GURUGRAM District Magistrate of Gurugram and Chairman of the District Disaster Management Authority Ajay Kumar on Thursday ordered evacuation of the flat owners in three towers of the Chintels Paradiso group housing society in Sector 109 here after the towers were declared unsafe in the structural audit report. The residents’ welfare association (RWA) of the … Read more
Image for representative purpose | Photo Credit: The Hindu Presenting the Union Budget for 2025 in the Parliament on Saturday (February 1, 2025), Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman listed measures to expand affordable housing. Ms. Sitharaman announced that 40,000 units of housing would be completed in 2025-26 to help families which have taken loans to buy … Read more
The Himachal Pradesh government is examining the possibility of adopting skill development programmes and initiatives from Karnataka. During a meeting in Bengaluru on Wednesday, Himachal Pradesh’s Minister for Town Planning, Housing, and Technical Education Rajesh Kumar Dharmani praised Karnataka’s efforts in enhancing employability skills. He expressed keen interest in implementing similar strategies in his home … Read more
Keki Mistry, Former VC & CEO, HDFC, says his experience over the years not only in India but in many other countries globally, is that when the tax rate is reduced, compliance is improved significantly and there is a greater urge to work and earn more income. So, a reduction in tax rates, whether it … Read more
The State government has decided to study housing schemes for the poor and weaker sections under implementation in different States before taking up the Indiramma housing scheme here. Deputy Chief Minister (Finance and Energy) Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka has directed officials of the Housing department to visit different States in this regard and submit a comprehensive … Read more
Kyrgyzstan’s capital, Bishkek, has been on the boil over the last couple of days, with violent mobs targeting hostels housing students from India, Bangladesh and Pakistan. Three Pakistani students have been reportedly killed in the violence, prompting Islamabad and New Delhi to issue advisories for its nationals in Kyrgyzstan. Local reports said the violence erupted … Read more
Minister for Revenue and Housing K. Rajan takes a look around the first 3D printed building in Kerala constructed on the campus of the Kerala State Nirmithi Kendram in Thiruvananthapuram on Tuesday. The State will get a new housing policy soon, Minister for Revenue and Housing K. Rajan has said. He was speaking after inaugurating … Read more
In a horrific incident on Thursday morning (September 7), three workers lost their lives while a few others sustained injuries when the scaffolding of an under-construction building gave way. The incident occurred as the laborers were working on the scaffolding of construction site. Blocks of bricks and pieces of wood lay scattered on the road … Read more
Image for representational purposes only. | Photo Credit: Sai Venkatesh CBRE South Asia Treal estate consulting firm announced the findings of the January-June ’23 residential sector survey data highlighting trends in the top seven cities in India. The luxury housing segment registered a 130% Y-o-Y increase in the period. Total sale of luxury units stood … Read more
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Thursday instructed officials of the Revenue Department to deal with applications for housing pattas without delay. Chairing a meeting at the Secretariat to review the implementation of the ‘Mudhalvarin Mugavari’ scheme, Mr. Stalin said, “In a majority of applications for housing pattas, only intermediate replies are being given.” … Read more