Finance Ministry working on safeguards against abuse of ECB in realty
The Finance Ministry is building safeguards to ensure realty companies do not misuse the external commercial borrowing (ECB) window announced in the Budget by diverting the money.
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Why is Indian real estate applauding Union Budget 2024-25?
Understanding the mindset of Indian real estate has never been easy. The built environment of the Indian real estate could argue and demolish the best of consumer-centric reforms. Remember the way industry body CREDAI had called RERA prior to its inception, and that too in front of the then Union Minister Kamal Nath, builder harassment and public amusement bill. But at the same time they celebrate the self-inflicted injury on many occasions. Track2Realty finds the overtones of the sector all the more contradictory with the Union Budget, before and after the budget.
Policy guidelines will define success of CSR in slums
Track2Realty Exclusive: The real estate has by and large welcomed the move to bring the slum redevelopment and rehabilitation projects under the ambit of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). It has been a wish that hat was granted even before the sector could get vocal with the wish list. It is hence no surprise that some of the adjectives that the Finance Minister’s announcement could earn have been ‘a game changer’ or ‘a corporate catalyst’ and ‘investment magnet’.
Budget 2014–A damp squib for the hospitality sector
Track2Realty: For the first time in recent history, the government in power had announced tourism as one of its four pillars for growth. Consequently, the hospitality was looking forward to significant new provisions in Budget 2014.
Realty evokes mixed response to budget; by and large optimistic
Track2Realty Exclusive: The Indian real sector has evoked mixed response to the Union Budget 2013-14, though by and large there is optimism within the sector. Here are some of the responses—
Realty welcomes rate cut with guarded optimism
Realty sector has welcomed the the RBI’s decision of slashing the CRR rates by 25 basis points to 4.50% with a guarded optimism. The statement from the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council (PMEAC) that the RBI move to infuse liquidity in the system is “more potent” than a cut in interest rate and it will help banks expand credit portfolio seems to have few takers in the sector.
Budget 2012-13: Realty reacts with some pain-some gain rhetoric
It is a highly disappointing budget. The Finance Minister has miserably failed in highlighting the importance the role of Housing in economy, employment generation, apart from the very need of housing. The announcements on ECB for affordable housing is a minor respite but still meaningless.
Budget leaves realty with glass half full or half empty indecision
The Union Budget 2012-13 has left the Indian real estate sector grope with the indecision yet again and everyone is wondering whether the Finance Minister’s offer is glass half full or half empty for them.
Budget focused on common man: Sunil Mantri, President MCHI
Maharashtra Chambers of Housing Industry (MCHI), most prominent body of the real estate developers today described the Union Budget presented by the Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee as “Budget with few positive steps focused on the common man who is interested in buying a house in rural and urban areas”.