2 BHK Properties for Sale in Agra

In a move to curb illegal construction, the Uttar Pradesh government on October 16 passed an order asking all development bodies in the state to map all constructions within a month falling under their purview. The state government has set May 2017, the time when the Real Estate (Regulation & Development) Act of 2016 came into effect in UP, as the base year for procuring maps.

Eight years after the Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority’s 2009 Plot Scheme was announced, the authority will begin handing over of the plots to the allottees in October. These plots are sized between 1,292 sqf and 43,000 sqf and the price of these plots have gone up three times since the time of allotment.

The Ministry of Urban Development has released smart city rankings which places Nagpur on top, followed by Vadodara and Ahmedabad. These rankings were based on various parameters, including expenditure, project implementation and performance of civic bodies in the past four years. Out of 99 smart cities, 12 were not evaluated since the third list was released very recently.

Although planned for high-speed commuting, Yamuna Expressway has now become a notorious accident-prone stretch, raising safety concerns. The media has reported several cases of traffic violations, leading to 105 and 110 accidental deaths on the expressway in 2016 and 2017, respectively.

The Uttar Pradesh Budget 2018-19 has now been tabled by Uttar Pradesh Finance Minister Rajesh Agarwal. In his Budget Speech, Agarwal announced an outlay of Rs 4.28 lakh crore for welfare and related services, 11.40 per cent more than what it was last year. In this Budget, the state government will focus on health, education, employment, rural and urban development, the poor and women development.