The Secretary, Department of Industrial Policy and
Promotion (DIPP) did not explain how soon development of innovative
methods of constructing low cost housing would become a
reality but he said that the next Nano could very possibly happen in realty.
Technological innovationmay enable developers to make low cost housing financially feasible. The DIPP handles the matters pertaining to the granting
of patents. It could however not be verifiedif any leading developer filed patent applications on building-innovation.
As developers are being increasingly compelled by the government
to set aside a part of houses for the
low income group it's to be expected that certain realty players may resort to
technological innovation for building homes at a very low cost so that they can
obtain a profit at the same time. There
is also a possibility of obtaining subsidized land for low cost housing
according to a government official.
This means that the next N ano in India could be an affordable
home. Some realty players are near to developing innovative ways of building
parts of a building in large volumes and transferring those to the real sites.
Construction costs could be meaningfully lowered by this and that will make it
possible for builders to venture into commercially feasible low-cost
housing. An executive of Cushman & Wakefield says that as 70-80% of
the demand for housing comes from more will come down, government
should roll back taxes" Singh said.
He thinks banks need to lower their mortgage rate for demand to
pick up in this sector."Housing and construction sectors are key sectors for
revival of economy and the industry needs more funds,"
he said.
If this industry does not revive then there could be a cascading
effect on a lot of industries and it will have a
negative impact on the economy. While admitting that
demand is much less than supply, Singh said
that there can be layoffs in the future if the situation
continues middle to lower
segment and this segment is important. Because of the economic
slump developers are compelled to consider this segment as
it has now become tough going for luxury products.
Technological innovation alone will not be sufficient
and developers have to apply themselves to other areas so that
affordable housing becomes financially workable.
Singh said that demand drives prices. He
said that this is a free economy and
if demand falls price of property will
automatically come down. Singh said he does not think that real estate
prices have been over priced at any point of time.
He said it has increased gradually like any other
sector and hence it needs incentive
from the government to bring down prices.
He also said the company had deferred some of its projects due to
poor demand. "In hotels, residential
and commercial everywhere deferred because of lower
demand and liquidity crisis," he said
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