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Aadhar Card: Is it voluntary or mandatory?

Voluntary, mandatory, or a mix of both? The necessity to have an Aadhar Card is subject of a heated debate - while the government is adding Aadhar Card to an expanding list for compulsory identity authentication in the country, a Supreme Court order in 2015 specifically said that the card cannot be made mandatory for welfare schemes. So who's legally in the right?

Will achieve FY17 sales target: Piramal Realty

Despite a 25 percent drop in sales due to demonetisation, Piramal Realty will meet its sales target for the current fiscal year - that's the word coming from Executive Director of Piramal Group, Anand Piramal.

Serendipity Arts Fest Goa 2016: A combo treat for art lovers

The Serendipity Arts Festival aims to bring the best of music, dance, food and art together under one roof.

Cash crunch: APMC market hit hard!

Kevin Lee of CNBC-TV18 is at the Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC) market in Navi Mumbai to give a ground check on the impact of government's cash clean up drive.

Shifting to digital payment can save India Rs 4.7 lakh cr: Visa

In an interview with CNBC-TV18's Kevin Lee, Visa Group Country Manager TR Ramachandran said that India can reduce its cost of cash to 1.3 percent of GDP by 2025 from the current 1.7 percent and save around Rs 4.7 lakh crore by shifting to more digital means of payment.

Lodha Group gets Rs 2,320 crore from Piramal Fund Management

The two Mumbai-based companies have entered into an agreement which will see the Ajay Piramal-headed company investing in the real estate developers' projects around Mumbai.

New SEBI norms on REITs likely to be finalised by October: Srcs

Developers DLF, K Raheja and Embassy have been having weekly consultations with the committee to address their grievances. The regulator is doing all it can to sweeten the concerns about inadequate public interest in REIT.

Essar puts an end to 20 years of losses, turns it around

CNBC-TV18's Kevin Lee and Areeb Sherwani report on a turn-around story that will put an end to 20 years of losses at the group level.

Good news for Mumbai developers: BMC proposes uniform FSI

CNBC-TV18's Kevin Lee and Areeb Sherwani find out how developers and industry watchers view these changes.

Owning a house in Mumbai to become easier

Owning a house in Mumbai may soon become a lot easier with developers building a model to make housing affordable.

Maharashtra government hikes Ready Reckoner Rates

A repo rate cut is good news for potential home buyers. However maybe not if your dream home is in Maharashtra. That's because the state government has decided to hike the Ready Reckoner Rate (RRR), which is the base rate for property transactions, reports CNBC-TV18's Kevin Lee and Areeb Sherwani.

Realty players hope for interest rate cut post Budget boost

The real estate sector has found a hero of sorts in Finance Minister Arun Jaitley. Apart from incentives for affordable housing, the minister has also fulfilled a 3-year-old wish by exempting REITs from Dividend Distribution Tax reports CNBC-TV18's Kevin Lee and Aayush Ailawadi.

Rebuilding Mumbai's Bhendi Bazaar

It's been seven years since plans were first made to redevelop Mumbai's Bhendi Bazaar near Byculla and construction is finally underway. CNBC-TV18's Kevin Lee and Aayush Ailawadi report on the mammoth project that will be the first to use the new cluster redevelopment norms.

Navi Mumbai aims to be in first 20 smart cities of India

In race for India's smart cities, round one is done & dusted. It's now time for round-two, picking the 20 cities that will be developed first and Navi Mumbai is keen to be one of those top-20. CNBC-TV18's Kevin Lee and Alexander Matthew find out how.

Mumbai's BDD Chawl set to get makeover within 4 years

After 15 years of back and forth, Mumbai's well known BDD Chawl is set to get a makeover. If things go right, the 16,000 families that live in this chawl can look forward to better living conditions in 4 years. CNBC-TV18's Kevin Lee and Areeb Sherwani report.