The centuries' old system of sub-letting properties still holds a big chunk in the urban rental market in India. Such residencies that span over the landscape of many cities, especially Mumbai, have people who have been paying cheap and artificially depressed prices and been there for generations. This system is called the Pagdi system in Mumbai, where tenants are not yet covered under the authority.

MAHARERA seeks onto expanding the reach of its litigation to these traditional setups and turn the market to a much-sophisticated side.

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