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Showing posts with label affordable housing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label affordable housing. Show all posts

Thursday, March 30, 2017

EoW Pune to Have Dialogue With Investors of Temple Rose Real Estate

Earlier Investors in temple rose real estate (TRRE) schemes were running from pillar to post when they realized cheating. But things were not going in positive way because  the stooges of company were already mixed with them pretending themselves  as gullible investors. These stooges were misguiding real investors.However Now Economic offences ( EoW) wing of Pune Police has taken positive initiative and has decided to have dialogue with investors of TRRE investors.The dialogue will be held at the conference hall at headquarters of pune police in camp at 9.30 AM to 11.oo AM on Saturday 1st april 2017.Inspector Rajesh Puranik ( Phone No 9870196071) of EoW will listen investors complaints


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The basic problem with such investors is that, they never see or insist for correct document when they invest. This thing becomes hurdle in to file or lodge a complaint.The  operators of such schemes promise victims high returns on their investments but instead of investing their funds, the perpetrator use their commitments to pay off earlier losses and take a cut for themselves. As the scheme progresses, the number of victims and the size of their combined losses grow exponentially.These operators appoint smart staff and agents. Most of the time staff and agents get paid more than what they deserve and hence they don’t hesitate to deceive own relatives or acquaintances .

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Saturday meeting is for  TRRE investor. We will keep on discussing investments in so called proposed N-A Plots, Villa plots, farmhouses , affordable housing, double your money by investing in plotting or plantation schemes  etc. in RTI KATTA. RTI KATTA is a platform to empower oneself through discussions amongst each other to solve their problems by using Right to Information and other acts, Every Sunday at Chittaranjan Watika, Model Colony,Shivaji nagar, Pune, between 9.30 to 10.30 A.M.

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Friday, January 27, 2017

RTI Katta on Pune - Maharashtra Real Estate Scams

Now a days thieves & dacoits don’t live in jungles or valley’s. They have established air-conditioned offices in cities. From there they run scams like selling proposed N-A Plots, Villa plots, farmhouses , affordable housing, double your money by investing in real estate etc. They appoint smart staff and agents. Most of the time staff and agents are get paid more than what they deserve and hence they don’t hesitate to deceive own relatives or acquaintances .


Most of the time instead of running away from government authorities these people make government  authorities  partners in scams. In all this , common people get suffered. So what is the remedy ? What to do if you got deceived. We will discuss all this on RTI (  Right to Information) Katta this Sunday. The RTI Katta is  an informal platform to learn the use of RTI, the tool to fight causes that directly affect the citizens.Katta is held every Sunday.

Right to information Katta. Sunday 29 January 2017, Chittaranjan Vatika, Model colony, Shivajinagar, Pune Time .9.30 AM to 10.30 AM

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Saturday, April 30, 2016

Hurdles in appointment of Real Estate Regulatory Authority in Maharashtra Removed

Any time after 1st May 2016 the government of Maharashtra may establish Real Restate Regulatory Authority ( RERA )or delegate its power to somebody. On account of present controversy over Maple Groups misleading advertisements under Pradhanmantri awas Yojana ( PMAY) , FIR’s and further drama, it was alleged that presence of RERA would have made significant difference and timely intervention of RERA would have saved several peoples’ hard earned money. However, now with notification dated 27th April 2016 hurdles in appointment of RERA or delegating it’s powers to somebody have been removed .


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The Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation (MHUPA) of government of India has brought in to force some provisions of Real Estate ( Regulatortion nad Development )  Act 2016
( REA )   as well it has repealed The Maharashtra Housing (Regulation and Development) Act, 2012. The MHUPA has announced this with a notification dated 27 April 2016.With this notification MHUPA has brought some sections of the Real Estate Regulatory Act 2016   into force.


Section 81 read with Section 82 ( C ) Real Estate Regulatory Act empowers appropriate Government to delegate powers of RERA  to any authority  if circumstances exist which render it necessary in the public interest so to do. The MHUPA has brought in to force section 81 to 92 including following provisions of REA  from 1 may 2016.

