It's been a year-and-a-half since the Maharashtra Real Estate Regulatory Authority, or MahaRERA, came into existence to bring transparency to the property sector in the state. As mid-day sets out to find out how much of a difference it has really made to home buyers, who better to ask than Gautam Chatterjee, the man who was hand-picked by the chief minister to build and lead MahaRERA. The former housing secretary is credited with not just creating the blueprint, but also leading the charge in how Maharashtra has implemented the Centre's Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016. 

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