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Ghaziabad: GDA clears key loans of ₹1,500 cr, raises ₹1,600 cr revenue

GDA settled ₹1,500 crore in loans in FY 2024-25, boosting revenue to ₹1,600 crore, enabling new infrastructure and housing projects.

Ghaziabad: GDA clears key loans of <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>1,500 cr, raises <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>1,600 cr revenue

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Published on Apr 02, 2025 06:20 AM IST

ByPeeyush Khandelwal

CHB Sector-53 housing scheme sees strong interest: 500 applications for 372 flats in 4 days

Officials are anticipating more applications before then, suggesting high demand for the project—the first CHB offering in Chandigarh since 2016

The demand survey is being conducted to assess whether there is enough interest to proceed with the scheme, comprising 372 flats in three categories—192 three-bedroom HIG units, 100 two-bedroom MIG units and 80 two-bedroom EWS flats. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

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Published on Feb 27, 2025 08:58 AM IST

ByHillary Victor, Chandigarh

GDA gives final chance to farmers for developed plots

The total cost of the developed plots is ascertained on the basis of rates given to farmers (as land cost), and the development charges payable to the authority for external development

The Madhuban Bapudham housing scheme is developed over land belonging to five villages of Sadarpur, Mainapur, Naglapath, Yaqoobpur, and Morta. (Sakib Ali/HT Photo)

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Updated on Jan 26, 2025 06:06 AM IST

ByPeeyush Khandelwal

Delhi polls: Kejriwal promises permanent housing to all govt employees

In a post on X, Kejriwal called on sanitation worker “brothers and sisters” to have their “own house and live with dignity”

Arvind Kejriwal addresses a press conference on Sunday. (Sanchit Khanna/HT Photo)

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Updated on Jan 20, 2025 05:42 AM IST

ByParas Singh

612,000 houses pre-approved under PMAY 2.0, more sanctions expected soon: Khattar

The number of houses for each state for the next five years will be announced after March, based on state-level surveys

Khattar said that the decision to pre-approve houses was made to expedite the process of construction (Representational photo)

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Published on Dec 10, 2024 07:09 PM IST

BySoumya Chatterjee

Yeida launches flat scheme, 1,200 units up for grabs near Noida airport

To apply for the scheme, interested individuals should submit an online application through the Yamuna Expressway authority website, pay a non-refundable registration fee of ₹600, and an earnest money deposit (EMD) of 10% of the total premium of the selected flat

These flats are located in Sector 22D, near the upcoming Noida international airport (above), and they will be allotted on a ‘first come, first served’ basis, said Yeida officials. (Sunil Ghosh/HT Archive)

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Updated on Sep 20, 2024 07:06 AM IST

ByVinod Rajput, Greater Noida

Delhi BJP launches membership drive in JJ clusters, slums

Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva said that people living in slum clusters are becoming BJP members because only BJP can bring development

Former Union minister Smriti Irani and BJP MP Bansuri Swaraj at the membership drive in New Delhi on Sunday. (ANI)

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Updated on Sep 09, 2024 05:08 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent

UT employees’ housing scheme: Chandigarh admn moves top court against HC order to provide flats at 2008 rates

Offering flats at the collector rate of 2008 will translate into a financial loss of nearly ₹2,000 crore for the Chandigarh administration

The Deputy Commissioner office and the Chandigarh Housing Board filed a special leave petition against the high court order. (HT Photo)

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Updated on Aug 06, 2024 09:16 AM IST

ByHillary Victor, Chandigarh

Chandigarh: Purohit’s 3-year stay not short of controversies

A no-nonsense and people-friendly head of the Chandigarh administration, Purohit’s tenure was marked by controversies that often put him at odds with interest groups in the city

Banwarilal Purohit revelled in casting himself a hands-on, no-nonsense and people-friendly head of the Chandigarh administration. (HT Photo)

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Updated on Jul 29, 2024 08:56 AM IST

