Interest Rate on Education
Loans
As per directions of Reserve Bank of India, with
effect from 1st July, 2010, banks are required to price their loan products
including education loans linked with the base rates approved by their
respective Boards. Banks are not permitted to resort to any lending below the
Base Rates. Accordingly, interest rates on education loans are decided by the
bank concerned as per their approved policy.
In order to provide relief to the students, the Model Education Loan Scheme of Indian Banks’ Association (IBA) provides for certain concessions on educational loans which inter-alia includes: • Simple interest is charged during the study period and upto commencement of repayment; • 1% interest concession provided by the banks, if interest is serviced during the study period and subsequent moratorium period prior to commencement of repayment; • 0.5% concession in interest rates is provided for the girl students; • Full interest subsidy has been made available for educational loans disbursed on or after 1st April, 2009 during the period of moratorium for the students belonging to economically weaker sections from scheduled banks under ‘Interest Subsidy’ scheme of Ministry of Human Resource Development This was stated by the Minister of State for Finance, Shri Namo Narian Meena in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today. |
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