1 BHK Flats for sale in Shakti Khand Ghaziabad

Over 600 million Indians face high-to-extreme water stress currently. However, the crises may deepen in the future, considering the alarming level at which water levels in the country are depleting. Here's a look at the current water situation in the country.

To fight the acute water crisis that many key cities in India are facing today, the Ministry of Jal Shakti on July 1, 2019 launched a conservation campaign focussing on 1,592 stressed blocks in 256 districts. Called the Jal Shakti Abhiyan, the campaign will revolve around five aspects, including water conservation and rainwater harvesting, renovation of traditional and other water bodies, reuse of water and recharging of structures, watershed development, and intensive afforestation.

Spread is the price you pay as a home buyer, in addition to the RBI-determined repo rate, to avail the lending facility a bank has to offer. This is why interest rates are generally 300-400 basis points higher than the base rate. Banks use spread to maintain profitability amid increasing and decreasing policy rates.

If you are looking for a ready-to-move-in property, then Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai and Lucknow, are the cities that you should check out. Data available with Makaan.com show that these cities currently have the highest number of new construction up for sale in the country.

The Reserve Bank of India on September 4, 2019, directed banks and financial institution to link their floating-rate home loans with an external benchmark from October 1 this year, a move that is expected to bring greater transparency in policy transmission.