The recentGujarat Governmentdecision to increaseper unit cost of houses underrural housing schemeshas not gonewell withthe opposition andthe activists.The change has been made to bring uniformity in rural housing schemes and provide high quality houses.
According to thenew criteria, the houses under rural schemes will be givenonly according to BPL score.
The BPL score will be
calcu- lated on 13 parameters. The parame- ters have been
further classified into four parts and
each of this can have a score of 0 to 4. In the
next stage, parameters and score codes will be multiplied to get the final
BPL score of the family. The
families having a score from 0 to 16 will avail of
the benefits under various schemes. This will also minimize
malpractices being undertaken by talatis and sarpanchs.The decision is taken tobring the state government schemes at parwith the rural housing schemes of thecentral government. The additional cost and the selection criteriaremama point of debate.
Congress leader Arjun Modhvadia
said that the poor
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Unit cost of the houses borne by the government and the beneficiaries
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Earlier
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Now
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(inRs)
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(inRs)
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Valmiki Ambedkar Awas Yojana (Government)
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40,000
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43,500
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(Beneficiary)
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5,000
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7,000
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Deendayal Upadhyay Awas Yojana (Government)
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40,000
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43,500
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(Beneficiary)
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5,000
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7,000
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Halpati Gruh Awas Yojana (Government)
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40,000
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43,500
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(Beneficiary)
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3,000
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7,000
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Awas Yojana for
Tribal Areas (Government)
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40,000
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43,500
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(Beneficiary)
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NIL
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7,000
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Sardar Awas Yojana (Government)
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36,000
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43,500
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(Beneficiarv)
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7000
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7000
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Indira Awas Yojana Sardar Awas Yojana DeendayalAwas Yojana Safai Kambar Awas Yojana AnusuchitJanjati Aawas Yoj ana (Tribals) Machhimar Awas Yojana AgariyaAwas Yojana HaplatiAwas Yojana the beneficiaries in schemes including Valmiki Ambedkar Awas Yojana, Deendayal Awas Yojana, Haplati Gruh Yojana.
The BPL scores prepared by the government are based on a survey undertaken
in2003. But the BPL
scores in Gujarat have varied from scheme to scheme. While the score for
Indira Awas Yojana the state has fixed it
from 0 to 16, in other States it is 0 to 20. But, in
Sardar Awas Yojana (the State Government's scheme),the BPL
score has been fixed as 0 to 20
Dwindling demand and falling property prices
appear to have created a platform for buyers to negotiate
prices with developers, which till a year ago was unheard of. Real estate
prices have seen a correction of 15-25 per cent. This apart, a further 5-10 per cent reduc- tion is reportedly happening during negotiations between builders and
buyers.
However, a uniform price
correction pattern cannot be mapped as orrection hinges
redominantly on factors such loca- tion, demand, supply and the developer's financial ability to weather the storm in the current eco-nomic slowdown.
Ruling out a further price
correction in the near term, Mr Anand gupta, General Secretary, Builders Association of India, said that there was no scope for further correction in prices unless
a builder wanted to incur loss. No one would want to sell below production cost andno bank funding can be got once that happens.
Mr Gupta sees
a sedentary market with stagnant prices over the next six quarters, before sales starts kicking in. Once the economy picks up and the prices are seen steady, sales will take place. Mr Sanjay Dutt, CEO-Business, Jones Lang LaSalle Meghraj, said the mismatch between supply and demand was such that even if developers reduced prices in the luxury
segment, it would still be outside the ambit of a majority of home seekers.
Centrum researchers said high- end home
prices in Mumbai are down from the peak values by around
20 per cent and developers were willing to negotiate a further 10-15 per cent once someone exhibits intentions to buy.Mr Dutt said there has been a correction of 30-40 per cent in the secondary market of central
Mumbai, and of 10-15 per cent in the primary market. In the suburbs, developers of some projects are holding on, while others
have come
down by 10-15 per cent.
In Bangalore, the primary sales market saw a
ray of hope when Sobha Developers officially came down on their
asking rates by eight per cent about two months ago. However, no other developers have
overtly announced any reduction, though reductions do take place
during direct negotiations. This is despite develop- ers seeing a 70-75 per cent drop in sales.
In
Delhi, the secondary residen- tial market have come down by 7-8 per
cent with a further reduction of 3-4
per cent known to happen on actual negotiation.
The highest incidence of price corrections has been in the suburban parts of
NCR.
In Pune, price reductions are
still largely a prerogative of individual developers. Those who have sold 85 per cent
or more of the flats in their projects are holding on, while dips are increasingly evident among those who have sold 50 per cent or less. Overall, there has been visible softening of rates by
15-20 per cent. In Kolkata, there is no softening of prices in the primary sales market. Even negotiation with an intention to buy makes
no impact.Most transac- tions are happening on the secondary market, where substantial
rates drop of 20 per cent is noticed.
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