Order of the High Court of Gujarat in the matter of Samsuddin Jainulabiddin Shaikh & Others Vs The State of Gujarat & Others dated 06/05/2025. A petition was filed by 58 people who are residing near Chandola lake, Ahmedabad. The petitioners have constructed hutments along the periphery of Chandola lake. …
If the long wait for environmental clearance for their flats wasn't bad enough, nearly 30,000 homebuyers in Noida now face significant cost escalations when they register these properties. The Uttar Pradesh stamps and registration department has said it will collect stamp duty for registry of flats at prevailing rates after …
PUNE: The city's real estate community wants finance minister Arun Jaitley to present a budget that will create a strong foundation for achieving the "home-for-all" goal of the Narendra Modi government. The realtors want the 2015-16 Union Budget to trigger a movement for creation of affordable housing by devising a …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Gajanan Balaram Patil Vs City and Industrial Development Corporation (CIDCO) dated 23/02/2015 regarding construction project in Sector 36 (Plot No.2) and 37, at Kharghar, Navi-Mumbai, district Raigad carried out by CIDCO. The Applicant has stated that …
Though there is a fair understanding of the ways in which India's population is changing as well as of the social and economic implications of these changes, little attention has so far been paid to its possible environmental impact. This article attempts to understand how the changing demographic trends have …
Demand for homes in the city showed a significant decline last year, prompting developers to hold back new launches, global real estate consultants Knight Frank has said in its report released on Wednesday. Moreover, there are 67,557 unsold units in the city, but that does not mean that developers will …
While hearing a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) on accessibility to affordable housing for Lower Income Group (LIG), Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) and other needy citizens, the Bombay High Court on Wednesday asked all the government agencies to file their response in the matter. The petitioner, Consumer Online Foundation, which is …
More than 30,000 apartment buyers in Noida could finally get possession of their homes, with the ministry of environment and forests set to consider all comments on its draft notification on the ecosensitive zone around the Okhla Bird Sanctuary at a meeting it is planning on January 30. The ministry, …
Sri Lanka's Minister of Housing and Samurdhi Sajith Premadasa said today a massive housing program as well as a poverty alleviation program will be launched within the next 100 days. The Minister said the poverty alleviation programme is enriched with systematic measures to eradicate poverty and the housing program will …
In an effort to reduce the mounting pressure on capital Dhaka, the government will build modern and green satellite towns surrounding the city, said Housing and Public Works Minister Engineer Mosharraf Hossain on Sunday, reports UNB. As part of the initiative, the Jhilmil Residential Project is being built as a …
Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) was launched to address the growing challenges of urbanization by improving infrastructure, governance and the quality of life in cities. This paper assesses all the four sub-missions under JNNURM i.e UIG and BSUP for big cities and UIDSSMT and IHSDP for small towns …
2.5Cr Families Have One-Room Kuchha Houses While 1.8Cr Live In 2-Room Dwellings As many as 4.3 crore families in rural India do not have a house, with West Bengal leading the table followed by Bihar in yet another evidence of the eastern region's backwardness. Bengal has as many as 35 …
The rising cost of private rents will push future generations into poverty and add billions to the housing benefit bill, according to social policy charity the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. The charity's report says that by 2040, people who rent will be more than twice as likely to be living in …
The Chhattisgarh Housing Board (CGHB) has gone all out for its successfully implemented social housing strategy with 90 per cent of its housing units now being made for the economically weaker sections, a top official of the Board revealed. “We have also significantly brought down the price of our MIG …
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) will provide financial, technical and managerial assistance to the Odisha government to construct 30 lakh pucca houses in the state. The houses would be constructed by 2019. This proposal was discussed at a meeting between Panchayati Raj minister Arun Sahu and UNDP country head …
NAVI MUMBAI: A City and Industrial Development Corporation (Cidco) team rushed to Delhi on Tuesday. They will be making a presentation before the Union Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) on the upcoming township at Pushpak Nagar (Dapoli) to obtain its nod. The township will be developing plots under the …
The city is expected to witness a 40 per cent shortfall in the supply of housing units by the end of 2018. While it would require an additional 1,91,200 housing units, the supply is likely to be around 77,500 units, said a study conducted by global real estate consultancy firm …
Environment Ministry earmarks 100 metres to 1.27 km from Okhla Bird Sanctuary as an eco-sensitive zone In a partial relief to about 30,000 home buyers, the environment ministry has issued a draft notification earmarking 100 metres to 1.27 km from the Okhla Bird Sanctuary as an eco-sensitive zone, reducing it …
The Odisha Government asked Collectors of all 21 districts to identify government and waste land to the tune of 50,000 acres for accommodating in-coming industries. The Odisha Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (IDCO) also asked Collectors to identify additional 1,00,000 acres for undertaking compensatory afforestation. “The creation of land bank is …
India will need an investment of Rs 50 lakh crores in the next few years to fund the NDA government’s urban renewal initiatives of smart cities, housing for all and issues relating to the development of urban infrastructure, urban development minister M. Venkaiah Naidu said on Thursday. The Modi government’s …
More than 100,000 homes across the UK could be given a carbon-neutral retrofit by 2020 if the EU approves funding for a ground-breaking green social housing project this month. The first pilot projects are due to start within a year on council estates and housing association properties in London, Birmingham …