ByHillary Victor, Chandigarh

2008 UT employees housing scheme: As Chandigarh admn plans to move SC, employees union files caveat

Around 4,000 flats were to be built in Sectors 52, 53, and 56 by the Chandigarh Housing Board (CHB) for government employees as part of the 2008 UT employees’ housing scheme, which is one of the longest pending projects in the city

Chandigarh employees’ housing welfare society general secretary Dharamender Shastri said that the employees moved a caveat before the SC on July 22 and will fight for their rights till their last breath. (HT Photo)

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Updated on Jul 25, 2024 09:34 AM IST

ByHillary Victor, Chandigarh

Akbar Nagar: LDA receives 497 more applications for PM Awas on last day

The LDA has also written to the State Election Commission seeking permission to demolish the remaining 100 commercial establishments in Akbar Nagar. However, the development authority has yet to receive a response from the election commission.

In December last year, the development authority declared Akbar Nagar an illegal slum where houses had been constructed in an unauthorised manner on Kukrail riverbed. (Sourced)

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Updated on Mar 31, 2024 11:41 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent

Chandigarh admn’s employee housing scheme will be revived: Purohit

Addressing media, the Chandigarh administrator said if employees agree to accept the flats as per the current collector rates, the administration will revive the scheme

UT administrator Banwarilal Purohit addressing the media in Chandigarh on Thursday. (HT Photo)

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Updated on Mar 08, 2024 06:12 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Chandigarh

Congress leader Pawan Bansal condemns Chandigarh admn’s decision to shelve housing scheme for employees

Bansal highlighted that over 16 years after launching the Self-Financing Employee Housing Scheme for its employees in 2008, the UT administration has shelved the project due to spike in land costs, shattering the hopes of over 4,000 employees, many of whom even died waiting for a flat

These individuals, bound by the scheme’s conditions preventing them from building other homes, are now left in rented accommodations indefinitely due to the BJP’s decision, said Bansal. (HT File Photo)

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Published on Mar 07, 2024 05:24 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Chandigarh

CIDCO clarifies domicile certificate requirement after uproar

CIDCO clarifies that domicile certificates are mandatory for applicants in its housing scheme, despite a typo causing confusion. Political parties raise concerns.

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Updated on Mar 02, 2024 06:58 AM IST

ByG Mohiuddin Jeddy

Interim budget: 5-year extension to PMAY rural; 20 million houses to be built

In the interim budget for the next financial year, the allocation for the PMAY-Grameen is ₹54,500 crore

According to government functionaries, a major share of the 20 million new houses is likely to be constructed in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan. (HT Archive)

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Updated on Feb 02, 2024 02:12 AM IST

BySaubhadra Chatterji

Interim budget: Govt plans new housing scheme for middle class

The full budget is likely to be announced in July after an administration secures the electoral mandate

MoHUA received a total budgetary allocation of <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>77,523.58 crore for 2024-25, nearly 12% more than the <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>69,270.72 crore allocated in the revised estimate (RE) of the current financial year. (HT Archive)

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Updated on Feb 02, 2024 05:34 AM IST

BySoumya Chatterjee

PMAY-G scheme to continue for 5 years with target to build 20m more houses

In her interim budget speech, Sitharaman said the implementation of PMAY-G continued despite the challenges due to the Covid-19 pandemic

PMAY-G was launched in 2015 to provide 29.5 million houses with some basic amenities by 2024. (PTI)

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Published on Feb 01, 2024 05:36 PM IST

BySaubhadra Chatterji

FM announces new housing scheme for middle class, 20 million houses in next 5 yrs

Sitharaman said 30 million houses have been built under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-rural scheme, and an additional 20 million houses will be built over the next five years

Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman (Twitter/ANI)

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Updated on Feb 01, 2024 03:46 PM IST

BySoumya Chatterjee

DDA releases ₹460cr EMD to 2,300 bidders

An LG official said that DDA has performed better than many private and corporate builders in releasing EMDs

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Updated on Jan 22, 2024 06:20 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent

DDA new scheme: 138 super HIG flats booked on 1st day in e-auction mode

The registration for these flats began on November 30 and the e-auction began on Friday.

