INFRA NEWS

Land buying by babus near planned highway under lens

Publication: THE TIMES OF INDIA Date : 16 DECEMBER 2016  PAGE NO: 05

MUMBAI: Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thurs day said an inquiry will be launched against state government officials, who had allegedly purchased land along the proposed Nagpur-Mumbai communication highway.

Allies Sena, BJP differ over cutting of trees for Metro

Publication: THE TIMES OF INDIA Date : 16 DECEMBER 2016  PAGE NO: 08

MUMBAI: Bickering alliance partners in BMC--Shiv Sena and BJP--opposed each other at a tree committee meeting on Thursday over whether around 3,000 trees could be cuttransplanted for Metro work in the city..

CITY  NEWS

It's final. Karnala will lose 4 acres of forest

Publication: THE TIMES OF INDIA Date : 16 DECEMBER 2016  PAGE NO: 04

MUMBAI: The state government has given the final nod to clear four acres (1.65 hectares) of reserved forest for the widening of the Mumbai-Goa highway through the Karnala bird sanctuary.

  REALTY NEWS

OUTLIER - LIC Housing Best Placed to Escape Realty Meltdown

Publication: ECONOMIC TIMES Date : 16 DECEMBER 2016 PAGE NO.: 09

 DEMONETISATION BLUES: Focus on individual loans over commercial mortgage and LAP portfolio to shield the second-largest housing finance co unlike its peers  

Bring land, realty, power under GST fold, says CEA Arvind Subramanian

Publication: ETREALTY Date : 16 DECEMBER 2016 

 Arvind Subramanian, who for the finance ministry had authored a report on possible tax rates under the Goods and Services Tax (GST), suggested that the new indirect tax set-up should be clean with simple low rates

Pune builder to refund Rs 15 lakh at 9% interest, give penalty to home buyers

Publication: ETREALTY Date : 16 DECEMBER 2016 

 In a recent order, the consumer court gave 45 days to the firm, Bhujbal Brothers Constructions Company, to implement its order and report compliance