Mumbai, November xx, 2021: Shri Sandeep Runwal, Managing Director of Runwal Group, took over as a President of the National Real Estate Development Council (NAREDCO) Maharashtra, an apex body of India’s real estate industry. Naredco was established as an autonomous self-regulatory body under the aegis of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, Government of India. It functions as a development & promotion council for the housing & real estate sector in India and plays a vital role in the formulation of national policies and agendas for real estate development and fiscal reforms. With support from the Government and prominent industry bodies, NAREDCO has an objective to create and sustain an environment conducive to the growth of the real estate sector in India. Mr. Niranjan Hiranandani, National Vice Chairman, NAREDCO and Chairman & Managing Director of Hiranandani Communities handed over the delegation letter to Shri Sandeep Runwal, President, NAREDCO Maharashtra to envoy the responsibilities going forward.

With a clear vision of bringing holistic development of the real estate sector across Maharashtra, Mr. Runwal aims to work closely with the Government bodies, to ensure success of ‘Housing For All’ initiative that aims to promote affordable housing in our country. Mr. Runwal shall be playing a massive role in streamlining the governmental processes to ensure timely delivery of homes by the developers to the buyers. His constant effort would be towards making the home loan available to all income groups so that no person is deprived of buying their dream home. He will also focus on the formation of new chapters, to expand the presence of NAREDCO across Maharashtra. His aim is to build trust between the customers and the developers by enhancing transparency, efficiency, and effectiveness in the sector.

Shri Sandeep Runwal, President, NAREDCO Maharashtra said that “With the support from the Government, NAREDCO Maharashtra would create a demand recovery that will push housing sales; particularly in the affordable segment that will drive the “Housing For All momentum”. Taking over this baton, I will try and undertake various aggressive development measures and, make my maximum contribution in strengthening the industry’s role in the economic development of the country. With the same zeal, my priority would be to revive the country’s major real estate market of Maharashtra and implement novel ideas to bring positive changes among the customers’ behaviour towards the sector.’’

Mr Sandeep Runwal is the Managing Director of Runwal Group and spearheads the group across a portfolio of residential, commercial and organized retail. An alumnus of Harvard Business School and IIM Bangalore, he has led the organisation with a consistent emphasis on quality, execution, and timely delivery for over 30 years. He’s been awarded Young Turks’ by CNBC TV 18 and ‘Lords of the Land’ in his career profile.

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रत्नागिरी  मुख्यमंत्री उद्धव ठाकरे ने आज रत्नागिरी में कहा कि चक्रवात से हुए नुकसान की सटीक अनुमान और  पंचनामा पूरा होने दें, गहन समीक्षा की जाएगी और मदद प्रदान की जाएगी, कोई भी वंचित नहीं रहेगा।

मुख्यमंत्री ने बैठक में जिले में चक्रवात से हुए नुकसान की समीक्षा की. इस अवसर पर रत्नागिरी जिला प्रभारी  मंत्री अनिल परब, राहत एवं पुनर्वास मंत्री विजय वडेट्टीवार और उच्च एवं तकनीकी शिक्षा मंत्री एवं सिंधुदुर्ग जिला संरक्षक मंत्री उदय सामंत उपस्थित थे.

चक्रवात से जिले के 5 तालुकाओं में भारी नुकसान हुआ है। सबसे बुरी तरह प्रभावित क्षेत्र राजापुर और रत्नागिरी तालुका हैं। मुख्यमंत्री तूफान प्रभावित दोनों जिलों सिंधुदुर्ग और रत्नागिरी के एक दिवसीय दौरे पर हैं। इसकी शुरुआत रत्नागिरी में एक बैठक से हुई।

चक्रवात ने जिले में आम और काजू और नारियल के बागों को भारी नुकसान पहुंचाया है। इस बैठक के बाद मुख्यमंत्री ने अधिकारियों से बातचीत करते हुए उचित तरीके से पंचनामा  कर उचित आंकड़ों के साथ प्रस्ताव पेश करने के निर्देश दिए.

कोविड समीक्षा

बैठक में जिले के हालात की भी समीक्षा की गई। हम मरीजों को बेहतर इलाज की सुविधा मुहैया करा रहे हैं। साथ ही, उन्होंने कहा, मुख्य रूप से रोगियों से होने वाली मौतों की संख्या को कम करने के प्रयास किए जाने चाहिए।

हालांकि कहा जाता है कि दूसरी लहर के बाद तीसरी लहर आएगी, मुख्यमंत्री ने कहा कि हम उचित सावधानियों और उपायों के साथ यह सुनिश्चित करने की पूरी कोशिश करेंगे कि यह न आए.

