADAs), would also … 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
The Bombay High Court, on September 25, 2018, said it was unfortunate that arterial roads and highways across Maharashtra continued to remain riddled with potholes year after year and asked why the state government … READ FULL STORY
On the back of critical policy reforms like demonetisation, the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act (RERA) and the Goods and Services Tax (GST), 2018 is seeing both, sales and new supply picking up, … READ FULL STORY
The Enforcement Directorate (ED), on September 21, 2018, said that it has attached assets worth Rs 42.88 crores in India and Dubai, in connection with a money laundering probe related to a bitcoin transaction … READ FULL STORY
In a meeting with the 15th Finance Commission, the Maharashtra government, on September 19, 2018, sought Rs 50,000 crores, as a special support for Mumbai city and the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR), which includes … READ FULL STORY
A letter sent by farmers in Gujarat, whose lands will be acquired for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project, has asked the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), which is providing a soft loan for the … READ FULL STORY
The Maharashtra cabinet, on September 11, 2018, approved the implementation of two metro rail projects – Dahisar-Mira Bhayandar and Andheri-Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International (CSMI) Airport – collectively worth Rs 6,607 crores. An official from … READ FULL STORY
