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Union Budget 2021: Enhance tax benefit in interest on housing loan to Rs 3 lakh from current Rs 2 lakh
Ravi Subramanian •Introduction of housing bonds is another avenue which the government may look at where investment by retail investors is allowed
Narendra Modi releases Rs 2,691 cr for over 6 lakh PMAY-G beneficiaries in Uttar Pradesh
•The financial aid will include releasing first installment payment for 5.30 lakh beneficiaries, and a second installment to 80,000 beneficiaries, who have already availed the first installment
Ajit Pawar launches online registration process for 5,647 MHADA houses in Pune division
•These residences will be built in Pune, Kolhapur, Sangli and Solapur, an official statement said
Home sales fall four-year low of 2.28 lakh units sold last year as against 3.68 lakh houses in 2011
Fp Staff •The total volume sales of new homes took a massive hit as it dropped 38 percent, a seven-year low of 228,072 homes in 2017
In Varanasi, Narendra Modi says India's development is his topmost priority, slams vote bank politics
Fp Staff •Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed farmers on Day 2 of his Varanasi visit, where he promised “homes for all by 2022” and pitched for a clean and new India.
Delhi Development Authority new housing scheme with 12,000 flats to launch on Friday
•Top DDA officials said the scheme is slated to be launched by M Venkaiah Naidu at Vikas Sadan, the housing authority's headquarters, late afternoon
Rajasthan govt pulled up for taking money without preparing proper housing schemes
•Govt agencies have no right to accept money from the public unless they are ready with a housing scheme for which allotment can be made within a reasonable time.
Provident fund rules tweaked: Subscribers can buy house, pay home loan EMIs from retirement savings
Fp Staff •Other measures such as Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) was also recently introduced by the government giving a boost to the housing sector aimed at middle-income groups
You may soon get to use 90% of your PF money to buy home, govt to amend scheme
•The amendment in the scheme will also allow the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) subscribers to use their EPF accounts for paying equated monthly instalments (EMIs) of home loans.
EPFO to launch housing scheme for over 4 cr members in March
•Under the scheme it is envisaged that there should be 20 members at least in the group housing society to avail the facility