HOUSE BUILDING ADVANCE

General Rules for HBA :-

The advance granted to all permanent Central Government Employees.

The advance granted, who has completed minimum 10 years continuous service.

The advance granted for construction / purchase of house / plot.

The advance granted for purchase of ready-built house / flats.

The advance granted for buying a plot or flat under Co-operative Schemes.

The advance granted for enlarging existing accommodation.

The advance granted for purchase of houses / flats under Self Financing Housing Schemes and Co-operative Group Housing Schemes.

General Conditions for HBA :-

Employees should not have availed of any loan or advance for the purpose from any other Government sources.

Employee or spouse or minor child should not already own a house.

Cost Ceiling :-

Cost of the house (excluding cost of the land) should not exceed 134 times of the Basic Pay, subject to a minimum of Rs.7.5 lakhs and a maximum of Rs.18 lakhs. (If both husband and wife are working central government services, the pay of both of them will be taken into consideration for calculating the cost ceiling).

Sanction Amount :-

The amount of House Building Advance admisssiable for employees is 34 times of the Basic Pay or Rs.7.5 lakhs or cost of the building or repaying capacity, whichever is least.

RATE OF INTEREST :-

(Note: No interest is chargeable beyond the date of retirement / death of the Government Servant.)

(Note: The advances carry interest from the date of payment of the first installment and is calculated on the balance outstanding on the last day of each month.)

Income Tax Rebate for HBA :-

Repayment of Principal sum of H.B.A. is exempt u/s 88 of Income Tax Act.

Exemption for Interest portion of HBA is admissible up to maximum of Rs. 1,50,000/-.

If any individual has drawn House Building Loan from any other financial institution, at the end of the year he should obtain a certificate from that financial institution showing repayment of loan details. In that repayment of Principal sum and Interest portion should be clearly mentioned. Accordingly income tax rebate can be taken on principal sum and interest sum.

Interest is calculated on the balance of HBA outstanding on the last day of the month i.e. on the IBB just like calculation of interest on advance for purchase of conveyance, etc.

Interest on H.B.A. is exempt u/s 24(b) of Income Tax Act.

Family Planning Concession for HBA: –

Concessional interest to Central Government Employees for promoting Small Family Norms. – The rate of interest will be half per cent less for an employee who undergoes sterlization.

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New Delhi: As many as 1.80 lakh accounts have been opened under the ‘Sukanya Samridhi’ scheme in less than two months of launch of the special programme for the girl child, with the maximum number of accounts in Karnataka and the least in Bihar.

On January 22, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had launched a small deposit scheme for the girl child, as part of the ‘Beti Bachao Beti Padhao’ campaign. The deposits would fetch an interest rate of 9.1 per cent and provide income tax rebate as well.

As per data available with the Finance Ministry, 56,471 accounts have been opened in Karnataka, followed by 43,362 accounts in Tamil Nadu and 15,877 accounts in Andhra Pradesh.

However, Bihar accounted for the least number of accounts opened at just 204, followed by Kerala (222) and West Bengal (334), the data showed.

The National Capital saw 2,054 accounts being opened while 4,177 accounts were opened in Haryana and 7,620 in Uttar Pradesh.

As per the details of the scheme, ‘Sukanya Samridhi Account’ can be opened at any time from the birth of a girl child till she attains the age of 10 years, with a minimum deposit of Rs.1,000. A maximum of Rs. 1.5 lakh can be deposited during the financial year.

The account can be opened in any post office or authorised branche of commercial banks.

The account will remain operative for 21 years from the date of opening of the account or marriage of the girl child after attaining 18 years of age.

To meet the requirement of higher education expenses, partial withdrawal of 50 per cent of the balance would be allowed after the girl child has attended 18 years of age.

Source : NDTV

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