Track2Realty: Government is coming out with new PPP models to fast track infrastructure projects, said Jitin Prasada, Union Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways, while inaugurating the Conference on Infrastructure Project Management, organised by Confederation of Indian Industry in New Delhi on Thursday, Sep 20.
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.
The fifth edition of Global Initiative Restructuring Environment & Management (GIREM) Leadership Summit, the international forum for urban planning and corporate real estate, would be held at New Delhi on October 18 and 19.
Greater public and private participation is required in sectors such as railways, ports and power as India looks at investing USD 1 trillion in infrastructure over the next five years, Minister of State for Urban Development Saugata Ray has said.
The RBI, on Tuesday, July 31, kept the repo rate or the rate at which banks borrow from RBI unchanged at 8% and also the reverse repo rate at which, the banks lend to RBI unchanged at 7%. However, it has lowered the statutory liquidity ratio (SLR) to 23% from 24% earlier. The realty sector, reeling under liquidity pressure and low demand due to high interest rate, has reacted sharply over this status quo.
Leasing of prime office space across key cities in India witnessed an increase in the second quarter of 2012 with over 7 million sq.ft. of office space being absorbed across key cities.
Housing demand is expected to remain subdued in short-to-medium term…
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.
The office market is likely to observe steady demand, especially in prime locations in leading cities like NCR, Mumbai and Bengaluru.
Replicating global trends, the Indian economy is looking towards an impending slowdown in growth due to decline in consumption expenditure, repeated hikes in interest rates and consistently high inflation.