Census figures point out that over 50 per cent of migration into the state was due to the availability of employment and business opportunitie at large.

The corporation has narrowed down on a consortium of Indo-French consultancy firm STUP Consultants Pvt Ltd and multinational consultants Ernst & Young.

The Supreme Court on Thursday set aside a 2008 Bombay High Court judgment that had declared illegal about 5 lakh homes in Mumbai, which it said were built on forest land.

The Supreme Court castigated the state government for its “Rip Van Winkleism”, saying various state authorities had routinely given permissions to construct over a long period of time, and had even collected property tax.