Affordable housing gets further boost with higher PMAY, infrastructure allocationFinance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has announced a 66% increase in the outlay for PMAY scheme to over Rs 79,000 crore and this is expected...
02 Feb, 2023, 01.02 AM IST
View: From a small elite to the Next Half Billion — the evolution of the Indian entrepreneurLooking back at these early trendsetters, one common factor emerges. All these businesses served people at the top of the socio-economic py...
27 Mar, 2021, 12.13 AM IST
RBI gives affordable housing, rural lending second boost with Rs 10,000 crore facilityThe facility to the NHB is to shield the housing sector from liquidity disruptions and augment the flow of finance to the sector through ho...
07 Aug, 2020, 06.13 PM IST
DHFL administrators get Rs 1.2 lakh crore claimsWhen the tribunal admitted the RBI’s plea, DHFL owed over Rs 83,800 crore to banks, the National Housing Board (NHB) , mutual funds and bon...
20 Dec, 2019, 08.52 AM IST
An Indian car loan player is making plans to offer loans to homebuyersCholamandalam is undeterred by the credit crunch that’s roiling shadow banks across the nation.
19 Aug, 2019, 10.16 PM IST
Budget 2018 at a glance: From affordable housing fund to new liquidity toolThe government will amend the RBI Act to allow the central bank to suck out excess liquidity from the money market without offering any sec...
02 Feb, 2018, 01.45 AM IST
Budget 2017 can put India firmly back on growth track: Axis Bank MD Shikha SharmaHousing is a labour-intensive industry, with a long backward linkages tail, generating a large multiplier of economic activity in sectors w...
02 Feb, 2017, 01.29 AM IST
Government to re-launch rural housing scheme; targets building 3.2 crore houses for poorMinistry has floated a discussion paper that proposes to give new identity to Indira Awaas Yojana by launching it as National Gramin Awaas ...
04 Aug, 2014, 12.13 PM IST
National Housing Bank's Rs 2,100 crore tax-free bond issue to open on December 30The base issue size is Rs 1,000 crore with an option to retain oversubscription up to Rs 2,100 crore, NHB Chairman and Managing Director R ...
27 Dec, 2013, 08.15 PM IST
World Bank to give India $100 mn loan for housing projectThe World Bank has signed an agreement with the Indian government to provide a $ 100 million loan to help low-income families secure housin...
15 Aug, 2013, 05.32 PM IST
Sharekhan's five factors that make Repco Home Finance IPO attractiveRepco Home Finance caters to untapped non-salaried segment in the tier-2 and tier-3 cities. Sharekhan enlists 5 reasons for investing in RH...
13 Mar, 2013, 12.47 PM IST
National Housing Bank cuts lending rate by 0.25 per centIt has also launched a dedicated low income housing refinance scheme at concessional lending rates in its Silver Jubilee Year.
29 Jan, 2013, 04.44 PM IST
- Wastages in fruits and vegetables is estimated at 5.8% to 18%
Charan Das Mahant informed the parliament that the cumulative wastages in fruits and vegetables is estimated between 5.8% and 18%.
04 May, 2012, 07.39 PM IST
- Govt banks likely to miss rural housing loan target
anks are poised to miss their target funding for rural housing this fiscal, making it yet another failure of the Manmohan Singh government ...
28 Feb, 2011, 05.13 AM IST
- Low-cost housing needs two-pronged aid: NHB
Market-based solutions are needed to make housing affordable for a larger segment of population, feels R V Verma, the newly-appointed chair...
27 Sep, 2010, 10.16 AM IST
- Self-help groups can now avail loans to build a house
Self-help groups (SHGs) can now avail loans, not just for starting enterprises, but also for constructing a home.
04 Feb, 2008, 08.58 PM IST
- Reverse route to wealth
Here's the nitty-gritty of availing reverse mortgages - a trend popular in advanced financial markets.
11 May, 2007, 12.00 AM IST