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With a landmark verdict, a Mumbai consumer commission ordered a development company to pay purchaser Neela Pawar with INR 8.5 lakh and return INR 7.5 lakh for failing to get licences for a Kandivli redevelopment project. This ruling shows the consequences of unlicensed redevelopment.

Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate reform (MoEFCC) made a major reform to balance development with animal protection. Large projects in protected areas now need forest permissions before wildlife clearances.

All essential permissions will be given within three months using a single-window certification system, and these projects will be completed by self-regulation procedures.

With the rising cost of contruction, in terms of materials, labour costs and of course with all the hassles related to permissions, etc. there is a new solution that is being preferred by many stake holders in the commercial real estate industry in India.

In the backdrop of the disruption caused by Covid-19, the government will look into the demands of the real estate industry, including an extension of project completion timeline by 6-9 months and extension of building permissions secured already as per Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.

Macrotech Developers (Lodha Group) has got permissions to develop a massive integrated township covering more than 1200 acres close to Navi Mumbai.