These penthouses — four-bedroom duplex apartments in Dwarka Sector 19B with a plinth area of 424 sqm — had a hefty reserve price of <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>5 crore. (Sanchit Khanna/HT Photo)

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Published on Jan 06, 2024 08:41 AM IST

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Idle Chandigarh Housing Board engineers drawing crores despite no project

Causing significant financial strain on Chandigarh admn despite no workload since 2016, when the board last rolled out a housing project

The Chandigarh Housing Board, with no engineering work on its plate, has six full-time executive engineers and two superintending engineers. (HT)

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Updated on Dec 04, 2023 07:48 AM IST

ByHillary Victor, Chandigarh

Delhi DDA flat scheme registration begins today: Check price, location and more

The registration for the Delhi DDA flat scheme has commenced today, November 24, with penthouses worth ₹5 crore to be allotted as per the application.

DDA will commence the registration process for flat scheme today, November 24. (HT photo)

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Updated on Nov 24, 2023 12:02 PM IST

ByVaishnawi Sinha

Mohali: 15 months on, GMADA’s flats for poor still in limbo

Under Punjab govt’s EWS housing policy, the Greater Mohali Area Development Authority plans to construct 5,000 1-BHK flats for the poor

GMADA plans to construct the flats using the latest brickless technology and will offer financing through banks at affordable monthly instalment rates (HT File)

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Published on Nov 14, 2023 04:37 PM IST

ByHillary Victor, Mohali

Chandigarh Housing Board fails to convene board meeting as no project in the pipeline

As only two months are left of 2023, Chandigarh Housing Board was able to convene just two board meetings in February and May this year

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Updated on Nov 06, 2023 06:00 AM IST

ByHillary Victor, Chandigarh

Karnataka govt to give 2.32 lakh houses to beneficiaries in major housing scheme

Karnataka government will provide 2.32 lakh houses to beneficiaries, bearing costs of roughly ₹8000 crore, housing minister Zameer Ahmed Khan said.

Congress leader Zameer Ahmed Khan. (Arijit Sen/HT Photo)

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Published on Nov 04, 2023 04:15 PM IST

ByYamini C S

Jharkhand cabinet approves free housing scheme for 800k poor families

The scheme, known as ‘Abuaa Awas Yojna’, would be fully funded by the state government and implemented over three financial years beginning in the current fiscal (2023-24), the officials said.

The Jharkhand cabinet approved a housing scheme to provide three-room pucca homes to an estimated 800,000 poor families. (ANI)

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Published on Oct 18, 2023 09:50 PM IST

ByVishal Kant, Ranchi

Kerala: 3 booked for pruning tree that shadowed ad on Vijayan

A few days prior to the incident, some persons had approached the school authorities asking if they could chop off the branches of a tree within the compound, said a school official

In the incident, which took place on October 7, three persons entered the compound of the Government UP school in Thavakkara without permission and chopped off the top branches of a shade tree, said police. (HT Archives)

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Updated on Oct 11, 2023 08:26 AM IST

ByVishnu Varma

MP expands Ayushman coverage to those falling out of I-T bracket

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has announced that the Ayushman Bharat health insurance scheme will be extended to those not required to pay tax. He also announced the Mukhyamantri Jan Awas Yojana to provide housing for the poor. Chouhan made the announcements in his Independence Day speech in Bhopal. The Ayushman Bharat scheme currently only covers families below the poverty line. Chouhan also pledged to bring 10 social revolutions to the state, including land and housing, women empowerment, and farmer welfare.

Shivraj Singh Chouhan (Raj K Raj/HT PHOTO)

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Updated on Aug 15, 2023 11:17 PM IST

ByShruti Tomar

Over 1,000 DDA flats booked across Delhi on first day of scheme opening

The online booking of flats started from 12pm on Monday under DDA’s “first-come, first-serve” scheme.

DDA launched its housing scheme for over 5,600 flats across all categories at various locations of the national capital on June 30. (HT Archive)

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Updated on Jul 12, 2023 03:47 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent

Delhi Development Authority's registration of 5500 flats starts today

DDA flat scheme 2023: The scheme will be open to the public at 5pm and allotment will be done on a “first-come, first-serve” basis.

