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NHB invests in Mahindra Rural Housing to encourage financial inclusion in housing finance

13 Jun 2013 Evaluate

National Housing Bank (NHB) has invested in Mahindra Rural Housing Finance (MRHFL) to encourage financial inclusion in housing finance. NHB, an existing shareholder in Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services (MMFSL) has invested in MRHFL’s rights issue. MRHFL is a subsidiary company of MMFSL.

Headquartered in Mumbai, MRHFL seeks to expand access to cost-effective and flexible home loans to a wide base of customers in rural India, ensuring that the basic need of shelter of this large under banked customer base is met rapidly.

Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services, part of the $15.9 billion Mahindra Group, is one of India’s leading non-banking finance companies with a pan India presence. Focused on the rural and semi-urban sector, it provides finance for vehicles and tractors and has the largest network of branches amongst NBFCs operating in these areas.

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