Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation (India)

State of our cities: Why cities under-tap property tax

Published on Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 02:29 in Nation section Property tax has become the single largest source of revenue for municipal corporations, following the abolition of Octroi in all cities, except Mumbai. Radisson Hotel...

India gets realty check from Gulf investors

From correspondents in Maharashtra, India, 09:24 PM IST Despite the current economic downturn, India’s real estate is said to be worth about $16 billion and is estimated to post annual growth rate of 30 per cent to reach $60...

Urban poor to benefit from new housing loan norms

New Delhi: The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) put low-priced flats on sale last month. The sale after a gap of four years saw over eight lakh applications for around 5000 one, two and three bedroom flats. However, rather...