Section 2 – Definitions, This section deals with the all the terms used in real estate sector

Section 20 to 39 – These sections deal with the Establishment and incorporation of Real Estate Regulatory Authority, Composition of Authority. Qualifications of Chairperson and Members of Authority. Term of office of Chairperson and Members. Salary and allowances payable to Chairperson and Members. Administrative powers of Chairperson. Removal of Chairperson and Members from office in certain circumstances. Restrictions on Chairperson or Members on employment after cessation of office

Section 41 to 58 – These sections deal with the Establishment of Central Advisory Council. Functions of Central Advisory Council. Establishment of Real Estate Appellate Tribunal.

Section 71 to 78 – These sections deal with Power to adjudicate. Factors to be taken into account by the adjudicating officer.

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Wednesday, December 17, 2014

Lies and Secrecy have become USPs of Real Estate industry

Since last many years there was a Builders Vs Buyers scenario in Indian Real Estate Industry and it seem that this scenario is going to remain there in future also . Because lies and secrecy have become unique selling Propositions (USP) of this industry .Government authorities also keep mum on buyers issues. Why don’t concerned authorities provide  necessary information to buyers ?, why builders don’t put real facts before them, why they hide vital information from buyers?



Since my last posts Pune - hub of illegal Real estate activities,More than 150 projects violated Environment clearance norms  and what is the future of the projects that have violated environment norms ? I received many phone calls and emails. All the calls and mails mostly were revolving around only environment clearance (EC) problems. For readers’ perusal reproducing four excerpts from those emails and my comments here.


Problem 1 - The Projects to whom State Level Expert Appraisal Committee (SEAC) has recommended  Government of Maharashtra to take action for violation of Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 .Can you guide me to find what were the issue in the case and if the case open against the builder or has been cleared or not

My comment– in my post  what is the future of the projects that have violated environment norms ? I have made it clear. And best option is to ask this question to the builder because after legal action and clearing objection taken by SEAC he may get EC. Hence it is their responsibility to disclose the information about what action has been taken on the builder, has the builder cleared all the objections and whether EC has been given to him or not.

Problem 2-  After going through your blog I asked builder about EC.He said that he has applied for EC  & will get the clearance within 115 days.He said that he is not going to start building construction till he get clearance. Now he is asking me to do agreement by demanding 20% amount of flat cost. In this case I am not sure to go for agreement with builder or not. What I should do in this case? Can you please help me in the given situation? I have draft copy of agreement sent by builder, can share it if you allow for it. Can I get your appointment for consultation?

My comment – Builders seems to be law abiding but then why he is asking money in advance. Because environment clearance (EC) should be there prior to starting construction? And what if he doesn’t get it? . Is there any clause mentioned in agreement regarding that aspect?. What will happen if he doesn’t get EC. ( he may be sure about it because of something else).To me it is crime to sell, make agreement or demand money before obtaining all the necessary permissions.

Email 3 -. As a RTI activitist you surely or might have the contact or  email id of  the group where we can Seek information whether any particular project go to clearance or not.I have already gone through the Maha site link but couldn't find my builder project so just want to re-assure whether my builder got environment certificate or not. Request to share the contact number or email id of the point of contact or SPOC who is responsible to provide environment certificate  for residential project going on Pune.

My comment – unfortunately there is no such forum where property buyers can get all the relevant and authentic information.

Unfortunately all these mails talk of only environment clearances and nothing else, as if that is the only thing about which builder has lied and everything else is right. I wonder how do people believe in the builder whose USP ( Unique selling point) is “ telling lies”. Environment clearance is one thing that has come to light but there are many more things that are to be taken care before buying flats.

But big question is why public authorities don’t put information related to real estate projects in public domain?. Reason is simple. Most of the bureaucrats and politicians directly or indirectly get benefits from such projects.

In last many years in India housing for poor or affordable housing has become a serious issue. Many Governments brought many legislation or schemes to promote such housing. Be it urban land ceiling Act ( Funny thing is this act was brought so that poor people should get house and it was repealed for the same reason) , Housing for economically weaker section ( EWS ) , Housing for dis housed (HDH), special Township schemes etc. etc.

