Nirmala Sitharaman meets real estate representatives; Liquidity, taxation and other issues discussed

The Indian Economy is facing challenging times, and there is an urgent need to activate ways and means to push up GDP growth as also create jobs. With this situation as the reference, the Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman along with senior officials met a delegation from India’s Housing and Infrastructure industry in New Delhi on Sunday, 11 August. Dr. Niranjan Hiranandani, President (Nation) NAREDCO in his representation before the Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and senior bureaucrats present in the meeting, pointed out that globally, real estate and infrastructure growth have proved to be drivers of economic growth as also job creation and India was no different. 

"If real estate and infrastructure were given a boost, it would positively impact GDP growth as also create jobs. Liquidity crisis and the need for tax rationalization were two major challenges facing India’s real estate and infrastructure industry, and quick resolution of the same would go a big way in enabling Indian real estate and infrastructure to play its role in enhancing GDP growth as also creating jobs," Dr. Hiranandani told Sitharaman and other officials present there. 

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In a related point, he added that rental housing had the potential to fulfill the goal of ‘Housing for All’, adding that real estate and infrastructure would play a major role in creating sufficient rental housing stock, with obvious advantages in form of job creation as also driving GDP growth. 

"Rationalization of Taxation issues impacting real estate, and resolution of liquidity crisis would be paramount in helping real estate and infrastructure get a boost, in turn enabling these to help positively impact the economy in terms of GDP growth and job creation," concluded Dr. Niranjan HIranandani.