इस दौरान जिले में टीकाकरण व अन्य जानकारी दी गई।

भारी क्षति

जिला कलेक्टर लक्ष्मीनारायण मिश्रा ने जिले में हुए नुकसान पर प्रस्तुति दी. चक्रवात ने जिले में दो लोगों की जान ले ली और आठ अन्य घायल हो गए। मृत पशुओं की संख्या 11 है।

जिले में 17 घर पूरी तरह से प्रभावित हुए हैं और आंशिक रूप से प्रभावित घरों की संख्या 6766 है। दापोली में सर्वाधिक संख्या 2235 है। रत्नागिरी तालुका में 1084 और राजपुर में 891 घर क्षतिग्रस्त हुए। जिले में 370 क्षतिग्रस्त गौशाला हैं।

तूफान के कारण 1042 हवा के कारण गिर गए। सबसे ज्यादा 792 पेड़ राजापुर तालुका में गिरे। रत्नागिरी में यह संख्या 250 है।

चक्रवात ने 59 दुकानों और घरों  को क्षतिग्रस्त कर दिया। क्षतिग्रस्त स्कूलों की संख्या 56 है। ये सभी स्कूल राजापुर में हैं।

कृषि

चक्रवात ने बगीचों को व्यापक नुकसान पहुंचाया। लगभग 1100 किसानों को लगभग 2500 हेक्टेयर का नुकसान हुआ। इसमें से अब तक 3430 किसानों के 830.30 हेक्टेयर पंचनामा का काम पूरा हो चुका है।

बिजली

बिजली वितरण कंपनी चक्रवात से सबसे ज्यादा प्रभावित हुई। 1239 गांवों की बिजली आपूर्ति पूरी तरह से ठप हो गई। अब तक 1179 गांवों में आपूर्ति बहाल कर दी गई है।

प्रभावित उपकेन्द्रों की संख्या 55 तथा फीडरों की संख्या 206 है। इसकी मरम्मत भी अब पूरी हो चुकी है। बिजली पोल भी बुरी तरह क्षतिग्रस्त हो गया है। हाई प्रेशर लाइन के 485 पोल प्रभावित हुए और उनमें से 125 पूर्ववत हो गए। गांवों में बिजली के खंभों की संख्या 1233 है। इनमें से अब तक 133 खंभों का निर्माण पूरा हो चुका है।

मछली पकड़ने का व्यवसाय

जिले के तट पर आश्रय लेने वाली नौकाओं में से 3 नावें पूरी तरह क्षतिग्रस्त हो गईं और 65 नौकाएं बुरी तरह क्षतिग्रस्त हो गईं. 71 जाल भी क्षतिग्रस्त हो गए हैं। अनुमानित नुकसान 90 लाख रुपये तक है।

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The Government of Indiahad set up a special borrowing window in October, 2020 to meet the estimated shortfall of Rs.1.10 lakh crore in revenue arising on account of implementation of GST. The borrwoings are being done through this window by the Government of India on behalf of the States and UTs.  The borrowings have been done in 10 rounds. The amount borrowed so far was released to the States on 23^rd October, 2020, 2^nd November, 2020, 9^th November, 2020, 23^rd November, 2020, 1^st December, 2020, 7^th December, 2020, 14^th December, 2020, 21^st December, 2020, 28^thDecember, 2020 and 04^th January, 2021.

The amount released this week was the 10^th instalment of such funds provided to the States. The amount has been borrowed this week at an interest rate of4.1526%.So far, an amount of Rs.60,000 crore has been borrowed by the Central Government through the special borrowing window at an average interest rate of 4.6892%.

In addition to providing funds through the special borrowing window to meet the shortfall in revenue on account of GST implementation, the Government of India has also granted additional borrowing permission equivalent to 0.50 % of Gross States Domestic Product(GSDP)to the states choosing Option-Ito meet GST compensation shortfall to help them in mobilising additional financial resources. All the States have been given their preference for Option-I. Permission for borrowing the entire additional amount of Rs.1,06,830 crore(0.50 % of GSDP) has been granted to 28 States under this provision.

The amount of additional borrowing permission granted to 28 States and the amount of funds raised through special window and released to the States and Union Territories so far is annexed.

Statewise additional borrowing of 0.50 percent of GSDP allowed and amount of funds raised through special window passed on to the States/UTs till 04.01.2021

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Daily new caseload dropped below 19,000 after 6 months. 18,732 were added to the national tally in the last 24 hours. The new added cases were 18,653 on 1^st July, 2020.

India’s total Active Caseload has fallen to 2.78 lakh (2,78,690) today. This is the lowest after 170 days. The total active cases were 2,76,682 on 10^th July, 2020.

The country has reported a trend of sustained decrease in the number of active cases. India’s present active caseload consists of just 2.74% of India’s Total Positive Cases.

21,430 cases recovered and discharged in the last 24 hours. This has led to a net decline of 2,977 from the total active caseload.

