One percent drop in home loans for up to Rs 15 lakh
Published by: Arslan Sharif
Published on: Wed, 04 Jul 2012 at 15:48 IST
New Delhi: On Wednesday, one percent interest subsidy on housing loan up to Rs 15 lakh has been announced by the government to give a boost to low-cost housing projects in the country.The union cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh gave a nod to the proposal for extending the scheme of interest subvention of one percent on housing loans up to Rs 15 lakh where the cost of the house does not exceed Rs 25 lakh.
The extended scheme will benefit all house loans availed in financial year 2012-13.
A budgetary provision of Rs 400 crore has been made for the current financial year for implementing the scheme.
Following extension of the scheme, the limit of subsidy for an individual borrower would be Rs 14,912 for a loan of Rs 15 lakh and Rs 9,925 for a loan of Rs 10 lakh, according to an official statement released after the cabinet meeting.
Earlier, the limit for housing loans that were eligible for an interest subsidy of one percent was Rs 10 lakh, where the cost of the house did not exceeded Rs 20 lakh.
The National Housing Bank is the nodal agency for implementing the scheme both for scheduled commercial banks and housing finance companies.
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