In only its second year of functioning, the Uttar Pradesh Real Estate Regulatory Authority (UP RERA) has emerged as a trusted resource for aggrieved home buyers. Considering that UP is home to some of … READ FULL STORY
The Supreme Court (SC), on January 20, 2020, accepted the centre’s proposal, to take over management control of Unitech Limited. The court granted two months’ time, to the new board of Unitech Limited to … READ FULL STORY
The Centre on December 28, 2019, approved construction of 6.5 lakh houses under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban or PMAY-U), taking the total number of houses being funded under the scheme to over … READ FULL STORY
Five Chinese firms intend to get land in Uttar Pradesh’s Greater Noida for setting up their manufacturing units, with an investment of Rs 800 crore, officials said on December 5, 2019. The development comes … READ FULL STORY
The Uttar Pradesh government, on December 3, 2019, approved the construction of an extension of the Aqua Line (Noida-Greater Noida Metro) at a cost of Rs 2,682 crores, UP’s industrial development minister Satish Mahana … READ FULL STORY
A decision to allow a ‘zero period’ benefit to builders, has been taken at a meeting of the Uttar Pradesh cabinet chaired by chief minister Yogi Adityanath, on December 3, 2019. Under the benefit, … READ FULL STORY
The need of the hour, is to bring in amendments, to make the RERA the first forum for complaints pertaining to real estate, Satish Magar, president, CREDAI national, said. Magar was speaking at the … READ FULL STORY
India has nearly 11.09 million vacant urban housing units, of which 10 states and union territories (UTs) contribute to 78% (8.64 million) of total vacancy levels, says a report titled ‘Institutionalising the Rental Housing … READ FULL STORY
The director-general of the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG), Rajiv Ranjan Mishra, has issued a directive dated September 16, 2019, stating that no idol immersion should be allowed in the Ganga river and … READ FULL STORY
The Bank of Baroda has sanctioned a loan of Rs 2,000 crores for the ambitious Bundelkhand Expressway project, according to a release issued by the Uttar Pradesh government. For the financing of this project, … READ FULL STORY
The US Green Building Council (USGBC), on June 18, 2019, released the list of India’s Top 10 States for LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design), the world’s most widely-used green building rating system. … READ FULL STORY
A bench headed by National Green Tribunal (NGT) chairperson justice Adarsh Kumar Goel, while noting that illegal installation of tubewells was an offence under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986, asked the Delhi Jal Board … 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
