Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today announced an interest subsidy of 1 per cent for one year on housing loans of up to Rs 10 lakh for properties worth less than Rs 20 lakh, a move that has been widely welcomed by realtors and home loan companies. The measure is expected to cost the exchequer Rs 1,000 crore.
Pranab MukherjeeMukherjee also allowed developers of housing projects a tax holiday under section 80 IB(10) of the Income Tax Act on profits from projects approved between April 1, 2007 and March 31, 2008, provided the projects are completed on or before March 31, 2012. Mukherjee asked developers to pass on the benefits of this tax break to consumers.
Mukherjee made these announcements in the Lok Sabha today as part of his reply to the discussion on the Finance Bill. Both houses of Parliament passed the Finance Bill 2009-10, which included a raft other concessions.
Assuming a monthly saving of Rs 60 per lakh, today’s announcement implies that a borrower saves about Rs 7,200 on a 15-year loan of Rs 10 lakh. The interest rate subvention will be routed through the scheduled commercial banks and the housing finance companies registered with the National Housing Bank.
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