Construction Industry Growth Factors Post Pandemic
During the pandemic, both the construction industry growth and the real estate sector in India experienced major setbacks. Of course, every other sector of the global economy did as well. The real estate and construction sector, have recovered more forcefully then most. A report on 99 Acres.com claims that since the pandemic started, India's construction industry growth has lost close to INR 1 billion. There was a shortage of liquidity for many real estate developers and construction sector. Residential sales in India's top seven cities fell from 4 lakh units in 2019–20 to 2.8 lakh units in 2020–21 due to reasons including credit scarcity. In the first half of FY21, the entire construction sector and residential demand decreased by more than 40%. The construction industry growth is slowly making a comeback. Not that COVID-19 gone or that the globe is totally free of its grip. On the other hand, the industry has learnt from the first and second waves and is no...