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Central government employees can get loans up to Rs 25 lakh under the HBA

10 Nov 2017 Evaluate

The government in its bid to give a fillip to the housing sector and push construction activities has announced that central government employees can get loans up to Rs 25 lakh from the government under the house building advance (HBA) scheme, which is more than three times of the earlier norm.

As per the release from the Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry, which makes rules for HBA for central government employees from time to time,the central government employees can take advance upto Rs 25 lakhs for construction or purchase of house at a simple interest rate of 8.50 per cent, earlier, the maximum borrowing limit was Rs 7.50 lakh with interest rate slabs ranging from 6 per cent to 9.50 per cent. The employee can borrow upto 34 months of the basic pay subject to a maximum of Rs 25 lakhs, or cost of the house/flat, or the amount according to repaying capacity, whichever is the least for new construction/purchase of new house/flat.

The amount for expansion of the house has also been revised to a maximum of Rs 10 lakh against the earlier Rs 1.80 lakh. The cost ceiling limit of the house which an employee can construct/purchase has also been revised to Rs 1 crore with a provision of upward revision of 25 per cent. The earlier cost ceiling limit was Rs 30 lakh. Also, now both spouses, if they are central government employees, are eligible to take HBA either jointly, or separately, earlier, only one spouse was eligible for such facility. The methodology of recovery of the HBA will continue as per the existing pattern-- recovery of principal first in the first 15 years in 180 monthly installments, and interest thereafter in next five years in 60 monthly installments.

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