Land Acquisition Bill - A Game Changer for Real Estate

On February 24, 2015, the government proposed new amendments to the Land Acquisition Bill that was passed in 2013. Since, then this bill has been a controversial topic in most of the Lok Sabha Parliament sessions. While the government is assuring the Lok Sabha that the changes will benefit the farmers and bring a revolution in the real estate industry, the opposition holds that the changes are anti-farmer. The present Indian government believes that due to significant national projects, infrastructure and defense certain changes in the Land Acquisition Bill are essential. However, the opposition says that the changes proposed by the government are difficult to make.

Real estate specialists believe that if these changes are passed it would bring a 360-degree shift in the industry. During the past five years, the investment of foreign companies in the Indian real estate industry has gone down tremendously. To keep money flowing into the real estate sector, the Indian government has proposed some big changes in the luxury real estate sector. These changes would benefit big landowners as well as small landowners.

Everyone today wants a luxurious home in India. Due to this, even small developers are looking at building beautiful and fully equipped luxurious homes in India. Earlier, foreign investors couldn’t invest into an Indian real estate project that was below 50,000 square meters. This number has now been changed to 20,000 square meters, which is beneficial for small land owners. Also, foreign investors, if invested in a developing project, weren’t allowed to withdraw or transfer their ownership stake to another interested investor. The investor had to wait for a minimum of three years after the completion of the project.

But the newly pushed reforms now give the foreign investors the liberty to transfer or take out their money from the project. However, this process would require the approval of the Indian government.

These changes are sure to attract more overseas investors to invest in Indian infrastructural housing projects. Apart from the bigger developers, these changes will benefit small developers too. The investment is sure to give smaller developers a much-needed backing to build more comforting and facilitated housing properties.

Due to these revised changes pushed by the current Indian government, the real estate market has a considerable improvement in foreign investments that will help developers to build great projects in different states of India. Many developers have started mid-sized projects offering luxury apartments in Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Delhi and more.

Analysts say that the passage of this bill will have positive implications for the real estate sector of India. It will help to boost the realty economic growth, which in return will provide developers to create advanced modern and urban housing spaces with high-quality. The approval of the bill is still in a debate in the parliament, but sources have pointed that the government is planning to take back the amendments proposed. They may roll back all the six changes proposed in the Land Acquisition Bill. But these changes made for foreign investments have bought a drastic shift in the real estate industry. The reforms will help developers to build big and better luxurious homes, boosting the housing infrastructure and development in India. Buy your luxury apartment in Hyderabad, Chennai, Bangalore, Delhi or Mumbai today.


This is a guest post by Deepak Yewle