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The recommendations comprise a slew of relaxations for developers, including a zero-period to waive interest and penalties imposed for financial default, officials aware of the matter said

In a letter to Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, NAREDCO has sought other budgetary relaxations, including allowing input tax credit under GST

Homebuyers in Bengaluru say there have been many instances of promoters or servicing companies not returning the maintenance deposit they have taken from the homebuyers

The package would include reschedulement and zero-period policies to waive interest and penalties imposed for financial default, among others to enable the completion of stalled projects

"Total original cost of implementation of the 1,788 projects was Rs 24,78,446.60 crore, and their anticipated completion cost is likely to be Rs 29,09,526.63 crore, which reflects overall cost overruns of Rs 4,31,080.03 crore (17.39 per cent of original cost)," the ministrys latest report for October 2023 said. According to the report, the expenditure incurred on these projects till October 2023 was Rs 15,27,102.91 crore, which is 52.49 per cent of the anticipated cost of the projects.

The builder had apparently not handed over flats to buyers who had sought legal remedies for the repeated and lengthy delays in handover of the flats.

This discussion paper, inviting comments from stakeholders, seeks to implement the recommendations made by the committee on stalled real estate projects chaired by Amitabh Kant. This stems from the logistical impediments and shortcomings of the statutory framework faced by the insolvency processes of real estate companies, said legal experts.

Delay in completion the main reason. With this, more than 7,700 projects have lapsed since the inception of MahaRERA in May 2017. Real-estate developers cannot now advertise, market or sell apartments in these 7,700 projects.

To further streamline the corporate insolvency resolution process, the report added that the Ministry of Corporate Affairs has invited comments on changes being considered by the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code.

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