Indian Realty Industry Overview
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Real estate sector is the most globally recognised sector. The sector is divided into four segments – housing, retail, hospitality and commercial. The growth of this sector has completely been complimented by the urban and semi urban accommodations. The construction industry ranks third in India. India’s realty sector has shown the largest improvements globally. India has earned the 34th rank globally on the Global Real Estate Transparency Index.
India’s infrastructure and real estate markets has made a dozen of multitude and technical developments and innovations. This has helped India to create a mark in the inroads that are expected to reshape the future of this industry. The Indian property space has proven that we are not far away from the global leaders when it comes to assimilation artificial intelligence and machine learning.
Indian Government Initiatives
Government of India along with the governments of respective States has taken several initiatives to encourage development in the sector. The Smart City Project, with a plan to build 100 smart cities, is a prime opportunity for real estate companies. Below are some of the other major Government initiatives:
In order to revive around 1,600 stalled housing projects across top cities in the country, the Union Cabinet has approved the setting up of Rs 25,000 crore (US$ 3.58 billion) alternative investment fund (AIF).
Under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) (PMAY (U)), 1.12 crore houses have been sanctioned in urban areas, creating 1.20 crore jobs.
Government has created an Affordable Housing Fund (AHF) in the National Housing Bank (NHB) with an initial corpus of Rs 10,000 crore (US$ 1.43 billion) using priority sector lending short fall of banks/financial institutions for micro financing of the HFCs.
On July 31, 2020, India formally approved 423 SEZs, of which 248 were already in operation. Most special economic zones (SEZs) are in the IT/ BPM sector. (Source IBEF.com)