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Industry

Haryana housing board’s future uncertain as state government plans its merger into HSVP

CHANDIGARH: Haryana’s decades-old public housing mission may soon lose its distinct identity, with the state govt moving forward on a plan to merge the Haryana Housing Board into the Haryana Shehri Vikas Pradhikaran (HSVP). The Housing Board, established in 1971 to provide affordable homes on a no-profit-no-loss basis, has long served economically weaker sections, low-income families, and the lower middle class. But officials confirmed at a recent HSVP authority meeting — chaired by chief minister Nayab Singh Saini — that a full-scale merger is now in the works. The process, however, has been delayed by legal and financial hurdles. Officials…

Regulatory

Income tax raids Wazirabad tehsil office, property deals for six years under scanner

GURUGRAM: A 12-member team of the income tax department on Friday carried out a search and survey of the Wazirabad tehsil office, which handles registries and other records of some of the costliest property transactions in the city, and across the country. Officials told TOI that high-value property transactions, some amounting up to multi-million rupees, from the last six years are under scrutiny. The Wazirabad office is the largest revenue earner in Haryana and logs annual property registries up to Rs 25,000-30,000 crore. Areas such as Golf Course Road in Gurgaon fall under its jurisdiction. Accompanied by a police team,…

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Haryana CM hands over shop registries to 250 beneficiaries

CHANDIGARH: Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Saini on Thursday handed over shop registries to 250 eligible beneficiaries of the Mukhyamantri Shehri Swamitva Yojana. According to an official statement, this step marks another milestone in empowering citizens through property ownership. Earlier, around 6,000 beneficiaries had received this benefit under the scheme. The registries were distributed during a programme held in Panchkula. Addressing the gathering, Saini said the shop registrations were not just pieces of paper, but an embodiment of the beneficiaries’ dreams. He emphasised that the government’s mission is to ensure that no eligible citizen is left out of the benefits of…

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Haryana: Affordable housing e-draw portal to be linked with Aadhaar to tackle irregularities

Representative Image GURUGRAM: Govt’s online portal for drawing of lots in affordable housing schemes will directly cross-check and verify applicant details with information in the Aadhaar card to make the process more transparent and eliminate chances of duplication or manipulation. Officials of the department of town and country planning (DTCP) said on Friday that the updated portal – called TCP Haryana – will fetch applicant details such as name, address and mobile number from the Aadhaar card. This will prevent manual data entry errors and manipulation while ensuring that only eligible candidates are considered for allotments. The move comes in…

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Haryana RERA orders Expressway Towers’ builder to pay buyer 11% interest over project delay

GURUGRAM: Haryana Real Estate Regulatory Authority (HRera) has directed the builder of a highrise condominium — an affordable group housing project in Sector 109 — to pay the delay-possession interest and hand over the apartment to the complainant as per the terms of the buyer’s agreement. The unit number 908 of Tower 3 at Expressway Towers 109 was purchased for Rs 26.26 lakh nine years ago. The builder assured timely possession of the flat, with a carpet area of 644 sqft and a balcony area of 100 sqft, but failed to deliver within the stipulated four-year period from the date…

Regulatory

NGT asks environment ministry to frame guidelines for plywood industry

NEW DELHI: The National Green Tribunal has asked the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) to frame guidelines for plywood industries in the country. The green body was hearing a matter regarding several plywood units causing pollution in a village in Yamuna Nagar district of Haryana. In its order dated May 27, a bench of NGT Chairperson Justice Prakash Shrivastava said there was an “urgent need for framing of guidelines” regarding the plywood industries as guidelines had been framed by environment ministry or Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) regarding other industries, such as, sand mining, stone crushers,…