Over 93 lakh houses are lying unsold in India's top eight cities, and another 23 lakh are behind schedule.

GST Council Meet: The Group of Ministers (GOM) headed by Gujarat Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel endorsed a tax of 3 per cent on the affordable housing category, down from 8 per cent.

Promoted by Baba Ramdev Patanjali Ayurved, launched Patanjali Paridhan in November last year to tap into the Indian apparel market

Finance Minister Piyush Goyal says the GST Council is working out a mechanism for bringing the real estate sector under GST purview.

The Minister highlighted that post-GST, tax rates have come down to 12 per cent which was 20 per cent earlier. To boost the affordable and mid-segment housing, availability of credit is essential for growth, he added.

A move to withdraw the Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) from India would be the strongest punitive action against India since President Donald Trump took office in 2017.

At present, 12 per cent GST is levied on payments made for under-construction property or ready-to-move-in flats where completion certificate has not been issued at the time of sale.

Seeded by Indiabulls Housing in October 2015, OakNorth bank is a United Kingdom based commercial lender leveraging technology tools for fast and efficient disbursals to the SME sector.

Of 30 Sensex stocks, 27 were trading in the red. Tata Motors (18.10%), Vedanta Ltd (3.67%) and L&T (2.44%) were the top Sensex losers.

The authority will launch around 10,000 flats for the economically weaker section groups as flats for HIG (High Income Group) and MIG (Middle Income Group) are not yet complete.

The CG employees, who are currently getting a minimum pay of Rs 18,000, have been demanding an increase of Rs 8,000 or an increase in the fitment factor by 3.68 times from the existing 2.57 times.