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Time of India
21-07-2025
- Business
- Time of India
Govt depts asked to submit action taken reports on RERA Act implementation
1 2 Bhubaneswar: To strengthen the functionality of Odisha Real Estate Regulatory Authority (ORERA), the housing and urban development department, after assigning specific tasks to various agencies and govt departments with timelines, has asked them to submit action taken reports on the same. In a letter to the departments and agencies concerned, Satish Chandra Singh, joint secretary (housing and urban development department), stated that a high-level meeting under the chairmanship of the chief secretary was held on June 17 to discuss the implementation of the RERA Act, 2016. "In this connection, the chief secretary will conduct a review meeting very shortly. It is requested to kindly take necessary action as per the discussions and decisions in the first meeting and furnish action taken reports to the department at the earliest," Singh said. The action taken reports were sought from the revenue and disaster management department, the general administration department, the town planning division of the housing and urban development department and ORERA itself. According to the assignments, the town planning division was asked to make sure that the status of all project approvals is intimated to ORERA on time. For this, the division was asked to prepare a digital tool for real-time data sharing. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Many Are Watching Tariffs - Few Are Watching What Nvidia Just Launched Seeking Alpha Read More Undo The division was given 60 days to complete the task. Similarly, the revenue and disaster management department was asked to constitute a technical group to plan and implement the integration of ORERA 2.0 with the Bhulekh portal. The team will also work to give access to the SUJOG portal to get the list of approved real estate projects. The housing and urban development department itself was tasked with issuing instructions to the respective urban local bodies to deploy their enforcement squad with the ORERA for the execution of orders under the Orissa Demands Recovery Act,1962. On June 5, ORERA had requested the chief secretary, Manoj Ahuja, to consider an eight-point recommendation it made to strengthen the implementation of RERA Act in Odisha. Following the recommendation, the chief secretary held a review meeting on June 17 and issued specific tasks to specific teams. "Proper implementation of the RERA Act is necessary to safeguard homebuyers and regulate the real estate sector. Earlier, there was a monopoly of the developers and agents, but now things are changing and it should improve further," homebuyer Vikrant Swain said.
Time of India
30-06-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Housing dept urges ULBs to hasten verification of PMAY 2.0 applications
Bhubaneswar: To ensure timely allocation of houses under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana 2.0 (PMAY 2.0), the housing and urban development department has asked all urban local bodies to expedite the verification process of applications received from beneficiaries. In a letter to the heads of all urban local bodies, Satish Chandra Singh, joint secretary of the Odisha Urban Housing Mission, expressed displeasure over the slow progress of the verification process and asked them to expedite the process while generating awareness among beneficiaries. As per data, so far 82,382 applications have been received, out of which 48,598 applications have been received under the beneficiary-led construction. However, only 13,925 applications were verified, and project proposals for 11,959 units were submitted to the state, Singh states. Terming the number significantly low compared to the total number of applications, Singh stated that a recent email received from the ministry of housing and urban affairs indicated that the total number of houses sanctioned under PMAY-U and PMAY-U 2.0 in Odisha constitutes only 12% of total households. "MoHUA has categorised the ULBs in Odisha to prioritise the application verification based on their performance," states Singh. Priority 1 is ULBs with house sanction rates below 12%, while the second one is ULBs with house sanction rates between 12% and 24%, and the third is the remaining ones. "ULBs in Priority 1 must intensify awareness programmes among beneficiaries, expedite application verification by deploying additional resources on a war footing, and submit new detailed project reports under PMAY-U 2.0 urgently," the additional secretary states in the letter. For ULBs coming under Priority 2, Singh asked them to prepare and submit proposals by following the due verification process. "It is advised that ULBs such as Khariar, Kotpad, and Champua exercise extra caution during the verification process," he said. These three ULBs share borders with neighbouring states like Andhra Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. "It is requested to take immediate and necessary steps to fast-track the verification and proposal submission process and issue appropriate instructions to concerned officials," Singh concludes. Notably, the application process for sanctioning houses under PMAY 2.0 is ongoing. The beneficiaries have been receiving houses under different verticals under the central scheme, such as affordable housing, beneficiary-led construction, and in-situ slum redevelopment programmes.
Time of India
17-06-2025
- Business
- Time of India
State nod to 43 housing projects under PMAY 2.0 in urban areas
1 2 Bhubaneswar: To provide quality housing to people in urban areas, the housing and urban development department approved 43 detailed project reports in the beneficiary-led construction vertical under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) 2.0. These projects will be executed in 42 urban local bodies. Once completed, the 43 projects will provide 3,949 dwelling units to beneficiaries. These will be executed at a total cost of Rs 256 crores, with shares received from the Centre, state, and beneficiaries. For the projects, the Centre will grant Rs 59 crore at Rs 1.5 lakh per dwelling unit, while the state will give Rs 39 crore at Rs 1 lakh per unit. The rest of the grant, amounting to Rs 157 crore, will be borne by the beneficiaries at Rs 4 lakh per unit. Beneficiary-led construction under PMAY 2.0 refers to a scheme component where eligible families, particularly from economically weaker sections, receive financial assistance to construct new houses or enhance existing ones on their own land. In a letter to urban local bodies, the urban development department's joint secretary, Satish Chandra Singh, informed them about the state-level approval and asked local bodies to take steps and sensitise beneficiaries at the ground level. Among the urban local bodies, Bhubaneswar will see the execution of 44 dwelling units, while 26 dwelling units will be executed in Khurda, 115 in Puri, and 41 in Cuttack. The highest number of 663 dwelling units will be executed at Bhuban in Dhenkanal district. Similarly, 579 dwelling units will be executed in Bhadrak municipality, 270 in Basudevpur, 220 units in Chandbali, 219 units in Sambalpur, 175 in Athagarh, 137 in Jajpur, 119 at Khariar in Nuapada, and 102 dwelling units at Polasara in Ganjam district. Sources said the projects were approved by the state-level sanctioning and monitoring committee, and the proposal will be forwarded to the ministry of housing and urban affairs now for granting financial assistance for execution of the projects.
