BY: Chris Thomas
BENGALURU: The National Housing Bank (NHB) said that it had provided an interest subsidy of 32.70 billion rupees ($463.3 million) to more than 143,000 households up to November 28 this year.
The subsidy, which was given for the first five months of 2018-2019 financial year, is part of a government initiative aimed at offering affordable mortgage loans to middle and lower income groups, including economically weaker sections.
NHB is an agency that implements credit-linked subsidy scheme, a government initiative aimed at providing “housing for all”, which is known as the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana.
NHB, which is wholly-owned by the Reserve Bank of India, follows July-June period as its fiscal year.
Source: Reuters