Infrastructure plays key role in economic development of the country and, in India, it has being increasingly recognized that Infrastructure development is inevitable for a sustained high growth rate in GDP. It has been recognized that there is a significant deficit in the availability of physical infrastructure across different sectors in the country, hindering economic development.
Even as we continue to discuss the acute shortage of industrial land in Mumbai, the fact remains that there are rather significant land parcels held by the MIDC along Mumbai’s Thane-Belapur Highway.
The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has set a record by recovering property tax of Rs400 crore till March 3. More tax is likely to be collected in the remaining days of the current financial year. The civic body had collected Rs108.99 crore in property tax in fiscal 2000-01.
The favourable budget outcomes are enhancement of priority home loan limit to Rs. 25 lakhs from Rs. 20 lakhs and extension of interest subvention of 1% up to Rs 15 lakhs.
Backed by strong economic growth and impressive fiscal consolidation, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) believes that the finance minister has done a commendable job by continuing the focus on infrastructure development, which has been a key contributor to the inclusive growth in the country.
The Finance Minister seems to be getting more appreciation than brickbats for renewing focus on the housing needs of Aam Aadmi. Even the real estate sector is divided and while the long awaited demands have not been fulfilled, a section of the realtors with affordable housing projects have appreciated the efforts.
For the Union Budget 2011-12, rising inflation, tight liquidity, high interest rate, industrial slowdown, delayed reforms and negative market sentiment were some of the key concerns to address.
We are happy with the governments focus on affordable housing. Loan amount that qualifies under priority sector lending. Now, a home loan of Rs. 25 lakh would qualify as priority sector lending.
The unfulfilled demand of more than 24 million houses in the country needs large scale impetus to achieve desired results. Allowing deduction for investment into affordable housing is a welcome step and will surely boost morale of housing industry and will accelerate investments in affordable housing.
With the reasonable expectation of a roof over the head not very long ago, the real estate boom in the last decade has scaled up the liberty of choice for the average home buyers. While the aspirations of even the middle and lower middle income with moderate budgets have gone up, there are very many residential projects launched in recent times that seem to fill the gap with the promise of faster deliveries, hi-tech amenities, luxurious lifestyle, lush green surroundings within the affordable range of 20-40 lakhs.