RERA Act can be imposed even if projects not registered, real estate developers warned
Non-registration of a real estate project does not mean it is beyond the purview of the RERA Act, Shri Anthony De Sa, Chairman, the Madhya Pradesh RERA Authority warned real estate developers. Speaking at a special session on Urban Housing and RERA Implementation, at the recently concluded 6th National Conference of RAWs (NCRWA), Shri De Sa, who is the first Chairman of any RERA Authority to be appointed in the country, said the authority in Madhya Pradesh had taken a view quite different from RERA Authorities in some of the other states and …
6th NCRWA Concludes Successfully, RWAs Demand Constitutional Recognition
The 6th National Conference of RWAs concluded successfully in Hyderabad on Sunday, November 25 with a call for greater role for residents' associations in civic management and devolution of funds. Hyderabad, November 25 Participating in the two-day conference leading experts and civic representatives stressed on the need for a greater role and representation for local peoples’ institutions like Residential Welfare Associations (RWA)s, in local self-governance and decision-making for managing infrastructure better. Towards this they have de…
Why a Resident Welfare Association?
By Rao VBJ Chelikani Urban civil society organisations including RWAs have emerged as important players in governance and development of cities functioning as a fourth tier of grassroot self-governing micro-urban communities. Howeverm we have a peculiar situation where parallel mechanisms formed by the state apparatus exist to deliver functions that these micro-communities are carrying out. Including a list of functions that can be devolved to these bodies in the 7th Schedule of the Constitution could be considered as a solution to this weak…
CoRWA Updates
Vasant Vihar Welfare Association, New Delhi President’s Remarks: We are proud to inform our residents that our Vasant Vihar is GARDEN WASTE FREE ZONE for the last one year. With great effort by VVWA and with the help of our Councillor, Shri Manish Aggarwal and Ch. Man Singh, Inspector and in charge of SDMC Nursery, we are able to achieve this target. The Manure supplied in all the parks of Vasant Vihar is from this composting only. The garden waste from the Vasant Vihar parks and trees on the roads is collected by trucks and brought to Nursery…
RWA Activities in Visakhapatnam
Activities of RWAs in Visakhapatnam this month. Swachhtha Hi Seva As part of the 150 th Birthday Celebrations of the Father of Nation “Jathipitha Mahatma Gandhi” and as part of the “Swachhtha Hi Seva” Program initiated by our beloved Prime Minister Sri Narendra Modiji, and being implemented rigorously by the Govt. of Andhra Pradesh, a massive Swachha Bharat program was organised on Sunday, 30, September, 2018 in JR Nagar, Ward No.9, Zone II of Visakhapatnam. Before start of the cleaning operations, the participants took Swachh Bharat Pledge…
Tarnaka kicks off nine-day flower festival with fervor
Notwithstanding the all-pervasive election mood, residents in the Tarnaka colonies kicked off the festive navaratris with fervor grouping together for the state festival Bathukamma, with beautiful floral arrangements. The difference this year round is that it is with a combination of the dandia ras that some of them are celebrating along with Bathukamma . Bathukamma , is celebrated every year as per the Shalivahana calendar for nine days starting Bhadrapada Amavasya (also known as Mahalaya Amavasya or Pitru Amavasya ) till Durgashtami…
Swachha Bharat Mission and RWAs
Dr. Rao VBJ. Chelikani We all remember that on 2nd of October, 2014, on Gandhiji’s birthday, both the President of our Republic and the Prime Minister, have launched the ‘Swachh Bharat Mission.’ We have started the most historic and biggest-ever nationwide campaign for making India clean and hygienic. It is shameful that India has been very much behind many of the developing countries in the world, to which we have started providing aid for their development. Gandhiji considering cleanliness as next only to godliness, had given much importance…
Sr Omprakash Receives Telangana Government Award
Sri Omprakash, General Secretary Forum for Senior Citizens Tarnaka, has been recognized for his exemplary contributions to the community by the Government of Telangana Department for Welfare of Disabled and Senior Citizens. He was felicitated with a certificate of appreciation and a plaque at a ceremony at Ravindra Bharati on October 5, 2018. Sri Om Prakash is a pioneering personality of SCOTRWA and several other organizations. He has been active in all spheres. By N S Prasad
HMDA Commissioner, Dr Janardhana Reddy, Releases 6th NCRWA Brochure
Leading experts from civic authorities to share experiences and best practices at two-day conference Hyderabad, October 2018 In a run-up to the sixth edition of the National RWA Conference, Dr Janardhana Reddy, Commissioner, Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA), released a brochure detailing the sessions and themes of the two-day meet of welfare associations from across the country. Scheduled to be held in Hyderabad on November 24-25 the Conference is expected to bring together over 150 RWAs, often described as the “3 rd Compon…
CoRWA Bulletin August 2018
Ayushman Bharat Health Insurance Ayushman Bharat, the Social Health Insurance Plan, launched by the Government of India on August 15, 2018 can cover those who working for residents of the RWAs, such as the domestic helpers, maids, watchmen, drivers, milkman, grocery shop assistants, gardeners, newspaper vendors, etc. The family Insurance premium will be Rs.1000-1200 / for a health coverage of Rs 5.00 Lacs per year. Please advise the residents about this scheme for which one can register online through website: Pradhan Mantri Yojana.in Kanti Ve…
Human capital policy for India
By Karuna Gopal With the world faced with increasing human capital shortages, countries can get creative and engage just-retired in interesting ways and the formats from hiring them as part-time or full-time freelance skilled force to even setting up businesses suggests the author. CATCH THEM OLD’ was a campaign for recruiting retired yet resourceful people in the US almost a decade ago. Today, thanks to the 4th industrial revolution that disrupted labour markets substantially, what was then explorative became a decisive path for engaging seni…
RWA Mission Statement
Tarnaka Book Store Launched for CoRWA Publications
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