REAL ESTATE & INFRASTRUCTURE SECTOR - CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN CURRENT PANDEMIC

The third and last panel of the day was titled, "Real Estate & Infrastructure Sector – Challenges and Opportunities in Current Pandemic". Moderated by Dinesh Pardasani, Partner, DSK Legal; the participants included Srivals Kumar, External GC, Independent Corporate Legal Consultant Retainer; Rajeevan Nair, Head Of Legal Department, L&T Realty; Gopal Menghani, Advisor & Legal Consultant; Parveen Mahtani, Chief Legal Officer, Mahindra Lifespace Developers Ltd. Parveen Mahtani said, "While several legislative changes have been introduced for India's real estate industry, streamlining RERA across States and simplifying the data shall boost consumer confidence in the sector. We should also work towards a unified construction law, which could be based on a consolidation of the various statutes as also borrow from some of the best practices of other countries."