Aarohan: A Unified Compliance & Transparency Platform

for Indian Real Estate

A Technology-Driven Solution for Risk-Aware Property Decisions by Homebuyers

Project Proposal / Technical Report

Submitted By:
Pragun Kakkar
Vishal Kumar Midithuri
 Executive Summary
Title:
Aarohan: A unified platform for real estate compliance and builder verification in India.
The Problem: In India, real estate buyers face serious risks such as project delays, legal
entanglements and financial losses often due to the lack of access to verifiable information
about the legal and regulatory status of residential projects. While the Real Estate
(Regulation and Development) Act (RERA) mandates builder registration and disclosure,
information remains scattered across state portals, difficult to understand, and rarely up to
date. There is no centralized, citizen-facing system that aggregates project approvals,
certifications, and litigation status in a user friendly way.
The Solution: Aarohan is a proposed digital platform that empowers homebuyers to verify
the legal standing of real estate projects and builders before making investment decisions. It
acts as a compliance intelligence layer that aggregates data from public sources such as
RERA portals, municipal authorities, eCourts, and consumer forums.
Through Aarohan user can:
 Search by builder, project, or location
 View all available certifications (OC, CC, fire NOC, RERA status)
 Get alerts about pending court cases or regulatory actions
 Access a credibility score for each builder
 Understand the full compliance checklist for any project
Public Impact and Governance Fit: Aarohan aligns with national priorities such as the
Digital India mission, Smart Cities initiative, and the goals of the RERA Act. It reduces
the burden on consumer courts, protects citizens from fraud, and promotes accountability
within the real estate sector. The platform can be built as a public-private initiative with API
access from government departments or piloted in specific states as a showcase model.
Call to Action: We propose this platform as a tech-enabled governance layer for real estate
due diligence. If supported by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs and RERA
authorities, it can be scaled nationally and integrated into India's digital public infrastructure
stack restoring trust, transparency, and safety to one of the country’s most critical investment
decisions.
 Introduction
In India, real estate is more than just an asset class it is a life long aspiration for millions. For
most families, purchasing a home represents the largest financial decision they will ever
make. It is a decision driven not only by investment goals but also deeply personal desires
stability, security and social mobility. As cities expand and housing demand grows, the real
estate sector has become one of the pillars of India’s urban economy.
To address rising concerns over project delays, financial fraud, and accountability, the
Government of India enacted the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act (RERA)
in 2016. This landmark legislation was intended to bring transparency, standardisation and
buyer protection to the real estate market. RERA introduced mandatory project registration,
disclosure norms, and penalties for non-compliance. While this marked a major policy shift,
its on-ground implementation remains uneven and highly fragmented across states.
Despite the increasing digitalization of public services under initiatives like Digital India and
the Smart Cities Mission, the average homebuyer still finds it extremely difficult to verify
whether a residential project has obtained all the necessary government approvals or is free
from legal disputes. Most compliance information is either buried in outdated PDFs,
scattered across multiple government portals, or entirely inaccessible without physical visits
to municipal offices. Even the most fundamental legal documents such as Occupancy
Certificates, Environmental Clearances, or court filings are rarely presented in a format that
the average citizen can understand or verify.
At the same time, today’s buyers are digital-first they use apps like Paytm, Zerodha, and
MagicBricks, and expect real-time, trustworthy information before making decisions. Yet
when it comes to verifying the legal status of a property, they are forced to rely on brokers,
sales agents, and word-of-mouth, all of which are prone to bias and misinformation.
This growing disconnects between the information buyers want and what is actually
available is not just a technology problem, but a public trust issue. It is within this critical
gap that Aarohan proposes to intervene by building a unified, citizen-facing platform that
aggregates legal, regulatory, and litigation data for residential real estate in India.
 Problem statement- Lack of Real Estate Compliance Transparency in India
The Problem : There is no centralised, reliable and transparent platform that allows
homebuyers to independently verify whether a real estate project or builder had obtained all
necessary government approvals, certifications and clearances or whether the project is
entangled in any civil or criminal litigations.
This results in:
 Delayed possession due to missing approvals( e.g. fire NOC, completion certificate)
 Financial losses as buyers invest in projects that are later stalled.
 Legal complications from unknowingly purchasing disputed or unauthorized
properties.
 A lack of trust in the real estate ecosystem, especially among first time homebuyers.
Why Existing system fails:
 RERA Portals are fragmented state wise, often outdated and not user friendly.
 Municipal records (e.g. occupancy certificate status, plan approvals) are difficult to
access and usually not digitalized.
 Legal case data is publicly available (e.g. on ecourts) but is not easily searchable by
builder or project.
 Builders are not compelled to provide complete information up front and often
withhold negative details.

