RBI enhances limits on loans for home repairs, additions

RBI enhances limits on loans for home repairs, additions

Informist, Tuesday, May 24, 2022

 

MUMBAI – The Reserve Bank of India has enhanced limits on housing finance loans to individuals to carry out repairs, additions or alterations, the central bank said in a notification today. 

 

The ceiling on such loans has now been revised to 1 mln rupees in metropolitan centres, centres with population of 1 mln and above and 600,000 rupees in other centres. Earlier, the ceiling was 200,000 rupees in rural and semi-urban areas and 500,000 rupees in urban areas, RBI said.

 

These loans are eligible for classification under priority sector lending for the bank. 
 

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Reported by Bhakti Tambe

Edited by Vidhi Verma

 

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