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"Kids Later Than Sooner": Why South Korean Women Are Opting To Freeze Eggs
In South Korea, fewer women are having children and those who do are in no rush. The sky-high costs of housing and education make financial security a must. Social mores also dictate the need to be married.
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Government's Rs 70,000-Crore Stimulus No "Game Changer", Say Some Economists
On Saturday, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the tax refund program for exporters from January 1 will cost the government Rs 50,000 crore ($7 billion) in revenue annually.
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India's Pension Fund Says Will Not Directly Enter Low Cost Housing Market
The retirement fund body EPFO said it will not build houses directly, nixing rumours that the pension fund was getting into construction.
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Pledging PF To Buy Low Cost Homes To Be Reality Next Fiscal Year
Over four crore subscribers of the Employees' Provdent Fund Organisation (EPFO) would be able to pledge their PF money to buy houses and use their accounts to pay equated monthly instalments (EMIs) from next fiscal year.
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PF Body To Consider Housing Scheme For Members Next Month: Report
The Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) is working on a proposal to provide low cost housing to its more than five crore subscribers.
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Your Cold Drink Bottle Is A Brick: Doon School Boys Show And Tell
The houses are cost effective – each costing around Rs 55,000, which is 825 dollars – a fraction of what it would cost to build a brick house.
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Ficci Chief Advocates Soft Loans to Boost Low Cost Housing
Government needs to look at the possibility of providing soft loans of Rs 10-20 lakh for purchase of houses to give a boost to the realty sector and investment cycle, says newly-elected Ficci president Harshavardhan Neotia.
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EPFO May Allow Pledging PF Contributions to Buy Low-Cost House
It is suggested that the benefits under the schemes of Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation can also be extended to the beneficiaries of the scheme.
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Realtors Keep Off Low-cost Housing Projects Citing Low Returns
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision of "housing for all by 2022" may turn out to be an uphill task with developers keeping off low-cost housing projects citing regulatory hurdles, high land cost and low returns making such projects "unaffordable".
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Arun Jaitley Pushes For Housing To All By 2022 Scheme
Presenting the General Budget 2014-15, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley announced setting up a Mission on Low Cost Affordable Housing to be anchored by the National Housing Bank (NHB).
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HDFC raises $300 million for low cost housing
The borrowing, in the form of a syndicated loan facility, is the first by an Indian housing finance company and has a tenor of 5 years with the interest rate set at a spread of 1.75 percentage points over dollar Libor.
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A six-lakh flat developed by IIT Madras
Imagine a 500-square foot flat that costs about six lakhs. The cheap and eco-friendly house has been designed by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras which hopes it has delivered a model for housing projects that can be used by the government for the poor.
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Railways to contruct low cost houses to remove encroachments near tracks
In order to remove encroachments along tracks, Railways will construct special low-cost houses for slum dwellers in Mumbai, Sealdah, Siliguri, Tiruchirapalli and Delhi. Aptly named 'Sukhi Griha' scheme, the project entails construction of low-cost houses for slum dwellers, who are residing near the tracks thus affecting the smooth movement of trai...
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Industrial workers to get 2,000 low cost flats
The government had received over 11,000 applications from the workers for getting houses under the scheme.
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Wearology announces launch of company's low cost housing project
Ajay Singh, director of SpiceJet, says a 10 per cent service tax imposed on domestic air travel in the Budget would mean an increase in air ticket prices by about Rs 350-400 given that the average economy fair is between Rs 3500-4000.
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"Kids Later Than Sooner": Why South Korean Women Are Opting To Freeze Eggs
In South Korea, fewer women are having children and those who do are in no rush. The sky-high costs of housing and education make financial security a must. Social mores also dictate the need to be married.
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Government's Rs 70,000-Crore Stimulus No "Game Changer", Say Some Economists
On Saturday, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the tax refund program for exporters from January 1 will cost the government Rs 50,000 crore ($7 billion) in revenue annually.
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India's Pension Fund Says Will Not Directly Enter Low Cost Housing Market
The retirement fund body EPFO said it will not build houses directly, nixing rumours that the pension fund was getting into construction.
-
Pledging PF To Buy Low Cost Homes To Be Reality Next Fiscal Year
Over four crore subscribers of the Employees' Provdent Fund Organisation (EPFO) would be able to pledge their PF money to buy houses and use their accounts to pay equated monthly instalments (EMIs) from next fiscal year.
-
PF Body To Consider Housing Scheme For Members Next Month: Report
The Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) is working on a proposal to provide low cost housing to its more than five crore subscribers.
-
Your Cold Drink Bottle Is A Brick: Doon School Boys Show And Tell
The houses are cost effective – each costing around Rs 55,000, which is 825 dollars – a fraction of what it would cost to build a brick house.
-
Ficci Chief Advocates Soft Loans to Boost Low Cost Housing
Government needs to look at the possibility of providing soft loans of Rs 10-20 lakh for purchase of houses to give a boost to the realty sector and investment cycle, says newly-elected Ficci president Harshavardhan Neotia.
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EPFO May Allow Pledging PF Contributions to Buy Low-Cost House
It is suggested that the benefits under the schemes of Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation can also be extended to the beneficiaries of the scheme.
-
Realtors Keep Off Low-cost Housing Projects Citing Low Returns
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision of "housing for all by 2022" may turn out to be an uphill task with developers keeping off low-cost housing projects citing regulatory hurdles, high land cost and low returns making such projects "unaffordable".
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Arun Jaitley Pushes For Housing To All By 2022 Scheme
Presenting the General Budget 2014-15, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley announced setting up a Mission on Low Cost Affordable Housing to be anchored by the National Housing Bank (NHB).
-
HDFC raises $300 million for low cost housing
The borrowing, in the form of a syndicated loan facility, is the first by an Indian housing finance company and has a tenor of 5 years with the interest rate set at a spread of 1.75 percentage points over dollar Libor.
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A six-lakh flat developed by IIT Madras
Imagine a 500-square foot flat that costs about six lakhs. The cheap and eco-friendly house has been designed by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras which hopes it has delivered a model for housing projects that can be used by the government for the poor.
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Railways to contruct low cost houses to remove encroachments near tracks
In order to remove encroachments along tracks, Railways will construct special low-cost houses for slum dwellers in Mumbai, Sealdah, Siliguri, Tiruchirapalli and Delhi. Aptly named 'Sukhi Griha' scheme, the project entails construction of low-cost houses for slum dwellers, who are residing near the tracks thus affecting the smooth movement of trai...
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Industrial workers to get 2,000 low cost flats
The government had received over 11,000 applications from the workers for getting houses under the scheme.
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Wearology announces launch of company's low cost housing project
Ajay Singh, director of SpiceJet, says a 10 per cent service tax imposed on domestic air travel in the Budget would mean an increase in air ticket prices by about Rs 350-400 given that the average economy fair is between Rs 3500-4000.