Why existing system fails

Despite the progressive intentions behind the Real Estate (Regulation and Development)
Act (RERA) 2016 and increased efforts at e-governance under Digital India, the practical
experience of verifying a property’s legal status remains broken for most homebuyers in
India. The problem is not a lack of data but a lack of accessibility, structure, and trust.
Here are the core reasons the current system fails to meet the needs of modern
homebuyers:
1. Fragmented and inconsistent RERA portals: Each state in India maintains its own
RERA portal, with no standardization in how data is presented or updated. While
some portals like MahaRERA (Maharashtra) offer relatively better transparency,
others are either non-functional, poorly maintained, or rarely updated.
 No central dashboard exists to compare builders or projects across states.
 Project pages are often missing key documents or filled with placeholders
 Users must navigate complex PDFs instead of getting digestible summaries
2. Non-Digitized and Inaccessible Municipal Records: Municipal corporations and
development authorities are responsible for issuing key construction-related
approvals such as:
 Building plan approvals
 Fire NOCs & Environmental Clearance
 Occupancy certificates(OC)
 Completion Certificates(CC)
However, in most cities, these records are either not digitized, available only through
manual RTI filings, or buried in outdated web portals with poor usability. Buyers have
no easy way to check if a builder has obtained these approvals.
3. Legal Case Data Is Technically Public, Practically Useless: While court cases
data is technically available on platforms like eCourts, NCLT, and NCDRC, it is
virtually impossible for a common buyer to navigate.
 No builder wise or project wise search filter exists.
 Case summaries are unstructured, filled with legal jargon and buried in PDFs.
 There is no classification of case types (Fraud, possession delay, NCDRC
complaint etc.)
4. No Real-Time Risk Monitoring or Alert System: There is no mechanism to:
 Alert buyers when a project approval lapses.
 Flag builders who repedeatly delay possession.
 Notify booked customers of new legal cases or regulatory actions.
5. Heavy Dependence on Unverified Sales Channels: In the absence of a trusted,
government-backed verification tool, buyers continue to rely on:
 Real estate brokers incentivised by commisons
 Marketing websites focused on listings, not compliance.
 Word-of-mouth or youtube reviews with no legal backing.
This lack of trusted, neutral sources forces homebuyers to take massive financial
decisions on uncertain or biased information.
In short, while the laws and the data technically exist, accessibility, enforcement, and buyer
facing design are entirely missing. Aarohan addresses precisely this missing layer of trust,
structure, and accessibility.
Opportunity
The Indian real estate sector is estimated to reach a market size of $1 trillion by 2030,
contributing significantly to GDP and urban development. Yet, this rapid expansion has not
been matched by corresponding growth in transparency, compliance visibility, and buyer
protection. While regulatory frameworks like RERA, and missions like Digital India and
Smart Cities, aim to modernize governance, the lack of a unified compliance ecosystem
continues to leave millions of homebuyers exposed to risk.
There exists a critical and underserved gap in the real estate value chain: the absence of a
centralized platform where homebuyers can independently verify a project's legal status,
builder credibility, and litigation history before making a purchase decision. Currently, this
information is:
 Scattered across multiple state-specific RERA portals
 Buried in municipal websites that are poorly digitized
 Unstructured in legal databases that are not user-friendly
 Often entirely withheld or manipulated by builders and sales intermediaries
This presents an opportunity not just to fix a broken information ecosystem, but to transform
the buyer journey from one based on trust and hearsay to one based on verifiable data
and legal clarity.
With over 10 million housing units expected to be launched in urban India over the next
decade, the timing is right for a compliance intelligence layer that can sit between
government records and citizen decision-making. The opportunity is threefold:
1. Consumer Empowerment: Equip buyers with tools to make safer, data-driven
investment decisions, reducing the risk of fraud, stalled projects, and litigation.
2. Ecosystem Accountability: Create pressure on builders to maintain clean records
and incentivize transparent behaviour by making compliance visible and comparable.
3. Digital Public Infrastructure: Complement ongoing government efforts by
consolidating public data, adding an AI-enabled insights layer, and offering it via
APIs, dashboards, and alerts.
Moreover, this opportunity is not just civic in nature it is commercially scalable. Banks,
NBFCs, insurers, and property tech platforms have an increasing need for due diligence
data to assess risk before lending, investing, or underwriting property-linked products. A
platform like Aarohan can serve both B2C trust gaps and B2B compliance needs, making
it uniquely positioned to operate as a public-good meets infrastructure-as-a-service
solution.
In short, the market is large, the trust deficit is deeper than ever, and the tools to solve it
NLP, scraping, AI classification, UI-based summaries are now mature enough to be
deployed at scale. Aarohan stands at the intersection of policy, data, and technology,
offering a timely and transformational opportunity.

