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External Borrowing Norms for Housing Projects

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..... External Borrowing Norms for Housing Projects - News and Press Release Dated:- 30-8-2013 - News - The policy regarding ECB for the low cost affordable housing projects has been recently reviewed in consultation with RBI and has been rationalized as under: Developers/builders should have a minimum of three (3) years experience in undertaking residential projects as against five (5) years pre .....

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..... scribed earlier and should have good track record in terms of quality and delivery. The condition of minimum paid-up capital of not less than INR 50 crore, as per the latest audited balance sheet, for HFCs has been relaxed. However, the condition of the minimum Net Owned Funds (NoF) of Rs. 300 crore for the past three financial years remains unchanged. The aggregate limit for ECB under the .....

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..... low cost affordable housing scheme is extended for the financial years 2013-14 and 2014-15 with a ceiling of USD 1 billion in each of the two years, subject to review thereafter. The ECB availed of by developers and builders shall be swapped into rupees for the entire maturity on fully hedged basis. It is expected that ECB scheme for low cost affordable housing will supplement funds availab .....

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..... le to low cost/affordable housing project developers form domestic banks/financial institutions. This will also reduce the cost of capital and resultantly reduce the cost of construction and housing in the country. In the Union Budget 2012-13, an External Commercial Borrowing (ECB) provision was made for low cost affordable housing projects as a permissible end-use. The said Budget announcement .....

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..... was implemented by RBI vide its A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 61 dated December 17, 2012 . Under this scheme, ECB can be availed under approval route by developers/builders and National Housing Bank (NHB) for low cost affordable housing projects. The ECB proceeds shall, however, not be used for acquisition of land. Housing Finance Companies (HFCs) and NHB can also avail themselves of ECB for fin .....

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..... ancing prospective owners of low cost affordable housing units. This was stated by Minister of State for Finance, Shri Namo Narain Meena in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today. - News - Press release - PIB Tax Management India - taxmanagementindia - taxmanagement - taxmanagementindia.com - TMI - TaxTMI - TMITax .....

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