The total recovered cases stand at 97,61,538. The gap between Recovered Cases and Active Cases, that is steadily increasing, is nearing 95 lakhs and presently stands at 94,82,848.

The difference in the New Recoveries outnumbering New Cases has also improved the Recovery Rate to 95.82% today. This difference is continuously growing as the recoveries outpace the daily new cases.

72.37% of the new recovered cases are observed to be concentrated in 10 States/UTs.

Kerala has reported the maximum number of single day recoveries with 3,782 newly recovered cases. 1,861 people recovered in West Bengal followed by 1,764 in Chhattisgarh.

76.52% of the new cases are concentrated in 10 States and UTs.

Kerala reported the highest daily new cases at 3,527. It is followed by Maharashtra with 2,854 new cases.

279 case fatalities have been reported in the past 24 hours.

Ten States/UTs account for 75.27% of new deaths.

Maharashtra saw the maximum casualties (60). West Bengal and Delhi follow with 33 and 23 daily deaths, respectively.

The Covid-19 covid dummy drive , aimed at testing India’s vaccine delivery system and other logistics is set to commence today. The dry run, the largest mass immunisation programme in the country’s history will be carried out in four states- Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Punjab, and Assam.

European countries including Italy, Germany and France  start a campaign Sunday as a growing list of countries in the continent have identified their first cases of new strain. Till December 25th, over 3,500 people have been infected from the virus variant, mostly in the UK, but steadily growing in France, Ireland, Israel, Hong Kong and Singapore.

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“Held a meeting to review India’s planning on vaccine  and the way forward. Important issues related to progress of vaccine development, regulatory approvals and procurement were discussed,” PM Modi tweeted.

“Reviewed various issues like prioritisation of population groups, reaching out to HCWs, cold-chain Infrastructure augmentation, adding vaccinators and tech platform for vaccine roll-out,” he tweeted.

Several drug companies are involved in developing a vaccine to fight COVID-19, which has killed millions across nations since its outbreak in China in December last year.

Many are in advanced stages of trials and they have reported over 90 per cent effectiveness.

“Five vaccines are in advanced stages of development in India, out of which 4 are in Phase II/III and one is in Phase-I/II.  Countries such as Bangladesh, Myanmar, Qatar, Bhutan, Switzerland, Bahrain, Austria and South Korea – have shown keen interest in partnering for vaccine development of Indian vaccines and use thereof,” the government said in a statement .

Meanwhile  All schools under the jurisdiction of Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai will remain shut till 31st December, 2020, in order to contain the spread of COVID-19. Meanwhile, Maharashtra Education Minister said local administration will have to take a call while reopening schools for students of class 9 to class 11, from 23rd November. After a reduction in the number of tests during Diwali, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has increased testing again. The corporation has also started 244 new testing centres, considering the possibility of a second wave of COVID-19.The state at present has nearly 80,000 active cases.

The Gujarat government has decided to impose a complete curfew in Ahmedabad during the weekend from 9 pm today. However, the night curfew will remain in force from Monday onwards until further orders. The decision has been taken to curb the rising number of Covid-19 cases in recent days. The weekend curfew will remain in force from 9 pm today to 6 am on Monday in Ahmedabad. While, 9 pm to 6 am curfew will continue from Monday onwards till further notice.The state government has also decided to postpone the reopening of schools and colleges from 23rd November. AIR correspondent reports that Ahmedabad city witnessed a spike in daily cases of infections after Diwali. There are nearly 12,700 active cases in the state at present.

In Rajasthan, 2,549 persons have been tested positive for COVID 19 during the last 24 hours. It is the highest number of infections reported in a single day so far. After the increase in Corona cases, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot interacted with representatives of private hospitals through video conference today. The number of active patients in the capital city of Jaipur has reached close to 7,000, while there are more than 20,100 active cases in the state. There is now a shortage of ICU beds in government and private hospitals. In view of the situation, the Chief Minister has urged private hospitals to increase the number of beds for COVID patients. After reports of COVID patients in Jodhpur not getting proper treatment, the State Human Rights Commission has constituted a high level committee under the chairmanship of the Divisional Commissioner, to inspect all private and government hospitals and submit a factual report.

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Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Gujarat took strict measures in their respective localities to contain the spread of the virus and imposed night curfew. some states also planning to have limited lockdown in specific cities and areas.

The Maharashtra government is considering halting flight and train services from Delhi to Mumbai and other cities in the state due to the recent surge in Covid-19 cases in the national Capital, which is under its third wave of infections, officials said, adding that the final decision is yet to be taken.

The Union Government has rushed four high level teams to Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Manipur. The teams will visit the districts reporting high number of COVID cases and support the State efforts towards strengthening containment, surveillance, testing, infection prevention and control measures, and efficient clinical management of the positive cases. The Centre is also contemplating sending high level multidisciplinary teams to other States/UTs that are reporting a rise in the COVID-19 positive cases.

