Builders to go on strike on February 12
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The main demand of the builders is measures to control steel and cement prices
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The main demand of the builders is measures to control steel and cement prices
Builders and related construction activity members will stop work for a day on February 12, as part of a nation-wide strike called for by the Builders Association of India (BAI). The main demand is measures to control steel and cement prices.
The Joint Action Committee of Coimbatore representing the Association of Consulting Civil Engineers (India), Builders Association of India, Contractors Welfare Association, Coimbatore Builders and Contractors Association, Coimbatore Civil Engineers Association, Confederation of Real Estate Developers Association of India, The India Institute of Architects, and Paver Block Manufacturer Association has decided to take out a rally from the Women’s Polytechnic to VOC Park on February 12 and submit a memo
Union budget: Realtors in Odisha disappointed
Odisha Real Estate Developers (AFORD) president Nishith Ranjan Nanda said that the sector was hoping for reduction in GST, stamp duty and home loan interest.
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People watch Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presenting Union Budget 2021-21 on television sets at an electronics store. (Photo | V Karthikalagu, EPS) By Express News Service
BHUBANESWAR: The Union budget has left realtors of Odisha, who were hoping for some major announcements in the annual fiscal plan for revival of the pandemic hit real estate market, disappointed. Confederation of Real Estate Developers Association of India (CREDAI) Odisha chairman DS Tripathy chairman said the real estate industry was expecting some fresh measures for revival of the housing sector.
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Besides being a significant contributor to the country’s gross domestic product (GDP), India’s real estate sector also employs millions of people. (Representative picture)
For 38-year-old Pradyuman Singh, the year 2020 could not have come at a worse time. The Noida-based entrepreneur who had launched a cafe in Sector 46 in 2019, had to shut down his business after the nation went into lockdown.
The Federal Government has inaugurated the Sector Skills Council on Construction with the core mandate of tackling the skills and productive needs of the construction industry.
While delivering his speech at the occasion, the Honourable Minister of State for Works and Housing Engineer Abubakar D. Aliyu, (FNSE), who performed the inauguration pointed out that the establishment of the Sector Skills Council is a deliberate decision of the Federal Government to address the challenges of skills gap, skills supply, skills quality and skills demand of the building sector in the construction Industry.
The Minister spelt out the scope of their mandate as follows: Establishment and maintenance of strategy for the coordination and incorporation of emerging trends in skills development, Development of competency standards and qualifications, Developing a sector skill development plan and maintenance of skill inventory, influence how training is delivered in Nigeria, productivity improvement an
Housing Deficit: REDAN plans to construct 774,000 units
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By Chris Ochayi
Worried by over 17 million housing deficit facing the country, the Real Estate Developers Association of Nigeria, REDAN, announced that it has concluded arguments to build 100 housing units in each of the 774 Local Government Areas in the country.
President of REDAN, Dr Aliyu Wamakko, who disclosed this while speaking with Vanguard in an interview in Abuja, said the association has concluded arrangements to sign a memorandum of understanding, MoU, with Family Homes Funds, FHF, to fund the projects.
Dr Wamako noted that REDAN has made several consultations with relevant stakeholders in the built industry in order to actualize the project.