Northeastern states agree to implement RERA
New Delhi: Nearly two years after the Real Estate Regulation Act (RERA) was enacted by the Parliament, six northeastern states have finally agreed to implement the law, paving way for protecting the interest of home-buyers in these states. Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland and Sikkim had failed to notify RERA due to land and other issues. The development comes after a team of the Union Housing and Urban Affairs (HUA) Ministry visited the northeastern states on October 26 and held a workshop with their representatives and discussed the issues coming in the way of notifying the Act. “Northeastern states have agreed to implement RERA. We are helping them in notifying the RERA rules,” HUA Secretary Durga Shanker Mishra told PTI. Sources said representatives of these states had some issues about the implementation of RERA, but the ministry officials cleared all their doubts in the last month’s workshop. The Act, which provides proper protection to home buyers, was enacted by the Parliament in 2016. The states were given powers to notify their respective rules and appoint regulatory authorities. All states and Union Territories in the country had notified the rules under RERA, except the six northeastern states and West Bengal. The Act is not applicable in Jammu and Kashmir. According to the ministry, 33,750 real estate projects have been registered under RERA, while 26,018 agents have been registered across the country. Instead of implementing RERA, West Bengal had notified its own real estate law — the Housing and Industrial Regulation Act, 2017 (HIRA). Mishra had written to the Bengal government, asking it to repeal its own act as there was already a central law on the subject. (PTI)
Tripura to host 7th International Tourism Mart from Nov 22
Agartala: Tripura will be hosting a 3-day tourism fair from November 22 to promote the tourism industry in the northeastern states of the country, a minister said on Sunday. The 3-day long International Tourism Mart’ would begin here from November 22 with an objective to promote tourism in the northeastern states. We are hosting the event with funding from the Ministry of Tourism,” state Tourism Minister Pranajit Singha Roy told a press conference. The International Tourism Mart is an annual event that is held in the northeastern states. Tripura will be hosting it for the first time this year. The estimated budget of the fair this year is Rs 2.6 crore. The minister said that at least 60 tour operators from 18 foreign countries including Bangladesh, USA, Canada, Australia, Japan, China, Thailand, South Africa and Russia would attend the fair and engage in dialogue with the state tour operators, attend seminars and visit different tourist spots of the state. (PTI)
