On 9 April, the Minister of Urban
Development and Housing in Ahmedabad M.Venkaiah
Naidu has launched around 2.03 lakhs affordable houses at a function
organized by CREDAI (Confederation of
Real Estate Developers Association of India).
The hard work put in by the Union
Government has started showing results in the construction sector. The maximum
dwelling unit size will be a carpet area of 643 square feet which is
equivalent to approximately 900 square feet of built up area.
Getamber Anand, president of CREDAI, and CMD of NCR-based ATS Infrastructure, also said that the association has decided to play a major role in engaging its members for affordable housing projects. He also mentioned that CREDAI intends to work as a nodal agency to avail the benefits announced by the Central Government under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY).
Jaxay Shah, MD, Ahmedabad-based
Savy Infrastructure, who was appointed as the chairman of CREDAI at the
investment function on 9 April, said that with several measures announced by
the central and state governments, affordable housing will be the main area in
the coming times. “The condition of affordable housing infrastructure would
help the developer to get a construction loan at very affordable rates”
said by Shah.
A budget of Rs 70,000 crore has
been allocated for 375+ new affordable housing projects. Such projects are
spread across India, with the development of a total of 60 million sq ft of
land and construction of 20.80 crore sq ft, for the construction of a total of
23,000,000+ houses.
On this occasion Jaxay Shah
also mentioned that India has registered a shortage of 20 million houses and is
an attempt to overcome the housing shortage by placing consumers at the center
of all our efforts. "Our 375+ affordable housing projects will fulfill the
dreams of millions of Indians who own a house."
On top of that, expanding the
80IB benefit that would make the profits earned by an affordable housing
project tax-free would make the cost of affordable housing units very
reasonable. The prices of an affordable housing unit will decrease from Rs 12
lakh to Rs 35 lakh depending on location and cities.
A senior official in the ministry
said that developers are the second most important stakeholder in the housing
sector after the buyer, with the government deciding to rope them in to
distribute various benefits to the end users.
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