Short answer: On East Bengaluru RERA project delays, the register is mixed. Of 2,342 approved housing and plotted projects in the Bengaluru East, Anekal and Hosakote taluks, 68.1% still carry the completion date they registered with. Where a date moved, the median shift was 9 months. But an unchanged date doesn't prove delivery: the register doesn't show occupancy certificates.
- 68.1% unchanged, 31.9% moved. Most of the movement is K-RERA's blanket COVID relief (23.7% of projects).
- Project-specific extensions: 14.0% of projects carry a Section 6 extension, a "further extension", or both.
- Typical shift: 9 months (median); the average is 14.5 months because of a long tail. 11.9% moved a year or more.
- Fairest guide for a project booked today: the 2020–2022 cohort, where 13.8% took a non-COVID extension and 10.8% moved a year or more.
- Read every project's dates with the date-gap triage below, and ask for the OC on any project whose date has passed.
- What did we find?
- Where does the data come from?
- What does each date on the register mean?
- What about the 2026 four-month extension?
- How do the three taluks compare?
- Does it depend on when a project was registered?
- Does "date unchanged" mean delivered on time?
- The date-gap triage (our framework)
- How should a buyer use this?
- What mistakes do buyers make with RERA dates?
- What should you do if...
- Method notes and limits
- Frequently asked questions
- Talk it through with acre&key
- Sources
East Bengaluru is where a lot of under-construction buying happens: Whitefield, Sarjapur Road, Varthur, Hoskote and the corridors between. For these buyers the date that counts is the completion date declared to the Karnataka Real Estate Regulatory Authority (K-RERA), because that's the one with legal weight. We downloaded the register for the three taluks that cover East Bengaluru and counted.
The citywide picture, with stamp duty and price trends, is in our Q3 2026 market report. Area-level guidance values are in Bengaluru property rates by area, and timing questions are covered in is it a good time to buy in Bengaluru.
What did we find?
| Measure | All three taluks |
|---|---|
| Approved housing and plotted projects | 2,342 |
| Original completion date still in place | 68.1% |
| Has K-RERA's COVID-19 extension | 23.7% |
| Has a Section 6 or "further" extension | 14.0% |
| Projects whose date moved | 747 |
| Median shift, where moved | 9.0 months |
| Average shift, where moved | 14.5 months |
| Moved 12 months or more (share of all) | 11.9% |
| Moved 24 months or more (share of all) | 3.2% |
| Current completion date already passed (15 Oct 2026) | 66.7% |
Among the 1,621 projects whose original date has already passed, only 54.0% still carry it, 34.2% have COVID relief, and 20.2% have a Section 6 or further extension.
Where does the data come from?
All figures come from the Karnataka RERA "View All Projects" search at rera.karnataka.gov.in, run on 15 Oct 2026 with three taluk filters: Bengaluru East, Anekal and Hosakote. That returned 2,570 rows. We kept rows with status APPROVED and dropped commercial projects, leaving 2,342: 1,747 residential or group housing, 541 plotted and 54 mixed.
A caution before you quote these: taluks are administrative units, not the corridors people talk about. Anekal isn't the same as Sarjapur Road, and Bengaluru East taluk takes in areas some buyers would call north-east. The register's list view has no reliable locality field, so we haven't guessed one.
The full dataset, all 2,570 rows with every date field and our derived columns, is published alongside this page.
What does each date on the register mean?
- Completion date at registration: the original promise to the regulator.
- Proposed completion date: the current one, after any extensions.
- COVID-19 extension: blanket relief K-RERA granted to projects whose completion fell on or after 15 Mar 2020. The certificates we've seen state nine months (sample K-RERA certificate).
- Section 6 extension: granted on the promoter's application. The RERA Act lets the Authority extend a registration, absent default by the promoter, for a period that "shall, in aggregate, not exceed a period of one year" (RERA Act on the K-RERA site, s.6).
- Further extension: a later extension with its own order. We haven't read the individual orders, so we don't characterise their legal basis.
What about the 2026 four-month extension?
There's a second blanket extension that most buyers haven't heard of. On 10 Aug 2026, K-RERA issued Order No. K RERA/ADMIN/10/2026, following a MoHUA advisory of 31 Jul 2026 that treats the West Asia situation as force majeure. It extends by four months every registered project whose original, revised or extended completion date falls on or after 28 Feb 2026. Projects registered on or after 1 Aug 2026 are excluded, and promoters don't need to apply or pay a fee (K-RERA order, listed on the K-RERA home page).
In our sample, 853 projects (36.4%) have a current date on or after 28 Feb 2026 and were registered before 1 Aug 2026. None of them showed a four-month shift on the register when we pulled it on 15 Oct 2026. So the figures here don't include the 2026 extension. For 116 of those projects, the date shown fell between 28 Feb and 15 Oct 2026 and is counted as "passed", even though the order may push it later. Treat this extension like the COVID one: blanket relief, not a sign of a problem with any one project.