India has tested total of 12,95,91,786 samples, as on date. More than 10L tests (10,83,397) were conducted in the past 24 hours. The cumulative national Positivity Rate stands at 6.95% today, less than the 7% mark. Higher volumes of testing eventually lead to low Positivity rate.34 States/UTs are performing more than 140 Tests/Day/Million population.20 States/UTs are reporting a cumulative Positivity rate lower than the national average (6.95%).In the last 24 hours, 45,882 persons were found to be infected with COVID. 

India’s present active caseload of 4,43,794 comprises 4.93% of India’s Total Positive Cases, and has been sustained below the 5% mark.Ten States/UTs account for 78.2% of the total active caseload. Maharashtra leads the tally with 18.19% of the share.28 States/UTs have less than 20,000 active cases, as on date.India has registered 44,807 new recoveries in the last 24 hours taking the total recovered cases to 84,28,409. The Recovery Rate has improved to 93.60% today. The gap between Recovered cases and Active cases is steadily increasing and presently stands at 79,84,615.78.02% of the new recovered cases is contributed by ten States/UTs.With 6,860 persons recovering from COVID, Kerala saw the most number of recoveries followed by Delhi with 6,685 daily recoveries. 81.85% of the 584 case fatalities that have been reported in the past 24 hours are from Ten States/UTs.

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Beginning with senior classes, the academic session in the state will begin from July. However, schools located in containment zones will not be opened. Schools will be opened in districts where no coronavirus cases have been found in a month. In other areas ‘online schools’ will only function, the state minister announced.

The minister said that physical schools will begin in July after following all guidelines and the district administrations have been asked open schools in places where cases haven’t been found for a month.

The minister also said that senior classes will begin first and the online schools will start from June 26.
classes 9, 10 and 12 will start the session from July, while classes 11 will start once the admission procedure is completed after announcement of class 10 board results.

The state government had said that students from classes 6 to 8 will join the school in August, and for students studying in classes 3 to 5, schools will open in September. Meanwhile, the state has also asked school management committees to take a decision on resumption of sessions for children studying in classes 1 and 2.

The government will use the TV platform for education while taking efforts to rope in Doordarshan and radio for the purpose.

Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has approved the resumption of the academic session through online/digital medium from June 15.

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These families have been home quarantined and are being monitored.

Twenty more delivery boys who came in contact with the teen have been quarantined at a facility in Chhattarpur.

The delivery boy doesn’t have any travel history, say officials, who suspect he may have got the infection while delivering pizza to an infected family.

In a statement, food delivery giant Zomato said it had been made aware today that a restaurant employee who had tested positive for the virus, “had delivered food in the past to a few customers” in Malviya Nagar.

“Some of these orders were placed on Zomato. We are not sure whether the rider was affected at the time of delivery,” said he statement

“All these customers have already been contacted by government authorities,” Zomato said, adding that the restaurant where the rider worked had been shut down.

“COVID-19 could happen to anyone – and it is near impossible for all of us to completely isolate ourselves, especially when we need outside support for essentials such as food…We believe that none of our riders should and would knowingly keep working if they knew they were infected with COVID-19,” it said.

Delhi has 1,578 COVID-19 cases, including over 30 deaths.

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India’s largest firm Reliance Industries has initiated work-from-home for its staff while keeping open consumer-facing businesses of hospital, retail stores and telecom with a minimum workforce amid increasing number of Covid-19 cases in the country. Chairman and Managing Director Mukesh Ambani will hold a meeting almost every third day to take stock of the impact of novel coronavirus outbreak.

As a precautionary measure to Covid-19, Indian Railways has canceled 84 of its low occupancy trains with scheduled journey commencing dates from 20.03.20 to 31.03.30, according to a statement.

Meanwhile ICMR Chief Dr Raman Gangakhedkar told that there is “no evidence that the virus is heat sensitive”, adding that temperatures are soaring in southern regions yet infections are still spreading. It is important that people don’t become complacent during summers and take care of proper hygiene.

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The alliance, along with smaller parties and independents, staked claim to power after the 80-hour Devendra Fadnavis government collapsed on Tuesday for want of a majority.

Maharashtra’s 43 ministries need to be divided between three parties and the ratio believed to be in discussion is 15 ministries for the Sena, 15 for the NCP and 12 for the Congress. But smaller parties like Swabhimani Sangathana and Samajwadi Party also need to be accommodated.

The Shiv Sena leader, who will be sworn in as the 18th Chief Minister of Maharashtra at Mumbai’s sprawling Shivaji Park, late on Wednesday evening called up Prime Minister Narendra Modi and invited him to his oath ceremony.

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