"While rise in prices of key construction materials was relatively modest over the last year, labour costs have been driving the overall cost of construction upward," said Badal Yagnik, Chief Executive Officer, Colliers India.
Students preparing for the Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission (UPPSC) on Wednesday held a candlelight march, marking the third consecutive day of protests outside the UPPSC building in Prayagraj.
The first phase of Jharkhand's assembly elections, which kickstarted on Wednesday, recorded 64.86 per cent voter turnout at 5 pm across the 43 assembly constituencies, surpassing 63.9 per cent voting in the 2019 assembly elections, said the Election Commission of India (ECI).
The sales value also fell 15 per cent to Rs. 15,739 crore, down from Rs. 18,505 crore in the corresponding quarter last year, indicating a yearly dip in the average home sales value by 7 per cent to Rs. 62 lakh.
46.25 per cent voter turnout was recorded till 1 pm in the first phase of assembly polls in Jharkhand, as per the data of the Election Commission of India.
Earlier, the voter turnout of 16.90 per cent was recorded in Budhni while Vijaypur stood at 17.86 per cent in the initial trend of polling till 9 am in the state.
In domestic sales, passenger vehicles (PVs) saw their highest-ever sales for October with 3,93,238 units sold--a 0.9 per cent increase compared to October 2023. However passenger car sales in October has registered a de-growth of 17 per cent. A total 1,07, 520 units were sold in October 2024
Polling for the two assembly seats in Vijaypur assembly seat and Budhni seat are going on and conclude at 6 pm. The counting of votes will be done on November 23.