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The Punjab Local Bodies Department, which is headed by Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu, is likely to sign a pact with the Punjab Remote Sensing Centre (PRSC) to curb rampant illegal construction. The state's pact with the remote-sensing centre would be initially for a period of five years. Also in the works is a plan to convert the nullahs flowing in the state's cities into green belts. The state also plans to bring 67 services under the ambit of e-governance this year. These steps would significantly improve the chances of the state’s real estate.

According to the Central Ground Water Board, groundwater level has declined by 61 per cent between 2007 and 2017. In the CGWB report, Punjab was listed as the highest groundwater exploited state in India followed by Rajasthan, Delhi and Haryana.

After implementing a 20-basis point increase in its marginal cost of funds-based lending rates last month, State Bank of India has hiked its base rate and benchmark prime lending rates (BPLR), too ─ each by five basis points. In March, the public lender raised the MCLR rates from 7.95 per cent to 8.15 per cent. Now, it has increased its base rate from 8.65 per cent to 8.70 per cent. The hike in base rate means the cost of loan for existing borrowers who have not yet switched to the new lending benchmark is going to increase.

While states are running way behind schedule as they chase the government’s dram of providing housing to all by 2022, Uttar Pradesh is seen making progress in its villages. India’s most populous state has topped the list in providing homes to its rural poor. The state has fixed a target of building over 10.10 lakh homes under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana–Grameen (PMAY-G). The state has already built over 7.73 lakh, the highest in the country.

To combat pollution in Delhi, the Environment Pollution Control Authority had called for the shut down of polluting industries. The ban has now been lifted owing to “some visible improvement”, said the EPCA. Only those brick kilns that adopt the zigzag kiln technology would be allowed to operate starting April. Despite all the measures, pollution levels remain very high in areas such as Mandir Marg, Punjabi Bagh, R K Puram and Anand Vihar.