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FOCUS POINT

            In  order  to revive around  1,600                     areas  across  the country by 2022,

            stalled  housing projects across                       under  the  ambitious  Pradhan  Mantri
            top  cities  in  the  country,  the  Union             Awas  Yojana  (PMAY)  scheme  of

            Cabinet has approved the setting up                    the  Union  Ministry  of  Housing  and
            of Rs. 25,000 crore (US$ 3.58 billion)                 Urban  Affairs. Expected growth in

            alternative  investment  fund  (AIF).                  the number of housing units in urban


            Government has  created  an  Afford-                   areas  will  increase  the  demand  for
            able Housing Fund (AHF) in the National                commercial  and  retail  office space.

            Housing  Bank  (NHB) with an  initial                  The  current  shortage  of  housing  in
            corpus of Rs. 10,000 crore (US$ 1.43                   urban  areas  is  estimated  to  be  ~10

            billion)  using  priority  sector  lending             million units. An additional 25 million
            short fall  of  banks/financial  institu-              units  of affordable  housing are

            tions for micro financing of the HFCs.                 required by 2030 to meet the growth


            As of January 31,  2021,  India                        in  the  country’s  urban  population.
            formally  approved  425  SEZs,  of                     The growing flow of FDI  in Indian

            which  265  were  already  opera-                      real estate is encouraging increased
            tional. Most special economic zones                    transparency.  Developers,  in  order

            (SEZs)  are in the IT/ BPM sector
                                                                   to  attract  funding,  have  revamped

                                                                   their  accounting and  management
            ROAD AHEAD
            The  Securities  and  Exchange  Board                  systems to meet due diligence stan-

            of India (SEBI) has given its approval                 dards. Indian real estate is expected
            for the Real Estate Investment Trust                   to attract a  substantial  amount of

            (REIT)  platform,  which  will  allow  all             FDI  in  the  next  two  years  with  US$
            kind  of  investors  to  invest  in  theIn-            8  billion capital  infusion  by  FY22.

            dian  real  estate  market.  It  would
            create an opportunity worth Rs..1.25                   References:          Media         Reports,

            trillion (US$ 19.65  billion)  in the                  Press      releases,      Knight       Frank

            Indian market in the coming  years.                    India,    VCEdge,        JLL      Research,
                                                                   CREDAI-JL,  Union Budget 2021-22
            The  residential  sector is  expected                  Note:  Conversion  rate  used  in

            to grow significantly, with the central                October  2021,  Rs.  1  =  US$  0.013

            government  aiming  to  build  20
            million  affordable  houses  in  urban                 Major Source: IBEF


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