Answer: National Housing Bank
Notes: The National Housing Bank (NHB), in charge of executing the Urban Infrastructure Development Fund (UIDF), had issued guidelines in July and asked states to submit their proposals by September. The fund makes low-cost loans available to 459 tier-2 cities with a population between 1 lakh and 9,99,999 and 580 tier-3 towns with a population between 50,000 and 99,999 as per the 2011 Census.
