Centre to evaluate performances of states on RERA
Concerned over states diluting key provisions of the new realty law that Parliament cleared last year, the Union housing and urban poverty alleviation ministry has called a meeting on January 17 to take stock of the implementation of the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act (RERA). Chief secretaries (housing) of all states will attend the meeting that will be chaired by housing minister M Venkaiah Naidu. Sources said the meeting was triggered following complaints from consumer groups that several states, including Gujarat, UP, Maharashtra and MP, had reportedly diluted key provisions related to ongoing projects in their state law to favour builders. “We will take stock of how states are implementing the realty rules and challenges that they are facing. Issues such as dilution of central law and states leaving out ongoing projects from the ambit of the RERA Act will also be discussed,” said a housing ministry official.
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