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TMI BlogThe Government of India extends bank loans to Economically Weaker Section (EWS) under various SchemesX X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... The Government of India extends bank loans to Economically Weaker Section (EWS) under various Schemes - News and Press Release Dated:- 26-6-2019 - News - In terms of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Guidelines on Priority Sector Lending (PSL), a target of 40 percent of Adjusted Net Bank Credit (ANBC) or Credit Equivalent amount of Off-Balance Sheet Exposures (OBE), whichever is higher, as of prece ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ding March 31st, has been mandated for lending to the priority sector by domestic Scheduled Commercial Banks and Foreign Banks with 20 branches and above. Within this, sub-targets of 10 and 18 percent of ANBC or Credit Equivalent amount of OBE, whichever is higher, as of preceding March 31st, have been mandated for lending to weaker sections and Agriculture respectively. Further, within the 1 ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... 8 percent target for agriculture, a sub-target of 8 percent of ANBC or OBE, whichever is higher has been prescribed for Small and Marginal Farmers. As per RBI s notification dated 19.06.2018 loans to individuals up to ₹ 28 lakh in metropolitan centre and ₹ 20 lakh in other centres, are eligible to be classified under priority sector, provided that the cost of dwelling un ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... it does not exceed ₹ 35 lakh and ₹ 25 lakh, respectively. To give a fillip to low-cost housing for the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) and Low Income Groups (LIG), the housing loan limits for eligibility under priority sector lending have been revised to ₹ 35 lakh in metropolitan centres, and ₹ 25 lakh in other centres with certain conditions. Further, there is provision ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... of loan for construction of house for EWS and LIG wherein the total cost of house does not exceed ₹ 10 lakh provided the family income limit is ₹ 2 lakh per annum. This income criteria has been revised to ₹ 3 lakh per annum for EWS and ₹ 6 lakh per annum for LIG. The Government of India extends bank loans to Economically Weaker Section (EWS) under various schemes. ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Some of the schemes of Government for EWS are as under: In pursuance of the Government vision of facilitating housing to all by 2022 Government has launched Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana Urban (PMAY-U) mission on 25.06.2015. The mission aims to provide assistance to all States/UTs in addressing the housing requirement of urban poor including EWS/ LIG. Under the Credit Linked Subs ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... idy Scheme (CLSS) for EWS/ LIG component of PMAY-U an interest subsidy of 6.5% for EWS / LIG, calculated on Housing Loan up to ₹ 6 lakh over a tenure of 20 years is provided by the Government. III. All Scheduled Commercial Banks have adopted and implemented the IBA Model Educational Loan Scheme for pursuing higher education in India and abroad. The scheme is applicable uniformly to ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... all students borrowers including students belonging to weaker sections. However, for the students belonging to EWS whose parental/family income is upto ₹ 4.50 Lakh, an Interest Subsidy Scheme, namely Central Sector Interest Subsidy Scheme (CSIS), is operational under which full interest subsidy, on educational loans upto ₹ 7.50 lakh, is available during the period of moratorium on loa ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ns availed under the Indian Banks' Association (IBA) Model Education Loan Scheme from Scheduled Banks. CSIS scheme benefits all categories of economically weaker students for pursuing professional/ technical courses in lndia and intends to provide affordable higher education. This was stated by the Union Minister of Finance Corporate Affairs, Smt. Nirmala Sitharamanin a written repl ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... y to a Parliament Question in Rajya Sabha. - News - Press release - PIB Tax Management India - taxmanagementindia - taxmanagement - taxmanagementindia.com - TMI - TaxTMI - TMITax ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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