Cabinet approves to extend 1% housing loans interest subvention scheme by 1 year

04 Jul 2012 Evaluate

Government’s cabinet has given its green signal to the proposal to extend one percent interest subsidy scheme for housing loans of up to Rs 15 lakh where the cost of the house does not exceed Rs 25 lakh by one year. With this approval the Union cabinet also decided to amend the operational part of guidelines for release of funds.

Former Union Finance Minister, Pranab Mukherjee, who is considered by many as the frontrunner in the race of becoming President of India, had in his Union Budget 2012-13 proposed to extend the scheme of interest subvention of one percent on housing loans up to Rs 15 lakh by another year. The proposal was put forth keeping in view the shortage of housing for low income groups in major cities and towns.

The former finance minister had made a budgetary provision of Rs 400 crore for financial year 2012-13 for implementing the interest subvention scheme. Consequent upon the extension of scheme, the limit of subsidy for an individual borrower would be Rs 14,912 for a loan of Rs 15 lakh and Rs 9925 for a loan of Rs 10 lakh. The extended scheme will benefit all house loans availed in financial year 2012-13. National Housing Bank (NHB) is the nodal agency for implementing the scheme both for Scheduled Commercial Banks and Housing Finance Companies.

According to the proposal, borrowers can only avail benefit under the scheme if cost of the house does not exceed the limit of Rs 25 lakh. Previously the government used to give interest benefit on loans of up to Rs 10 lakh provided the cost of house does not exceed Rs 20 lakh, however in 2011-12, the government liberalized the scheme and increased the loan limit to Rs 15 lakh and the cost of house to Rs 25 lakh.

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