Current Gaps in the system

Despite the implementation of Real Estate Regulation and Development act (RERA) and
the increasing digitalisation of government services, there remains a significant lack of
transparency and accessibility in verifying real estate compliance in India. The current
ecosystem is fragmented, outdated and heavily manual in nature.
1. Fragmented information across states:
 Each state has its own RERA portal, with different standards for data
presentation, certificate uploads, and builder/project listings.
 There is no central dashboard to aggregate project details across states or
compare builder performance.
2. Limited visibility into government approvals:
 Key approvals such as Occupancy certificates(OC), Completion
certificate(CC), fire safety NOCs and environmental clearances are often
missing or not updated on public portals.
 Municipal bodies and local development authorities do not have integrated or
searchable systems for these approvals.
3. Legal case information is not user-friendly:
 Although portals like eCourts provide case listings, they are difficult to
navigate for a common buyer.
 There is no way to search builder-wise or project-wise to check for civil or
criminal litigations, fraud complaints, or consumer court cases.
4. Lack of real time alerts or risks flags
 Buyers are not notified if a project’s delivery is delayed, a builder looses
permission, or a case is filled post-booking.
 There is no proactive system to highlight risky projects or backlist repeat
offenders.
5. Reliance on unverified sales channels:
 Buyers often depend on brokers, advertisements, or sales agents who may
not disclose legal shortcomings or certification delays.
 There is no trusted public tool to cross-check claims made during the sales
process.
Consequences of these gaps:
 Delayed project delivery.
 Financial loss or legal entanglements.
 Loss of trust in real estate markets.
 Increased burden on consumer courts and legal systems.

