Government eases FDI norms for the realty sector

04 Dec 2014 Evaluate

Realty sector which has been grappling with fund scarcity since last some time, is likely to get fresh lease of life with government relaxing FDI policy for the sector by easing exit norms and reducing built-up area and capital needs.

The revised norms relating to Construction Development Sector notified by the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP), states that investor will be permitted to exit on completion of the project or after development of trunk infrastructure i.e. roads, water supply, street lighting, drainage and sewerage.

The new policy, which has done away with the 3-year lock-in period for repatriation of investment has also reduced the minimum floor area requirement to 20,000 sq mt from 50,000 sq mt earlier. It also brought down the minimum capital requirement to $5 million from $10 million. While in case of development of serviced plots, the condition of minimum land of 10 hectares has been completely removed.

For affordable homes, the government has exempted the conditions of minimum floor area and capital requirement if an investee/joint venture companies commit at least 30 per cent of the total project cost for low-cost housing. The government is expecting the new measures to result in enhanced inflows into the construction development sector and result in creation of much needed low cost affordable housing in the country and development of smart cities.

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