NHB Current Affairs, GK & News

15 Proposals worth Rs 6400 Cr Sanctioned for Stressed NBFCs and HFCs

August 9, 2020

The Finance Ministry has declared that the government has sanctioned 15 proposals worth Rs 6400 crores as part of the Special Liquidity Package, a part of the Rs 20.97 lakh crore ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’ Package announced by the government. What is the Scheme? This scheme was launched on July 1 and it permits both primary and ..

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SIDBI launches “Swavalamban Express” to promote business aspirants

March 20, 2020

On March 19, 2020, the Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) announced Swavalamban Express. Highlights The Train is to visit 11 entrepreneurial cities. This includes Delhi, Jammu, Mumbai. Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Kolakata, Bhubaneswar and Varanasi. During the period, various workshops and programmes are to be organized. The train has been launched to fulfil India’s ..

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Regulation of Housing Finance Corporations

July 3, 2019

The Central Government of India may give the power to regulate the various housing finance corporations (HFCs) in the country to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). The inclusion of RBI in the regulatory role would mean stringent asset quality reviews for the HFCs. RBI would force the HFCs to face high scrutiny and it ..

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RBI to Divest its Entire Stake in NABARD and NHB

April 25, 2019

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has sold its entire stakes in the National Bank for Agriculture & Rural Development (NABARD) and National Housing Bank (NHB) for Rs 20 crore and Rs 1,450 crore respectively. Disinvestment by RBI The decision to divest its entire stake was taken based on the recommendations of the second Narasimham Committee. ..

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Cabinet approves ₹1,450 crore for share capital of RBI in NHB

March 1, 2019

The Union Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the Rs1,450 crore for the share capital of Reserve Bank of India in the National Housing Bank (NHB). The authorized capital of NHB stood at Rs 2000 crore of which Rs 1450 crore was subscribed by RBl. Transfer of Ownership from RBI to Government ..

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Union Government appoints Sriram Kalyanaraman as MD and CEO of NHB

July 9, 2015

Union government has appointed Sriram Kalyanaraman as the Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of National Housing Bank (NHB) for a period of five years. With this he became the first person from private sector to be appointed as head of a public sector financial institution. Presently, Kalyanaraman is director-business development Equifax Credit ..

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