Housing 2017

Budget 2017: With demonetisation hitting homebuyers, rental housing needs to be promoted

In the long run, renters must be awarded superior tenure security and the landlords deserve support for generating superior yield

Budget 2017: Govt may cut personal income, corporate tax rates to boost economy

Among the measures expected, the finance minister may look at putting in more cash in the hands of individuals by reducing the personal income tax slabs

Arun Jaitley should give infrastructure status to affordable housing to boost realty in Budget

Housing projects contain provisions for roads, electricity sewerage and other institutional uses which form the infrastructure of an area

Housing for all: How Budget 2017 can make up for the huge implementation gap

As of May 2016, construction of only 0.1% of the houses sanctioned under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana were completed, reflecting a major flaw in implementation of the project launched in June 2015

Real Estate sector needs incentives in this budget for building Smart City mission

Local Bodies need to understand their cities in great depth and require leadership qualities, vision and capacity assistance to act decisively

Realtors' body seeks infra status for housing sector in Union Budget

"Granting of infrastructure status to projects will attract large companies to the sector and inculcate corporate governance," said NAREDCO President Praveen Jain.

Why is PM silent on specifics of black money, political funding?

If the government can insist the common man to change their cash transactions to digital mode, why can’t it ask the same of political parties, too?

Modi announces incentives in New Year speech: 15 points

The incentives come ahead of the government's annnual budget, expected some time in February, and before key a election in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh in early 2017

Modi's New Year speech: Most critiques failed the reasoning test

Close to the 50-day deadline that Modi had promised — we had been informed by an endless stream of reports in media that disgruntlement against 'notebandi' among the public is now reaching a crescendo — the anecdotal experience sat at odds with the reportage.

Budget 2017: Realty needs tremendous stimulus to offer housing for all

The government needs to move towards meeting the expectation of burgeoning urban middle class