By Accommodation Times Bureau JALANDHAR On Thursday the Jalandhar Development Authority (JDA) removed encroachments from commercial sites of Punjab Urban Planning and Development Authority (PUDA) along Ladhowali Road of the city by demolishing four illegal colonies. Following the instructions from Girish Dayalan, JDA chief administrator, a special team of the civic body razed,
: Punjab Urban Planning & Development Authority
Tenancy reforms vs open market leasing – what would serve the poor better?
By Accommodation Times News Services Dr. N.C. Saxena Former Secretary, Planning Commission A ban on leasing was imposed after Independence in almost all states to encourage owner-cultivation and to give security of tenure to sharecroppers and tenants. While such laws should continue in areas characterised by semi-feudal mode of production and may even
Affordable Housing- An initiative of providing shelter to all
By Accommodation Times News Service Definition Affordability in today’s terms is a very generic used word for home buyers who are seeking to purchase a home. Affordable though very universal term it carries different meaning for different people based on individual level. It is also defined varied worldwide i.e
HC issues order to withdraw collection of EDC from private builders
By Accommodation Times News Services Punjab and Haryana High Court on March 19, issued order to withdraw the collection of external development charges (EDC), imposed on private builders and developers by the Haryana state government, following the appeal filled by the builders & developers against the revised EDC policy for urban areas in August
Union Budget Highlights
By Accommodation Times News Services “Kalangathu Kanda Vinaikkan Thulangkathu Thookkang Kadinthu Seyal” (What clearly eye discerns as right, with steadfast will And mind unslumbering, that should man fulfil) - Saint Tiruvalluvar 1 Key Features of Budget 2013-2014 THE ECONOMY AND THE CHALLENGES Getting back to potential growth rate of 8 percent is the challenge facing the country.