How do the three taluks compare?
| Taluk | Projects | Date kept | COVID ext. | Non-COVID ext. | Average shift if moved | Moved ≥12 months | Moved ≥24 months | Date passed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hosakote | 233 | 79.0% | 14.6% | 10.7% | 17.1 months | 9.9% | 3.4% | 53.2% |
| Anekal | 874 | 72.2% | 19.8% | 13.5% | 15.0 months | 11.3% | 2.6% | 66.0% |
| Bengaluru East | 1,235 | 63.1% | 28.3% | 15.1% | 14.0 months | 12.7% | 3.6% | 69.7% |
| All three | 2,342 | 68.1% | 23.7% | 14.0% | 14.5 months | 11.9% | 3.2% | 66.7% |
The median shift, where a date moved, is 9 months in all three.
Don't read Hosakote's higher "kept" share as a verdict on its builders. Its projects are younger: only 53.2% have reached their current date, against 69.7% in Bengaluru East. The next table controls for age.
Does it depend on when a project was registered?
Yes, and this is the table to use if you're judging a promise made today.
| Year approved on K-RERA | Projects | Date kept | COVID ext. | Non-COVID ext. | Moved ≥12 months | Moved ≥24 months | Date passed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017–2019 | 910 | 37.9% | 51.3% | 24.4% | 21.1% | 6.0% | 98.1% |
| 2020–2022 | 536 | 72.0% | 16.6% | 13.8% | 10.8% | 3.2% | 83.8% |
| 2023–2026 | 896 | 96.3% | 0.0% | 3.7% | 3.2% | 0.4% | 24.6% |
The 2017–2019 projects ran into the pandemic, so half carry COVID relief. The 2023–2026 projects look almost spotless, mostly because three in four haven't reached their date yet. The 2020–2022 cohort has largely reached its dates (83.8%), which makes it the fairest base rate.
Worked example 1: a base rate for a project you book today
Illustrative. You're booking into a project registered in 2025 with a completion date in 2028. Using the 2020–2022 cohort as the base rate:
| Outcome | Share of 2020–2022 projects | Roughly |
|---|---|---|
| Kept the original date (on the register) | 72.0% | 7 in 10 |
| Took a Section 6 or further extension | 13.8% | 1 in 7 |
| Moved a year or more | 10.8% | 1 in 9 |
| Moved two years or more | 3.2% | 1 in 31 |
That's a base rate, not a forecast for your project. Your project's own promoter history, approvals and construction progress matter more.
Worked example 2: what a 9-month delay costs you
Illustrative. You're renting at ₹30,000 a month while waiting, and the bank has disbursed ₹40 lakh of your loan, on which you pay interest only (pre-EMI) at an assumed 8.5%.
| Cost of 9 extra months | Working | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Rent | 9 × ₹30,000 | ₹2,70,000 |
| Pre-EMI interest | ₹40,00,000 × 8.5% ÷ 12 = ₹28,333 a month × 9 | ₹2,55,000 |
| Total | ₹5,25,000 |
That's the typical shift. At the average of 14.5 months, the same costs come to about ₹8.46 lakh. Section 18 of RERA lets you claim interest for delay against the possession date in your agreement; see our guide to delayed possession: refund vs interest.
Does "date unchanged" mean delivered on time?
Not necessarily, and this is the register's biggest gap. Two in three projects (66.7%) have a current date that has already passed. The list view doesn't say whether a project received its occupancy certificate, filed for completion, or simply let the date pass. So what we can say is narrower than "68% delivered on time": 68.1% have not asked for, or been granted, more time on the register.
You can close that gap for any project you care about. Ask for the occupancy certificate and check the project's own page on K-RERA. Our guide to OC and CC explains what to look for.
The date-gap triage (our framework)
Read any project's dates and sort it into one of four boxes.
| What the register shows | What it means | What you do |
|---|---|---|
| Original date, not yet reached | No change so far | Track quarterly progress; compare with your agreement date |
| Moved, COVID extension or 2026 order only | Blanket relief, not project-specific | Neutral on its own; check nothing else was added |
| Section 6 or further extension | The promoter asked for more time | Ask why, read the order, and check the promoter's other projects |
| Original date passed, no extension | Finished, or quietly late | Ask for the OC. No OC means you don't know |
Worked example 3: reading one project's dates
Illustrative. Original completion 31 Dec 2024; Section 6 extension to 31 Dec 2025; further extension to 30 Jun 2026.
| Step | Date | Months added |
|---|---|---|
| Original | 31 Dec 2024 | 0 |
| After Section 6 | 31 Dec 2025 | 12 |
| After further extension | 30 Jun 2026 | 18 |
Eighteen months in total, of which only twelve can come from Section 6, since the Act caps it at one year in aggregate. Ask which order authorised the remaining six, and what happened on site in that time.
How should a buyer use this?
- Find the project on the K-RERA project search and note both completion dates: at registration and current. Our RERA check guide shows where they sit.
- If they differ, see which column the extension is in.