Proposed Solution- A Real Estate Compliance Platform

Platform Name: Aarohan
Purpose: To provide Indian homebuyers with a centralized, transparent and trustworthy
platform that aggregates legal and regulatory compliance data related to real estate projects
and builders empowering buyers to make informed investment decisions.
Key Features:
1. Search by project, Builder or Location:
 Instantly view all available certifications (RERA status, OC , CC, NOCs etc).
 See project details, expected completion dates, and previous delay records.
2. Litigation Risk Analysis:
 Check for pending civil/criminal/legal cases against builders or projects.
 Use NLP to classify types and extract summaries from court databases
3. Builder Credibility Score:
 Aggregated rating based on delivery track record, complaints and litigation
history.
4. Real -Time Alerts:
 Get notified if a builder loses approval, delays possession, or faces regal
issues.
5. Regulatory Compliance Checklist:
 List of all required approvals for each property stage(booking or handover).
 Checklist dynamically updated per project.
6. Pan-India coverage:
 Starts with major metros(Delhi NCR, Mumbai, Pune, Bangalore) and expand
state-wise.
How it works(MVP Plan):
 Scrapes publicly available data from RERA portals, municipal websites, eCourts.
 Processes and rank builders/ projects using AI/NLP and logic-based rules.
 Provide a simple, search-based UI for buyers to find risk markers and compliance
status.
Who It Helps:
 Homebuyers: Make safer investment decisions.
 Government: Reduce fraud and consumer court burden.
 RERA: Improve trust in regulatory framework.
 Builders: Incentivized to stay transparent and maintain clean records.
 Key Features
Aarohan is designed as a compliance intelligence platform that empowers Indian
homebuyers with structured, reliable and real time information on real estate projects and
builders. Its features combine data aggregation, AI processing and consumer first UX to
deliver clarity where the system currently offers confusion.
Below are the key features that make Aarohan a high impact and scalable solution:
1. Unified search by project, builder or location: Users can search any residential
real estate project or developer across India and receive a compliance snapshot
within seconds:
 Displays certifications such as RERA registration, NOCs, environmental
clearances, Occupancy certificates, completion certificates etc.
 Shows project status, expected delivery timelines and past delay records
 Allow buyers to compare projects in the same locality based on legal
compliance.
2. Litigation risk analysis with AI/NLP: Aarohan integrates public legal databases to
provide project wise and builder wise case listings with summarised insights:
 Extracts civil, criminal, and consumer litigation data using Natural language
Processing(NLP)
 Automatically classify cases by type (e.g. possession delay, fraud, regulatory
breach)
 Provides a risk indicator based on the number, type and stages of legal
disputes
3. Builder credibility score: An algorithm scorecard is generated for each builder,
helping buyers evaluate trustworthiness immediately
 Based on historical delivery records, pending approvals, customer
complaints, and litigation history.
 Highlights repeat defaulters and flag entities.
 Enables fair comparison across developers operating in the same city or
segment.
4. Real time alerts and notifications: Users can opt into alerts to stay informed about
risks even after booking a property.
 Receive updates when a builder loses an approval, a case is filled, or a delay
is confirmed.
 Customizable alerts by project name, builder, or locality
 Prevents buyers from being blindsided by post-booking surprises
5. Regulatory Compliance Checklist: Each project page features a dynamically
updated checklist of mandatory approvals and certifications, matched to the current
stage of the property lifecycle.
 Clearly indicates what has been obtained vs what’s pending.
 Tailored to regional variations (e.g. different NOCs in different states)
 Educates the user while building trust and transparency

How it works- MVP workflow

Aarohan’s minimum viable product(MVP) is designed to designed to validate the core value
proposition that buyers can significantly reduce risk and uncertainty if they have access to
aggregated, verified compliance data.
The platform’s MVP architecture involves automated data aggregation, AI powered risk
interpretation, and a clean user facing search experience, all built using publicly accessible
sources.
MVP workflow:
1. Data collection via web scraping & APIs: Aarohan collects data from publicly
available government and legal portals using scraping techniques and APIs (where
available).
 RERA portals: Project registration id’s, approvals, timelines, promoter
information
 Court Databases: eCourts, NCDRC, NCLT for builder-wise and project-wise
litigation data
 Consumer forums: Aggregates buyer complaints from public forums (e.g.,
Mouthshut, [Link])
All scraping follows ethical guidelines: throttled requests, no login-bypass, and
respect for [Link] files.
2. Data Structuring & Cleaning: Collected data is passed through a data cleaning and
normalization pipeline to ensure consistency across fragmented sources
 Converts PDFs (approvals/NOCs/OCs/CCs) to searchable text using OCR
 Standardizes builder names across multiple sources (to unify misspellings or
variations)
 Maps unstructured legal documents into structured fields (case type, status,
jurisdiction)
3. AI/NLP Processing layer: The structured data is enhanced with risk insights and
intelligent scoring, powered by lightweight AI/ML logic:
 NLP Models: Classify litigation types, extract keywords (e.g. fraud, delay,
NCDRC order)
 Rule-based Risk Scoring: Assigns red flags based on missing approvals,
ongoing cases, delay history
 Builder Trust Score: A composite score generated from litigation data,
complaint count, delivery record
4. Frontend – Buyer-Facing Search Platform: The user interacts with a simple, clean
search UI, where they can:
 Search by project name, builder name, or location
 View a project snapshot with compliance checklist, litigation status, delay
flags
 Subscribe to alerts and download PDF reports (in later stages)
UX is optimized for first-time homebuyers, no legal jargon, only plain summaries and
color-coded indicators.
5. Alert & Notification Engine: As new data is scraped periodically (e.g. daily or
weekly) the system checks for:
 New court cases
 Changes in RERA status
 Delays or missing approvals
MVP Goals:
 Demonstrate value by exposing real builder/project risks
 Validate user interest in alerts, builder scores, and compliance dashboards
 Show how fragmented data can be unified into a consumer-first experience
 User Persona & Journey
Primary user persona: First time homebuyer in India
Name: Ankit Sharma
Age: 32
Profession: IT Professional
Location: Gurugram, Haryana
Annual Income: ₹12 LPA
Goal: Buy a 2 BHK flat in a newly launched residential project.
Tech-savvy: Moderate (uses apps like Paytm, Zerodha, GooglePay)
Pain Points:
 Ensure how to verify builder claims about approvals.
 Cannot understand or locate legal documentations (OC, CC, NOCs).
 No idea how to check if a builder has pending court cases.
 Dependent on sales agents and youtube reviews for information.
 Constant fear of project delays or fraud after paying the booking amount.
User journey(without the proposed platform):

