"Scaling up is the biggest challenge in affordable housing” says Rajiv Ranjan Mishra

July 2017

At the opening of the 6th Asia-Pacific Housing Forum, Rajiv Ranjan Mishra, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, Govern...

Tags: Housing at the Center, Rajan Samuel, Renu Sud Karnad, HDFC, JNNURM, Affordable housing, Phnom Penh, Aditya Birla Group, Aavaas by Nebula, HDFC Ltd, Covestro (India) Private Limited, National Housing Bank

We have sanctioned projects worth Rs.30,000 crore

May 2017

It's an IPO season. After IRBs' InvIT, state-owned Housing and Urban Development Corporation Ltd (HUDCO) will raise Rs 1,200 crore from the markets. ...

Tags: IRB, HUDCO, Dr M Ravi Kanth, INFRASTRUCTURE TODAY, BSE Sensex, DAY-NULM, JNNURM, PMAY-HFA, SPV, Pune Municipal Corporation, Smart City projects, RAHUL KAMAT

We will focus on area-based development, tourism and heritage

January 2017

Regarded as the spiritual capital of India, Varanasi is known for its incredible number of 84 ghats or embankments, making tourism one of the city´s ...

Tags: Srihari Pratap Shahi, Nagar Nigam Varanasi, PIDDC, Srihari Pratap Shahi, SERAPHINA DSOUZA, ITMS, IL And FS, PRASAD scheme, Rejuvenation, Strengthening, UNESCO, NBCC, CCTV cameras, Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, MoUD

MCC has proposed to set up a 100 tpd C&D waste management unit on the PPP model

December 2016

Karnataka´s second largest city, Mysuru is the city of palaces and a popular travel destination in India. ...

Tags: G Jagadadeesh, Mysuru City Corporation, MCC, Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, Solid waste management, Quality Council of India, GPS, ITS, JNNURM scheme, Model Solar City

Real Landscape

November 2016

Owing to depleting land resources, skyrocketing prices, decreasing potential in metros or Tier-I cities in India, real-estate development has been sl...

Tags: Tier-II, Tier-III cities, McKinsey Global Institute, JNNURM, STPI, Tata Housing, Ansal, Godrej Properties, Lodha, Omaxe, Raheja, DLF, Purvankara, Deep Kantawala, ICS Real Estate Partners

For the waterfront development, we have decided to spend around Rs.200 crore

November 2016

Kakinada made its place in the first list of 20 smart cities released by MoUD. A former Dutch colony, the city was once known as Cocanada and is a pa...

Tags: Kakinada, S Aleem Basha, Kakinada Municipal Corporation, Transport channel, Fibre-optic connection, Internet connections, Solar rooftop panelling, Piped natural Gas, LED lighting, Wi-Fi connectivity, ABD, JNNURM, AMRUT, Smart City mission, ITDC

7,500 housing units for JNNURM beneficiaries in Nashik

October 2016

Revenue Commissioner Eknath Davle has recently ordered the Nashik city municipal commissioner to hand over 7,500 housing units to the beneficiaries u...

Tags: Eknath Davle, Nashik city municipal, JNNURM, Affordable housing scheme, Central Government, Nashik Municipal Corporation

Rental Housing | A missing link in the housing shortage dilemma?

October 2016

As urbanisation strengthens its foothold in India, the housing shortage problem becomes more prominent. The rural poor flocking to Tier-I cities and ...

Tags: Urbanisation strengthens, MNC, Rental housing, Rent Control Acts, PANKAJ KAPOOR, Commercial, First Five-Year Plan, EWS, LIG, MIG, Housing for All by 2022, NURHP 2015, PPP, REIT, SPV