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A new cream two-storey house in a residential lane, a solar panel array raised on a steel frame over its roof and a black water tank set to one side. Money7 min read छत पर बिजली

Rooftop solar for the house you are about to build

PM Surya Ghar pays up to ₹78,000 for a rooftop system. Your roof decides how well it works, so plan the panels before the slab is cast.

3 Oct 2026
A grey-haired man in a light blue shirt works a calculator at a dining table while leafing through a folder of old, yellowed property papers. Money8 min read मुनाफ़ा

Capital gains when you sell property

Selling a plot or house in 2026? The 24-month rule, the 12.5% rate, the pre-July 2024 choice and three ways to reinvest the gain, under the 2025 Act.

3 Oct 2026
An empty plot marked out with wooden stakes, string and orange flags, a rolled-out house drawing weighed down by bricks in the foreground and finished houses behind in low evening sun. Maps & plans8 min read नक्शा पास कराए बिना नींव मत डालिए।

Building permission: getting the city's approval to build your house

Owning a plot in Indore does not let you build on it. How building permission works on ABPAS, what goes in the file, the fees, and the clock.

3 Oct 2026
From the air, a very wide new road is being built straight through flat farmland, a fresh asphalt lane in the middle of a broad graded earth corridor, green and golden fields on both sides. Indore8 min read ज़मीन दीजिए, विकसित प्लॉट वापस लीजिए। पर पूरा हिसाब समझिए।

Land pooling on the Indore-Pithampur Economic Corridor

On the Indore-Pithampur corridor, owners give land and get developed plots back. What 60% really means, and five papers to see before buying one.

3 Oct 2026
A steel measuring tape lies extended across a dusty, unfinished concrete floor in a shaft of sunlight, the bare walls of a room behind it. Buying guides7 min read आप किस एरिया का पैसा दे रहे हैं?

Carpet area, built-up area, super built-up area: only one is defined by law

Three areas, one flat, and you are usually quoted the biggest. What carpet area means in law, and how to work out your real price per usable square foot.

3 Oct 2026
A hazy aerial view of a sprawling colony of half-finished concrete houses, unpaved winding lanes and scrubby empty plots on the edge of a city. Buying guides7 min read अवैध कॉलोनी — और उसे वैध करने से क्या बदलता है।

Unapproved colonies: what the word means, and what regularisation fixes

Unapproved does not mean stolen land. It means three steps were skipped. What regularisation repairs, and the three things it never will.

3 Oct 2026
Aerial view at dusk of a grid of unpaved roads laid across empty plotted land, with a city skyline on the horizon. Money7 min read ज़मीन एक। सवाल अलग-अलग।

Buying to live vs buying to invest

A home and an investment are different purchases of the same land. Five questions where the answers pull apart, and the one record both of them begin on.

8 Sep 2026
A two-storey brick house under construction on open ground, wrapped in bamboo scaffolding, with a heap of sand, a cement mixer and a stack of red bricks in front of it. Money8 min read प्लॉट पर लोन

Plot loans are not home loans

Less of the value funded, fewer years, sometimes a deadline to build, a tax break that waits — and a bank that checks the ground before it checks you.

8 Sep 2026
Seen from above, a walled empty corner plot sits at the junction of two roads in a half-built colony, houses and trees behind it Buying guides8 min read कोना और दिशा

Corner plot, east-facing: what actually changes

A corner gives you two open sides and a bill for them; a facing decides where the sun and the gate go. What is measurable, what is preference, what matters.

8 Sep 2026
Red-and-white painted wooden pegs joined by taut string mark out a rectangular plot on dry, cracked earth, with a stone wall and a village skyline behind. Buying guides8 min read नाप-तौल

Plot sizes and units: square feet, square metres, bigha and hectare

1,500 sq ft, 139.4 sq m, 166.7 gaj and 'one bigha' can all describe the same plot. How to put two plots in one unit before you compare a price.

8 Sep 2026
A low block-wall foundation with steel bars rising from it, a stack of red bricks and a mixer beside it, at the edge of a colony at dusk Buying guides8 min read दो रास्ते, एक फ़ैसला

Plot or flat: two products, two checklists

A plot and a flat are different products, not two prices for one thing. What each asks of you, and the five checks that belong to each.

8 Sep 2026

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