The tax break of one year post receipt of the completion certificate for the unsold stock, gives a slight breather to builders

February 2017

The criteria for low-cost or affordable housing has been changed from built-up area of 30/60 sq m to carpet area of 30/60 sq m, thus making the low c...

Tags: Rashmi Deshpande, Khaitan And Co, Real estate sector, Affordable housing, Capital Gains

Opening Opportunities

January 2017

Aluminium windows typically cost Rs 200-250 per sq ft as against UPVC window systems, which start at Rs 300-350 per sq ft. According to Londhe, ´Alum...

Tags: Mahesh Londhe, Veka India, UPVC window, Door systems, Aluminium systems, Rajeev Antony, Schueco India, Aluminium Façades, Kapil Brahmi, CP Kukreja Architects, MS tubular frames, Amit Bhadu, Sapa BS India, Technology, Schueco TropTec

Rattle Power Project Reviewed

December 2016

Law Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Abdul Haq Khan convened a meeting of officers to discuss the legal course of action with regard to construction of ...

Tags: Jammu and Kashmir Abdul Haq Khan, Rattle Hydro Electric Power Project, Construction

Thirteen per cent reduction in high-risk road projects over the past fiscal

November 2016

CRISIL’s analysis of 85 under-construction and 104 operational BOT and annuity projects awarded by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), w...

Tags: CRISIL, NHAI, Construction, Ajay Srinivasan, Sushmita Majumdar, PCOD

Kashmir link project to have first cable-stayed rail bridge

November 2016

After almost a decade of flip-flops, Railways has finally decided to build what will be India´s first mega cable-stayed railway bridge at Anji Khad o...

Tags: Flip-flops, Railways, Anji Khad, Kashmir link project, First cable-stayed rail bridge

Road construction pace set to double by FY18 | Crisil

October 2016

Various reforms initiated by the government to ensure speedy approvals and clearances aided the pace of construction of roads, which improved 40 per ...

Tags: Roads, Crisil, NHAI projects, Ajay Srinivasan, BOT, Under-construction projects, PCOD, Sushmita Majumdar

Centre approves Rs 8,054 cr to strengthen power infra in J&K

October 2016

Jammu and Kashmir has received Union Power Minister Piyush Goyal’s nod nod to a grant of Rs 8054 crore for strengthening Transmission and Distributio...

Tags: Jammu and Kashmir, Piyush Goyal, Power Force All, Transmission, Distribution components, Deloite, Union Ministry of Power, PMDP, Power For All

Tax on cement should be brought down

October 2016

GST is likely to be introduced from April 1, 2017. Implementation of GST would have huge impact on Corporate India, including the infrastructure indu...

Tags: GST, Dr Shailendra Chouksey, Lakshmi Cement, ERP systems, Corporate India, Electricity duty, Royalty, Component, Cement