Many concessions benefits were given  to promote such schemes. The Idea was to make available affordable housing for poor. But that didn’t happen because builder with help of politicians and bureaucrats siphoned off all these concessions and benefits in between. They didn’t reach to whom those were meant for i.e real, poor and needy flat buyer.

For example for special townships builder gets following concessions
i) automatic Non-agriculture permission.
ii) Exemption from Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976.
iii) Government land falling under township area leased out to the developer at the current market rate.
iv) The condition that only agriculturist will be eligible to buy agriculture land is not applicable in Special Township Areas.
v) Nno ceiling limit for holding agriculture land to be purchased by the owner/developer for such project.
vi) Floating FSI in the township. Unused FSI of one plot can be used anywhere in the whole township.
vii) The stamp duty rates applicable in the Special Township area are  50% of prevailing rates.
viii) A Special Township Projects are  partially exempted from payment of scrutiny fee for processing the development proposal.
ix) 50% concession in payment of development charge.
x) Development of basic infrastructure and amenities.

However there are some conditions also like

(a) Water supply. The developer is required to develop a source for drinking water (excluding ground water source) or get a firm commitment from any water supply authority to meet the daily requirement of 140 litre per person a day. This excludes water required for fire-fighting and gardening. The storage capacity provided should be 1.5 times more than the requirement.
(b) Drainage and garbage disposal. Environment-friendly disposal of sewage and solid waste management as per the norms of the state pollution control board.
(c) The developer has to ensure continuous and good quality power supply through captive power generation, or draw from the existing supply system.
(d) The developer must get prior environment clearance certificate from the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF).
(e) Twenty per cent of the area is to be reserved for park/gardens/playgrounds.
(f) Eco-friendly amenities like solar water heating.
(g) 60% of the area to be purely residential and out of the total floor area proposed to be utilized for residential development, 20% of the same to be used for residential tenements of 40 sq m.
(h) Proper road area with the main road being 24 meters wide. etc etc

But what happens in reality.  Builders get all the benefits in advance, however when it comes to fulfilment of conditions. Both the builders and authorities keep mum. Whenever builders face some difficulty bureaucrats and politicians come to their rescue. Whenever builder finds any difficulty in getting commencement certificate they introduce a term called “conditional permission“which is totally illegal. Yes there two types of conditions some have to comply before work starts and others have to comply while work in progress.

For first type of conditions there is no excuse. Even then builders start construction and even before that they start selling the flats. But when it comes to the compliance of earlier or latter conditions authorities cry of having no authority to act on non- compliance or violations. When it comes to oblige builders , authorities read too much between the lines but when it comes to held builder responsible for some thing, they don’t even read what has been written in black and white?

For example
1)Central government by a notification on 28 February 2014 conferred state units powers to issue show cause notice to project proponents in case of violation of the conditions of the environment clearances issued by the said Authorities to projects or activities within their jurisdiction and to issue directions to the said project proponents for keeping such environment clearances in abeyance or withdrawing them, if required, for violations. But has any body heard or seen on their website of state units that have kept someone’s EC in abeyance or revoked it ?

2) i) It is  mandatory for the project management to submit half-yearly compliance reports
in respect of the stipulated prior environmental clearance terms and conditions in hard and soft copies to the regulatory authority concerned, on 1st June and 1st December of each calendar year.
(ii) All such compliance reports submitted by the project management are public
documents. Copies of the same shall be given to any person on application to the concerned
regulatory authority. The latest such compliance report shall also be displayed on the web site of the concerned regulatory authority.

Have you seen any of these documents on environment department’s website?

As per environ protection act and as per section 4 of Right to Information act all the documents pertaining to various permissions, compliances, authorizations , action taken reports and  plans must be in public domain. But what is the reality? . If you go to environment department’s portal, they have uploaded some information but that is insufficient and not in searchable mode, hence people can’t obtain any information they want. If you go to pune collector’s website it also doesn’t help. If you go to pune municipal corporations website, yes they have made available facility to obtain information on commencement certificates given and plans sanctioned thereon but it doesn’t work. Do you all this is just a coincidence? , certainly not.

Now what is the option for the flat buyers?. They must do some homework; consult some legal expert or  sensible people before investing their money.


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Phone – 9923299199
Email – kvijay14@gmail.com
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