Officials said that all allotments will be done through online applications, for which applicants need to log on to the DDA website, fill details and register to book their flats. (Representational image)

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Updated on Jun 30, 2023 12:02 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent

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GDA settled ₹1,500 crore in loans in FY 2024-25, boosting revenue to ₹1,600 crore, enabling new infrastructure and housing projects.

Officials are anticipating more applications before then, suggesting high demand for the project—the first CHB offering in Chandigarh since 2016

The total cost of the developed plots is ascertained on the basis of rates given to farmers (as land cost), and the development charges payable to the authority for external development

In a post on X, Kejriwal called on sanitation worker “brothers and sisters” to have their “own house and live with dignity”

The number of houses for each state for the next five years will be announced after March, based on state-level surveys

To apply for the scheme, interested individuals should submit an online application through the Yamuna Expressway authority website, pay a non-refundable registration fee of ₹600, and an earnest money deposit (EMD) of 10% of the total premium of the selected flat

Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva said that people living in slum clusters are becoming BJP members because only BJP can bring development

Offering flats at the collector rate of 2008 will translate into a financial loss of nearly ₹2,000 crore for the Chandigarh administration

A no-nonsense and people-friendly head of the Chandigarh administration, Purohit’s tenure was marked by controversies that often put him at odds with interest groups in the city

Around 4,000 flats were to be built in Sectors 52, 53, and 56 by the Chandigarh Housing Board (CHB) for government employees as part of the 2008 UT employees’ housing scheme, which is one of the longest pending projects in the city

The LDA has also written to the State Election Commission seeking permission to demolish the remaining 100 commercial establishments in Akbar Nagar. However, the development authority has yet to receive a response from the election commission.

Addressing media, the Chandigarh administrator said if employees agree to accept the flats as per the current collector rates, the administration will revive the scheme

Bansal highlighted that over 16 years after launching the Self-Financing Employee Housing Scheme for its employees in 2008, the UT administration has shelved the project due to spike in land costs, shattering the hopes of over 4,000 employees, many of whom even died waiting for a flat

CIDCO clarifies that domicile certificates are mandatory for applicants in its housing scheme, despite a typo causing confusion. Political parties raise concerns.

In the interim budget for the next financial year, the allocation for the PMAY-Grameen is ₹54,500 crore

The full budget is likely to be announced in July after an administration secures the electoral mandate

In her interim budget speech, Sitharaman said the implementation of PMAY-G continued despite the challenges due to the Covid-19 pandemic

Sitharaman said 30 million houses have been built under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-rural scheme, and an additional 20 million houses will be built over the next five years

An LG official said that DDA has performed better than many private and corporate builders in releasing EMDs

The registration for these flats began on November 30 and the e-auction began on Friday.

Causing significant financial strain on Chandigarh admn despite no workload since 2016, when the board last rolled out a housing project

The registration for the Delhi DDA flat scheme has commenced today, November 24, with penthouses worth ₹5 crore to be allotted as per the application.

Under Punjab govt’s EWS housing policy, the Greater Mohali Area Development Authority plans to construct 5,000 1-BHK flats for the poor

As only two months are left of 2023, Chandigarh Housing Board was able to convene just two board meetings in February and May this year

Karnataka government will provide 2.32 lakh houses to beneficiaries, bearing costs of roughly ₹8000 crore, housing minister Zameer Ahmed Khan said.

The scheme, known as ‘Abuaa Awas Yojna’, would be fully funded by the state government and implemented over three financial years beginning in the current fiscal (2023-24), the officials said.

A few days prior to the incident, some persons had approached the school authorities asking if they could chop off the branches of a tree within the compound, said a school official

The online booking of flats started from 12pm on Monday under DDA’s “first-come, first-serve” scheme.

DDA flat scheme 2023: The scheme will be open to the public at 5pm and allotment will be done on a “first-come, first-serve” basis.

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