Nearly a decade after RERA's introduction, Indian homebuyers continue battling project delays, poor construction quality, and broken developer promises, with regulatory enforcement remaining weak and inconsistent across states.

The CBI raided 12 sites across Kolkata, Bengaluru and Mumbai after the Supreme Court directed it to probe alleged fraud tied to subvention home‑loan schemes, naming multiple developers and finance officials.

The Indian Government, under the stewardship of Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, is on the brink of unveiling a pivotal interest subvention scheme aimed at bolstering the urban housing sector.

With realty sales especially in the residential segment still to pick up and unsold inventories piling up, developers have been forced to come up with innovative schemes to attract customers to their projects.