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construction sector news

Optimising for construction cess governance under the Social Security Code 2020

Construction Photographer: Prashanth Vishwanathan/Bloomberg (Bloomberg)
Updated on Jul 11, 2026 05:05 pm IST

Maharashtra govt gives conditional minor mineral royalty waiver; to bring online process for NA nod

Maharashtra govt gives conditional minor mineral royalty waiver; to bring online process for NA nod
Published on Apr 08, 2026 07:15 pm IST

India’s construction industry needs a digital reboot

AI (iStock)
Published on Sept 17, 2025 06:30 pm IST

Man who shot at builder’s home dares cops to nab him, offers 1L reward

On Monday, assailants fired two rounds at Panvelkar’s residence-cum-office Sitai Sadan, a five-storeyed building near Hutatma Chowk (Pramod Tambe/ HT Photo)
Published on Apr 23, 2025 08:22 am IST

674 more skilled workers undergo skill testing for jobs in Israel

674 more skilled workers undergo skill testing for jobs in Israel
Updated on Nov 28, 2024 07:58 am IST

Understanding the gig economy in the age of AI

Artificial Intelligence words are seen in this illustration taken in March.
Published on May 16, 2024 10:12 am IST

Migrants fuel infra boom at great costs

Mumbai, India – Oct 06, 2023: Labourers are seen working at a construction site, at Crawford Market, in Mumbai, India, on Friday, Oct 06, 2023. (Photo by Bhushan Koyande/HT Photo)
Updated on Jan 14, 2024 06:48 am IST

India’s GDP to grow 7.3% in FY 2024, says govt estimate

FILE PHOTO: Labourers work at a construction site of the Ahmedabad-Mumbai High Speed Rail corridor in Ahmedabad (REUTERS)
Updated on Jan 05, 2024 11:19 pm IST

India's construction sector levels up as housing demand spurs economy

Builders are bullish long-term with many saying the boom could last two to three years and some even more optimistic. (HT Archive)
Published on Dec 02, 2023 10:47 am IST

India’s Q2 GDP growth beats estimates at 7.6%

India’s Q2 GDP growth beats estimates at 7.6%
Updated on Dec 01, 2023 07:18 am IST

Good on paper, guidelines need proper implementation

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Updated on Oct 26, 2023 08:26 am IST

CREDAI pledges 1,000 green buildings by 2025

CREDAI pledges 1,000 green buildings by 2025
Updated on Apr 16, 2023 01:03 am IST

Using construction technologies to solve mass housing woes

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The Union government’s flagship affordable housing scheme—Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana–Urban (PMAY-U)—marks a break from previous housing schemes by making serious efforts at mainstreaming alternate construction technologies.(PTI PHOTO)
Published on May 11, 2024 01:31 pm IST

Infraprime Logistics to catalyse USD 200m investment in construction logistics

IPLT Rhino 5536 is being charged at the IPLT’s Bilaspur charging station.
Updated on Dec 01, 2020 10:21 am IST

NHAI set to make FY 2021 the best year of highway construction

The 6th India Construction Festival was organised by the infrastructure think-tank, FIRST Construction Council.
Published on Oct 19, 2020 11:45 am IST

India needs to rethink housing for the poor | Opinion

The government estimates that there are 26-37 million families in urban India that live in informal housing, and they largely belong to the poorer sections.
Updated on Jul 12, 2020 01:41 pm IST

Triple whammy: Gloom in markets, car sales decline, core sector hit

Stock markets, which had climbed to an all time high after exit polls predicted a BJP victory have crashed by almost 2500 points since the budget.
Updated on Nov 04, 2019 12:24 am IST

How to revive job growth in the country

Between 2004-05 and 2011-12, about five million workers per annum left agriculture for non-farm sector jobs. Among these five million, about four (75%) were youth (15 to 29 years). This was a good news because it tightened the rural labour market, which resulted in real wages rising (it had been stagnant between 1996 and 2004 because of a rising number of workers in agriculture)
Updated on Jul 24, 2019 05:02 pm IST

‘Rera has bought paradigm shift in the construction sector in Pune’ says Gautam Chaterjee, chairperson Maha-Rera

Maha-Rera chief Gautam Chatarjee speaks at CEMCON at IISER in Pune.
Updated on Dec 08, 2018 03:39 pm IST

Govt panel wants RBI to relax norms to help stalled housing projects in Noida, Greater Noida

Currently, an investor is wary of putting money in projects where only minor construction work is pending as there is no clarity on return of their invested money. (Sunil Ghosh / HT Photo)
Updated on Sept 08, 2018 02:57 am IST

Construction sector jobs have let down peasants

Value added per worker started declining for the construction sector from the middle of last decade. In fact, its value seems to be heading for a convergence with per-worker value added in agriculture.
Updated on Apr 01, 2018 07:28 am IST