Stage Action Pain Point

Visits online real estate platforms

1. Search Sees flashy ads but no compliance info
(99acres, MagicBricks)

2. Site Receives biased, sales-oriented

Talks to broker/sales agent
Visit information

3. Asks about builder reputation and Gets vague responses, no documents

Decision project status shared

4.
Pays 10% booking amount Still unclear if project is fully approved
Booking

Learns from news or neighbors about

5. Waiting Months pass, no update from builder
legal or approval issues

Proposed Journey(with proposed platform):

Stage Action Value Delivered

Searches project or builder on your Sees all certificates, approvals,

1. Search
platform delivery track record

2. Risk Views builder rating, pending court

Gains trust and confidence
Check cases, delay history

Compares multiple builders on legal Makes informed choice, avoids fraud-

3. Decision
compliance prone builders
Stage Action Value Delivered

Subscribes to updates about case

4. Alerts Stays protected after booking
filings or approvals

Enables others to avoid risky

5. Advocacy Shares findings with friends/family
investments too

Key Insights: Today’s buyer has digital access to property listings, but not to government
verified legal information. This platform bridges that critical gap.

Data Source Mapping

 Public
Information Required Issuing Authority Access Method
Availability

RERA Registration
RERA portals (HTML
Details (project ID, State RERA Authorities (e.g.,
Yes scraping or APIs,
status, delivery date, MahaRERA, UP RERA)
varies by state)
developer info)

Scraping, manual
Occupancy Municipal Corporation / Local lookup from city
Partially
Certificate (OC) Urban Body portals (many lack
digitization)

Scraping PDFs,
Completion Local Development Authority
Partially manual retrieval (few
Certificate (CC) / Municipal Corp
cities upload online)

Needs RTI or
State Fire Department / City
Fire Safety NOC Mostly No physical access in
Fire Authority
many regions

SEIAA (State Environment Yes (for EIA portal (PDF

Environmental
Impact Assessment Authority) larger reports, some
Clearance
/ MoEFCC projects) searchable)

eCourts portal, NCLT

case database,
Court Cases Against District Courts / High Courts /
Yes NCDRC (can be
Builders NCLT / NCDRC
scraped & parsed
with NLP)

Online Forums
Consumer Direct scraping or API
([Link], Yes
Complaints (if available)
[Link])

Builder’s Past Project Scraping + data

RERA + real estate listings Yes (limited)
History consolidation

Manual entry /
Blacklist / Red- RERA notices, housing Rarely
scraping of PDF
Flagged Builders ministry updates centralized
circulars

Notes:
 RERA Portals are inconsistent e.g. MahaRERA(Maharashtra) is advanced but
Haryana RERA is basic.
 Many approval documents are uploaded as scanned PDF’s, requiring OCR(Optical
Character Recognition).
 Court data scraping is legal only for public domain and must respect [Link] & fair
use.
 In a government backed version, this layer could be replaced by direct APIs from
ministries or state departments.
 Tech stack & NLP/AI use
Aarohan is designed as a modern, user-centric platform with a robust backend capable of
handling real estate compliance data aggregation, processing, and risk analysis at scale.
The technology stack prioritizes modularity, cost effectiveness and scalability.
Frontend
 Framework: [Link] (React-based, SEO-optimized)
 Styling & UI: Tailwind CSS + component libraries (e.g., shadcn/ui or Chakra UI)
 Deployment: Vercel (auto-build & deploy from GitHub)
 Design Goal: Modern, clean, user-driven interface with responsive performance
The frontend is developed independently by the UI team and consumes backend APIs via
HTTP requests. It provides intuitive search, compliance visualization, builder comparison,
and alert subscriptions for users.

