The price of cement has touched Rs 460 last week and has increased by as much as Rs 50 daily. In June, it had crossed Rs 500. Builders claim that dealers are cashing in on this chaos. Though the government aims to scale up production at Malabar Cements to meet 25 per cent of the demand, procedures a... Read more...
The government is mulling delaying the imposition of customs duty on imported solar equipment or allowing extension of deadline for completion of domestic solar projects which are facing supply uncertainties from vendors in China, power and renewable energy minister RK Singh said. Domestic solar ... Read more...
Falkland Islands Government launched its new strategy to address prevailing pressures across the housing system and identify opportunities for improvement. Housing for our Future outlines a long-term vision for housing in the Falkland Islands and sets the direction for housing-related policies over ... Read more...
The government has launched e-Shram portal, a database of unorganised sector workers and aims to register 38 crore unorganised workers, such as construction labourers, migrant workforce, street vendors and domestic workers, among others. The workers will be issued an e-Shram card containing a 12 dig... Read more...
The government will raise Rs 88,000 crore this year by leasing infrastructure assets of central government ministries and state-run companies under a Rs 6 trillion National Monetization Pipeline (NMP). The funds will then be used to build new infrastructure assets, helping boost economic growth in A... Read more...
The government set in motion its plan to construct a new residence for Vice-President by inviting pre-qualification bids for the proposed Vice-President’s Enclave next to North Block and Rashtrapati Bhavan at an estimated cost of ₹192 crore. As a part of the larger Central Vista redevelopment... Read more...
The government has approved the construction of 16,488 houses in urban areas under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, taking the total number of houses sanctioned so far to over 1.13 crore. The Union Housing and Urban Affairs (HUA) Ministry said the decision was taken at a meeting of the Central San... Read more...
The Gautam Budh Nagar administration has proposed to bring the circle rates, which are used to calculate the stamp duty on property transactions, on par with market prices and impose an additional surcharge of 5 percent to 12.5 percent on properties along the Metro route or near the expressway. ... Read more...
About 88,236 existing government funded vacant houses are available to be converted into Affordable Rental Housing Complexes (ARHCs) for rental accommodation to migrants under Model-1 of ARHC scheme, according to Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs. However, no vacant houses are available in ... Read more...
The governments up to 8 percent stake sale in HUDCO at a floor price of Rs 45 a piece would open for institutional investors. The sale of over 16.01 crore shares, or a total of 8 per cent stake, would fetch around Rs 720 crore to the exchequer. The government is selling over 5 percent stake or ov... Read more...