The basic
mantra for INDIAN REAL ESTATE SECTOR is to:
dilute licensing except for
safety reasons, increase competition, allow market forces to operate, gain 'Industry' status
The Indian real estate sector is a key growth driver
of the country’s economy. The positive outlook of Indian Government is the key factor behind the sudden rise of the Indian Real Estate sector - the second largest employer after agriculture, in India.
The contribution of the residential segment alone to
India’s GDP
is around 5 to 6 per cent and to accelerate the
overall GDP, it would be imperative to grant an Industry Stature to real estate and help it to adapt professional practices.
One of the most important factors, which has
been discussed across all forums and which happens to be the bottleneck in
the growth of real estate industry, is the complex and outdated procedure of
seeking approvals.
Currently, such inefficiencies ultimately are being passed
on to the customers. Delay on this account also majorly affects the
demand-supply of housing units. Hence, there is a need for a uniform approval
process.
In any project management scenario -Time
is money and any project delay adds to the cost of the project which is ultimately
passed on to the customer’s.
The bottlenecks may be overcome by careful
mapping of the regulatory jurisdictions, authorities and laws and to remove
duplication of efforts and abrogate rudimentary processes. Whilst a unified
regulatory framework would be of a major help, re-engineering of the processes
and mapping of various regulatory authorities will help real estate development
to catch up with the economic development of the nation.
The Indian real estate market is in growing
stage and dominated by a large number of small players, with very few organised
plyers i.e. corporates and large players with national footprint. The Indian
real estate market, as compared to the other more developed Asian and Western real
estate markets, is characterised by smaller size, lower availability of good
quality space and higher prices.
Supply of urban land is largely controlled by
state-owned development bodies like the Development Authorities i.e. DDA and
Housing Boards leaving very limited developed space for competitive supply
lines. The LARR
2013 would further pose challenges for land acquisition process and would make
projects unviable.
There is a huge opportunity for leveraging
the large portfolios of un-utilised and underutilized real estate assets of
various government agencies. Inviting private participation in housing under Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) would attract investment in this sector.
A conscious effort on the part of these
agencies, coupled with policy initiatives, can unlock the value of these
non-performing assets while revenues generated from such initiatives can
be utilised for the development of infrastructure.
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