Backend
 Language: Python 3.11+
 Framework: FastAPI (lightweight, async-ready, OpenAPI support)
 Database: PostgreSQL (hosted via Railway or Render)
 NLP & AI: spaCy, HuggingFace Transformers (for litigation classification, summary
generation)
 Scraping & OCR: requests, BeautifulSoup, PyMuPDF, and Tesseract (for scanned
PDFs)
Child Process Design (Cost-effective scraping)
Rather than maintaining multiple microservices, Aarohan uses Python subprocesses to
offload heavy or potentially risky tasks like scraping, NLP, and OCR. This makes the system
modular without the overhead of Dockerized services or inter-process APIs.
For example:
 Court case scraper: run in isolated subprocess to avoid blocking main FastAPI app
 PDF OCR processor: triggered safely as a background child job
 NLP classification: batched and processed independently, then returned via FastAPI
This ensures:
 Resource safety
 Fault isolation
 Easier debugging and deployment in early-stage MVP

Repository & Development Structure

  Version Control: Git (GitHub)

CI/CD Pipeline
Vercel for Frontend:
 Automatically builds and deploys the [Link] app on every push to the main branch
 Environment variables (e.g., API base URL) are configured via Vercel dashboard
 Preview deployments for feature branches enable design testing before merging
Railway (or Render) for Backend:
 GitHub integration triggers automatic deployment on push to main
 Postgres instance and secrets (e.g., OPENAI_API_KEY, DATABASE_URL) are
managed via dashboard
 Logs and performance metrics are accessible through the Railway dashboard
Optional GitHub Actions (for fine-grained control):
If more control is needed later, a GitHub Actions workflow can be used to trigger
deployments manually or with advanced conditions (e.g., tag-based releases).

Environment Management & Secrets

 Vercel and Railway manage environment variables securely
 Sensitive keys (e.g., API tokens, database URLs) are never hard-coded
 Backend interacts only with public, non-login protected government sources,
ensuring compliance and legal clarity

Communication Between Frontend & Backend

 All backend APIs are exposed via RESTful routes (e.g., /api/builders, /api/projects)
 Frontend fetches data via HTTPS calls and dynamically renders compliance
dashboards and project listings

Why This Tech Stack?

Goal Chosen Stack Reason

Rapid UI Developer-friendly, highly customizable, and

[Link] + Tailwind
development performant

Async API Lightweight, fast, auto-docs, and Python-

FastAPI
performance native for data-heavy tasks

Legal/NLP handling Python + Enables isolation of scrapers, OCR, NLP

Goal Chosen Stack Reason

subprocesses models without microservices

Vercel + Free tier available, GitHub integration, fast

Cheap MVP hosting
Railway/Render global CDN

Easy deployment and Fully automated deployments and

GitHub + CI/CD
scaling environment isolation

In summary, the Aarohan platform is built on a modern full-stack architecture that is

easy to develop, deploy, scale, and maintain. The technical foundation supports a
seamless user experience and enables powerful backend intelligence through
Python’s robust data ecosystem.
 Business and monetization model
Aarohan is designed not just as a public-good platform, but also as a scalable infrastructure
business. While the core mission is to empower homebuyers with transparent compliance
data, Aarohan creates multiple monetizable opportunities by offering value adding services
to key real estate stakeholders.
Revenue system:

Model Description Target Pricing

Free search interface; paid ₹199/month or

Freemium + Alerts
access to alerts, builder Homebuyers
(B2C) ₹999/year
comparison, PDF reports

One-Time Downloadable reports with

Buyers,
Builder/Project full compliance status & ₹499–₹2,499/report
Brokers
Report litigation summary

API that returns trust flags, Brokers,

Compliance API Tiered plans starting
builder score, approval Portals,
for Businesses ₹1/API call
checklist NBFCs

Track multiple
Broker Mid-large
builders/projects; risk alerts ₹2,000–₹20,000/month
Dashboards brokers
for clients

Due Diligence as Deep reports or compliance NBFCs, legal

Custom pricing
a Service audit on-demand firms

Enterprise Integrate Aarohan into Banks,

₹1L–₹10L/year
Licensing housing finance risk stack Insurance Cos

Why this model works:

