CAG raps IT over tax claim on Hasan Ali
The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) said in a report released on Friday that the Income-Tax Department (I-T) understated claims on Pune-based businessman Hasan Ali.
The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) said in a report released on Friday that the Income-Tax Department (I-T) understated claims on Pune-based businessman Hasan Ali.
Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) and Absalon Project, a joint venture between affiliates of VP Securities and Soros Fund Management, have launched a feasibility study for a mortgage system in the UAE, based on the principles of the Danish Mortgage Model.
Terming stamp duties as a “big obstacle” in ensuring transparent transactions in real estate, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday batted for reducing such levies to check the flow of black money in the sector.
Global commercial real estate firm Jones Lang LaSalle has announced the firm is donating 100 million yen (approximately $1.25 million) to the Japanese Red Cross to provide aid and relief directly to those most in need following the Japan earthquake and Pacific Tsunami that have left a path of destruction in their wake.
With government support and increase in number of real estate developers, affordable housing demand will surge at a CAGR of around 13% during 2011-2013, says a research report by RNCOS a thinktank group on industry intelligence and creative solutions for contemporary business segments.
The impending closure of the financial year has the listed real estate developers scurrying to make final repayments or get debt refinanced.
Real estate has emerged as the most preferred investment avenue for working professionals in non-metro centres vis-à-vis bullion and stock market.
Sadiq Batcha, a longtime friend and associate of A Raja and managing director of a real estate company, Green House Promoters, in which Raja’s wife Parameswari was associated as one of the directors and later resigned, has been found dead.
As the Reserve Bank of India meets to review its monetary policy tomorrow, Thursday, the realty sector is getting panicky that if there is a rate hike the sector may see some more pains in the coming days.
Hotel Leela is all set to foray into real estate development in order to cut its debt. The conversion of land banks into upmarket residential homes in Bangalore, Hyderabad and Pune is believed to raise Rs.950 crore for the company.