Alexander Mathew.

The severe water shortage in Maharashtra's Latur District has given rise to a large number of private distributors, who sell water to the local population at a healthy profit.

Defence Expo Day 2: Talks revolve around DPP

Most of the dialogue revolved around the newly launched defence procurement policy (DPP) and whether it would, indeed, herald a change for the industry that has thus far been opaque and out of reach for the private sector in India.

Maharashtra water crisis: How bad is the situation really?

As part of our special series, What's Ailing Rural India, CNBC-TV18's Alexander Mathew goes to ground zero in Latur to find out how bad the water crisis really is.

Maharashtra water crisis: No Rang Panchami in Latur this year

For many in India, the festival of Holi is a time for fun. Everything becomes a little more colourful, and in most places, water flows liberally. However in Maharashtra's Latur district, which celebrates "Rang Panchami" a few days after Holi, there will likely be no colour this year, because there is barely enough water to get by as it is.

Tamil Nadu's variant of bull-fighting could be back by Pongal

Jallikattu - Tamil Nadu's variant of bull-fighting - could be back in time for the state's Pongal celebrations in January. This, even as environment minister Prakash Javadekar, hinted that the sport, currently banned by the Supreme Court could be back, amid strong checks and balances.

Inside Kerala: Mapping the start-up craze

In a special series "Inside Kerala", CNBC-TV18's Alex Mathew dropped into a start-up village, a technology incubator, that has already helped many Indian startups grab global headlines.

TN govt to woo global investors & voters via infra boost

Tamil Nadu's highly successful Global Investors Meet has set the stage for the state government to reinforce its pre-election spiel. The government has drawn up an ambitious list of infrastructure projects it wants to begin work on before the elections around next year.

West Bengal to walk the extra mile hunting for investments

Underwriting -- it's a concept usually associated with equity issuances, but the West Bengal government is pushing the definition of the term to cover commercial real estate.

Prime Property: Maharashtra government's maha aim

Devendra Fadnavis' government wants to make Maharashtra slum-free by 2022. Alexander Mathew of Prime Property finds out if the measures proposed to achieve that are viable.

Prime Property: Maharashtra rentals to soar higher

Rents in Mumbai may zoom through the sky. The state government moves to amend the rent control act that had frozen rentals in as many as 40,000 buildings. Prime Property‘s Alexander Mathew takes you through the pros and cons.

Maha govt mulls changes to Maharashtra Rent Control Act

The Maharashtra government is contemplating changes to the Maharashtra Rent Control Act 1999. If carried out, the amendments will result in rents of several residential and commercial properties rise significantly, especially in south Mumbai, reports Alexander Mathew.

Prime Property: Mumbai makeover on hold

Embarrassed Maharashtra government nixes its own development plan for Mumbai, a plan that talked of higher FSI to ensure maximum housing in the maximum city. Devendra Fadnavis is now promising a new plan in four months but till then we could see Mumbai‘s property market going into a freeze. Alexander Mathew of Prime Property has more details.

Realtors expect lull in Mumbai's realty for next few months

The real estate market in Mumbai could well be entering a freeze zone for the next four months. With the old version of the city's development plan being scrapped and the new one several months away, realty experts and builders are bracing for a lull in both construction activity and land deals, reports CNBC-TV18‘s Alexander Mathew.

Mumbai: Up, up & Away!

The already expensive Mumbai market may get costlier, thanks to new policies being planned by the Devendra Fadnavis government. Alexander Mathew gives you more details.

Prime Property: CIDCO‘s plans for NAINA

Prime Property heads to Navi Mumbai to find out more about the government‘s proposed makeover for the suburb. Besides the new airport, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis seems committed to setting up a brand new city over 600 sq kilometres called NAINA and build a transharbour link to South Mumbai. Alexander Mathew has details.

Tax concerns, regulatory issues ailing REITs: Experts

It took the securities market regulator 6 years to frame regulations for real estate investment trusts or REIT's. Yet over a year on since the rules were announced, little has moved on ground.

Prime Property: Mumbai Metro facing Green hurdle

Maharashtra's Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis is struggling with one of his pet projects, an underground Metro connecting Mumbai‘s domestic and international airport terminal with Colaba in South Mumbai. Alexander Mathew has more details.

Budget 2015 a mixed bag for Realty

While most of their expectations have remained just a wish-list, the one big positive the sector took home was a tax overhaul for REITs

Prime Property: Modi government's Smart mission

Smart cities in focus -- US President Barack Obama announces that US will help India with three smart cities a few days later the Modi government says it will identify the 100 smart cities by March 31. Alex Mathew gives more details.

Govt begins spadework to deliver 100 smart cities by 2024

The government has begun the spadework to deliver on the promise of 100 smart cities by 2024. The final framework for the initiative is getting clearer and should be finalised by March 31.

M&M to pass on entire excise hike to customers

Prospective car buyers will have to brace themselves to shell out a lot more for their new cars soon. Sports utility vehicle major Mahindra & Mahindra, for one, intends to pass on the entire increase in excise duty to the customer. Other car-makers may soon follow suit reports CNBC-TV18's Alexander Mathew and Areeb Sherwani.