 High trust need: Homebuyers and brokers alike are desperate for reliable legal
insights.
 Zero direct competition: No existing player aggregates and scores compliance data
at scale.
 Massive B2B upside: Lending institutions and brokers can save crores through
early risk detection.
 Scalable data layer: Once built, the same data can power APIs, dashboards, alerts
and research.
 Data ethics, legality & scraping policy
Public data, public value: Aarohan is committed to building a platform that empowers
citizens using data that is already in the public domain. All compliance-related information
aggregates by the platform is sourced form publicly accessible government portals such as:
 RERA state websites
 Municipal authority portals
 eCourts, NCLT, NCDRC
 Environmental clearance websites(SEIAA/MoEFCC)
 Consumer complaints forums
The data is not protected by login, paywalls or authorization requirements, and is often
underutilized due to poor accessibility, fragmentation, and lack of structure.
What we do(Compliance and ethical):
 Scrape or access only public-facing content
 Throttle request frequency to avoid burdening public servers (e.g. 1 request every
few seconds)
 Respect [Link] directives wherever they exist
 Avoid scrapping CAPTCHA or login protected data
 Clearly attribute every data source used on platform
 Display only summarised, value added insights not direct resail for raw data
 Provide disclaimers to inform users about the source and freshness of data
What we do NOT do:
 Do not scrape or distribute non-public, restricted or paywalled content
 Do not engage in aggressive scraping or denial-of-service like behaviour
 Do not sell raw scraped data directly
 Do not claim official endorsement from any government body unless explicitly
authorized
Legal position: Under Indian law, there is no blanket restriction against accessing publicly
available data unless:
 Terms of service(ToS) that explicitly prohibits scraping, or
 Any IT act provision regarding data privacy or unauthorized access (which applies
mostly to sensitive or personal data)
Aarohan operates under the principle of public benefit, and its scraping infrastructure is
used for research, transparency and citizen empowerment not resale or misuse. All
scrapping is designed with fair use in mind, and we are open to disabling data access for
any source upon official request.
Towards formal authorization: Aarohan’s long term vision includes formal data access and
partnership via:
 Public APIs (where available)
 RTI based access for opaque departments
 MoUs with RERA boards, urban bodies, or the ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
 Participation in public digital infrastructure programs like IndiaStack, Smart cities and
MyGov
 Stakeholders and Governance Fit
This section explains:
 Who benefits from this platform.
 Who needs to collaborate for it to succeed (especially in a government-supported
version)
 How it fits into existing policy frameworks like RERA, Digital India or Smart Cities
Mission
Primary Beneficiaries:

Stakeholder How They Benefit

Can verify a property’s legality and avoid fraudulent or

Homebuyers
delayed projects

Real Estate Regulatory Authorities Greater public trust, reduced violations, faster
(RERA) compliance

Consumer Courts / Legal System Lower case load due to better buyer awareness

Credible builders get highlighted, incentivized to be

Builders/Developers
transparent

Urban Planners & Smart Cities

Better visibility of compliance for large-scale planning
Projects

Investors/NBFCs Easier due diligence for lending to housing projects

Government/Administrative Entities Involved:

Entity Role / Required Action

Ministry of Housing and Urban Policy-level approval; integration with Smart Cities &
Affairs (MoHUA) RERA

Share APIs or structured data; adopt platform

State RERA Authorities
statewide

Ministry of Law & Justice / NIC Allow controlled legal case integration by
(eCourts team) builder/project

Digitize and share building approvals, NOCs,

Municipal Corporations
occupancy certificates

Help with complaint mapping and flagging high-risk

Department of Consumer Affairs
builders

Possible channel to launch or support the platform as

Startup India / MyGov
a public digital service
Policy Alignment:

Initiative Fit

Strengthens Section 11 and 20 (builder disclosure and

RERA Act 2016
enforcement)

Digitizes fragmented local records into a unified citizen-

Digital India
facing system

Smart Cities Mission Adds compliance intelligence layer to urban infrastructure

Ease of Doing Business (Real

Builds trust and reduces disputes in property transactions
Estate)

Governance Model Suggestions:

 Public-private partnership: Gov provides data access + outreach, startup builds
tech platform.
 GovTech innovation Grant: Platform developed under supervision of MoHUA +
RERA + NIC.
 Open API Model: Platform uses verified APIs from different departments to show
real time risk matters.