- Open the project's latest quarterly progress report; here's how to read a K-RERA quarterly progress report.
- Look up the same promoter's other registrations and how they tracked their dates.
- Compare the RERA date with the possession date in your agreement.
- For any project past its date with no extension, ask for the OC.
This also fits our 100 things to know before buying under RERA checks.
What mistakes do buyers make with RERA dates?
- Trusting the brochure date. The RERA date is the one with legal weight.
- Treating a COVID extension as a red flag. It was blanket relief.
- Ignoring Section 6 and further extensions. These are the project-specific ones.
- Reading "unchanged" as "delivered". Ask for the OC.
- Judging new projects by their clean record. Most haven't reached their dates yet.
What should you do if...
...your project has a Section 6 extension? Ask for the order and the reason, and check whether your agreement's possession date has passed.
...the date passed months ago with no extension? Ask for the OC and the completion filing on K-RERA.
...you want to compare promoters? Use the dataset. Promoter names aren't standardised on the register, so search a few spellings.
Method notes and limits
- Retrieved 15 Oct 2026 from the K-RERA public search with taluk filters Bengaluru East, Anekal and Hosakote; raw HTML kept for reproduction.
- Status filter: APPROVED only; commercial projects excluded.
- "Months added" = current proposed completion date minus completion date at registration. "Date passed" is measured against 15 Oct 2026.
- We didn't read individual extension orders, complaints, quarterly progress reports or occupancy certificates.
- The 2026 four-month blanket extension (K-RERA order of 10 Aug 2026) wasn't reflected in the register dates we pulled, so it isn't counted.
- Promoter names aren't standardised, so we haven't published builder tables or named any project.
- Figures were recomputed from the CSV on 19 Oct 2026; one taluk share differs by 0.1 point depending on how a zero-month shift is rounded (63.1% vs 63.2% for Bengaluru East).
Frequently asked questions
Of 2,342 approved housing and plotted projects in the Bengaluru East, Anekal and Hosakote taluks, 68.1% still carry their original completion date on Karnataka RERA. 23.7% have the blanket COVID-19 extension and 14.0% have a Section 6 or further extension. The register doesn't show whether unchanged projects were actually delivered.
Where a project's completion date moved, the median shift is 9 months and the average is 14.5 months, across the three East Bengaluru taluks. The average is higher because of a long tail: 11.9% of all projects moved a year or more and 3.2% moved two years or more.
Hosakote, where 79.0% of 233 projects keep their original date, against 72.2% in Anekal and 63.1% in Bengaluru East. But Hosakote's projects are younger, with only 53.2% past their current date, so part of the difference is age rather than delivery.
It's an extension of a project's registration that K-RERA can grant on the promoter's application under section 6 of the RERA Act. Without default by the promoter, the Act caps such extensions at one year in aggregate. The register lists it separately from the blanket COVID-19 relief.
Not on its own. K-RERA granted it across the board to projects whose completion fell on or after 15 March 2020, and the certificates we checked say nine months. Look instead for Section 6 or further extensions on top of it, which the promoter asked for.
No. Two in three projects in our East Bengaluru sample have a current date that has already passed, and the register's list view doesn't show occupancy certificates or completion filings. A passed date with no extension could mean finished or still in progress. Ask for the occupancy certificate.
Yes. K-RERA Order No. K RERA/ADMIN/10/2026, dated 10 August 2026, extends by four months every registered project whose completion date falls on or after 28 February 2026, citing force majeure. Projects registered on or after 1 August 2026 are excluded. Our figures don't include it, because the register didn't show it yet.
Yes. The CSV lists all 2,570 rows we retrieved from Karnataka RERA on 15 October 2026 for the three taluks, including rejected and withdrawn rows, with registration numbers, promoter, taluk, every date field and our derived columns. The analysis uses the 2,342 approved non-commercial rows.
Lawyer note: This page explains how the register and the RERA Act work in general. It isn't legal advice. Before relying on a completion date, an extension or a Section 18 claim, have a property lawyer read your agreement for sale and the project's RERA orders.
Sources
- Karnataka RERA, View All Projects (searched 15 Oct 2026): https://rera.karnataka.gov.in/viewAllProjects?language=en
- Karnataka RERA, sample COVID-19 extension certificate: https://rera.karnataka.gov.in/covidcertificate?CER_NO=PRM%2FKA%2FRERA%2F1251%2F310%2FPR%2F180523%2F001795
- Karnataka RERA, Order No. K RERA/ADMIN/10/2026 dated 10 Aug 2026, "Extension of registration of real estate projects due to 'Force Majeure'" (notice listed on https://rera.karnataka.gov.in/)), citing MoHUA advisory dated 31 Jul 2026
- The Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016, ss.6 and 18 (copy hosted by K-RERA): https://rera.karnataka.gov.in/resources/staticpage/Real_Estate_Act.pdf
- Dataset: do-east-bengaluru-projects-deliver-on-their-rera-date.csv (acre&key, from the K-RERA register, 15 Oct 2026)
