What do developers do when apartments aren't finished on time? Some pay back their clients as part of a penalty clause.
Tour operators all over the world are offering packages that do good for destinations.
Over the years, Indian IT/ITeS companies have grown and so have multinationals which, after entering India 5-10 years ago, now want larger office spaces to consolidate their work into a single large building.
The ban, although described as temporary, is being seen as a knee-jerk reaction by the state government following the attacks on Reliance Fresh and Spencer's stores and has raised several questions over its farm policy.
15-acre complex to come up in Gurgaon in tie-up with US mega-realtor
Planning a visit to the US in the coming days and looking at booking a direct flight? It's best to wait. All direct flights on the India-US sector are going choc-a-bloc
Having failed to receive even a lukewarm response to the open tender for marketing India as a tourist destination overseas, the ministry of tourism has decided to extend the deadline by over a fortnight to mid-August.
Given the spectrum crunch, it is not clear when the company will get a licence. India is the world's second-fastest growing telecom market and several companies, including Himachal Futuristic, have applied for mobile licences.
The travel and tourism industry in India is expected to generate Rs 282,970 crore (Rs 2,829.70 billion) of economic activity (total demand in 2007) and this is expected to grow to (nominal terms) to Rs 947,270 crore (Rs 9,472.70 billion) by 2017.
Recently, a fund manager with an exposure of $500 million in India, was busy entertaining representatives of a Danish pension fund and a Japanese delegation that were keen to invest in India.
The short supply of good architects could be a real dampener on the construction boom.
Dubai-based realty major Emaar is setting up a 100 per cent subsidiary in India, though it has an equal joint venture with Delhi-based MGF, a real estate developer and financier.
Real estate: Building contractors hike fees as demand booms.
As attrition rates reach unprecedented levels in the retail sector, companies are fighting back with a mix of measures including salary hikes, incentive-based targets, connecting emotionally with staff and even selling them the "American Dream".
Whichever side you enter Gurgaon from (M G Road or NH 8), you experience deja vu: have I seen this before? Buildings with a glass facade line the road as you enter from NH 8, almost all somewhat similar.
Agarwal built Vishal Retail from scratch into a chain of highly lucrative hypermarkets and discount superstores.
Finance ministry officials are of the view that current restrictions that prohibit FDI in multi-brand retail cannot be extended to franchise agreements between an Indian company and an overseas partner.
Smart marketing and better-planned infrastructure could be the reason tourists are hot-footing it to south India.
As real estate investment trusts are yet to take shape in India, about a half a dozen realty firms have started the spadework for listing REIT-like vehicles on the Singapore Stock Exchange.
With global investors buying into the India growth story, the size of private equity deals in the country has doubled in the last two years.
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