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Hike expected in Income Tax Exemption on Home Loans

The government is considering a proposal to hike income-tax exemption available for interest payment on home loans to Rs 2.5 lakh a year, to boost demand and rebuild the slowdown-hit housing industry. The ministry of housing and urban development has urged finance minister Pranab Mukherjee to make an announcement to this effect as part of his Budget presentation in early July, a government official said on condition of anonymity. At present, taxpayers taking housing loans are eligible for income-tax exemption on interest payment of up to Rs 1.5 lakh every year. Besides this, the repayment of principal amount is part of investments eligible for benefit under Section 80(C) of the Income-Tax Act, which has a ceiling of Rs 1 lakh. The government has already identified housing as one of its focus areas, a fact highlighted by President Pratibha Patil in her address to both the houses of Parliament. The existing tax exemption limit is considered inadequate at a time when a two-bedroom house i

Pune metro train could be a reality by 2014

PUNE: Suggesting the functional structure for the proposed Pune Metro Rail Corporation (PMRC), the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation's (DMRC) final draft report envisages that the Pune metro project can be completed by 2014-2015 at a cost of Rs 8,401 (corridor -I) and Rs 9,534 (corridor II). The report says that the Pune metro, like the DMRC, can ask for concession on value-added tax as well as concession in electricity and other municipal taxes. "The PMC needs 64,435 hectares of land for the metro. Beside this, there is a need for another 4 hectares of land which could come from the Agriculture college land. This 1,04,435 hectares could be commercially exploited and developed by allowing 4 FSI. Around Rs 600 crore could come in this way," says the report. In practical terms, however, this might not be so easy. The agriculture college has already announced that it will not give its land for the project. "The area, along with the metro corridor, could be commercially expl

Opportunity to invest in premium Residential project "Hills & Dales" at NIBM Road, Pune

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Seasons offers 'long stay' homes:

Real estate firm Naiknavare Developers said ori Friday the company has launched, jointly with its hospitality arm Seasons, two-bed room to six-bed room luxury apartments for long stay customers under the brand name Seasons Luxury Homes. The intended users of the properties will be corporate managerial personnel who will be in Pune for long durations of even up to a couple of years. Hemant Naiknavare; director of the company, said the property will offer features and services such as fully furnished apartments, relocation service, house-keeping, residential assistant and meals on call. The customers - being long stay ones - will have the freedom to hire unfurnished apartments and use their own furniture and other interiors, Naiknavare said. The rentals for the apartments will range from Rs 35,000 per month for a two bed room house to Rs 140,000 for a six bed room one, he said. --> Source:The Times of India