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The Meghalaya government has notified the Real Estate Regulatory Authority to regulate the state's emerging real estate sector and ensure transparency, accountability, and consumer protection, officials said on Saturday. The Authority is being established under the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016. Officials said the authority aims to promote fair practices, protect homebuyers' interests, resolve disputes efficiently, and boost investor confidence by streamlining project approvals and enforcing compliance. RERA Meghalaya oversees the registration of real estate projects, promoters, and agents, and ensures adherence to the provisions of the Act and rules framed thereunder. It also includes an adjudication mechanism for timely dispute resolution and regulatory oversight. The Authority functions as an independent statutory body with a full-time chairman and two members. RERA Meghalaya has urged all developers, promoters, and real estate agents operating in the stat
Real estate regulators in states and Union Territories have so far disposed of nearly 1.25 lakh consumer complaints against developers, according to the Economic Survey 2023-24. The Real Estate (Regulation & Development) Act, 2016, popularly known as RERA, was enacted to bring about much-needed reform in India's real estate sector. The main objective of RERA is to encourage greater transparency, citizen-centricity, accountability, and financial discipline, thus empowering home buyers and boosting the economy. The survey highlighted that all states/ Union Territories (UTs) have notified rules under RERA except Nagaland, which is in the process of notifying the rules. As of July 1, 2024, over 1,30,186 real estate projects and 88,461 real estate agents have been registered under RERA. "RERA provides for the establishment of a fast-track dispute resolution mechanism for the settlement of disputes. As of 01 July 2024, 32 states and UTs have set up the Real Estate Regulatory Authority, .
The Supreme Court on Friday granted four weeks more to states and Union Territories who have not filed their reply to the deviations and variations pointed out in the implementation of the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) (RERA) Act, 2016, and corresponding rules and laws in their jurisdiction. A bench of Justices D Y Chandrachud and Hima Kohli warned that if the requisite responses are not filed within the stipulated time, principal secretaries of housing and urban development shall be present in court to explain the delay. The top court noted that 13 states and two UTs have filed their responses to the plea. "Despite the previous order, requiring the states/UTs to file their responses, certain states have not submitted their responses. They shall do positively within four weeks, failing which the principal secretaries in housing and urban development shall be present in court," the bench said while posting the matter after eight weeks. The top court was hearing a plea fil