Indian Infrastructure Industry News & Updates - June 2025
Affordable housing dream of millions in India gets closer to reality
Unsold stock in the affordable housing segment shrank by 19 per cent to about 113,000 units by the end of the first quarter of calendar year 2025. Anuj Puri, chairman of Anarock Group, says there is strong demand but “developers have largely avoided this segment, resulting in minimal new launches in recent years”. Consequently, people are purchasing from the existing inventory. Rising costs of land acquisition, construction and approval have also pushed builders to prioritise premium projects, “as affordable housing offers very thin margins. Furthermore, property prices have soared across cities, exacerbating the affordability crisis.”
Railways to overhaul ticketing system with faster technology; OTP based bookings, Aadhaar linkages mandatory
Testing of the new mechanism was overseen and reviewed by Railways Minister, Ashwini Vaishnaw, recently.
Credit growth influenced by economic activity rather than surplus liquidity
This trend suggested that the real demand for credit, which is closely linked to economic activity, is a more important driver than the availability or cost of funds. "Slower economic activity triggers action by the central bank to increase the liquidity surplus as a counter-cyclical measure," the report said. However, despite such efforts, overall credit (excluding unsecured personal and consumer durable loans) as a share of GDP has declined during past episodes of high liquidity surplus.
India bans land port entry of Jute imports from Bangladesh
NHAI to blacklist FASTags not on windscreen of vehicles
New Delhi: Drivers who don't fix their FASTags on the windshield of their vehicles will face permanent blacklisting of tags, a measure taken in view of the malpractice of people handing out "loose or unfixed tags" for payment of highway-user fee, which leads to congestion at toll plaza lanes.
