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Government of India

Ministry of Finance

27-March-2012 18:22 IST

Ministry of Human Resource Development has formulated an Interest Subsidy Scheme to provide full interest subsidy during the period of moratorium on educational loans taken by students belonging to economically weaker sections from scheduled banks under the Model Educational Loan Scheme of the Indian Banks’ Association (IBA) for pursuing any of the approved courses of studies in technical and professional streams from recognized institutions in India.

Students whose parental income is less than Rs. 4.5 lakhs per annum and are enrolled in recognized technical & professional courses, after class twelfth, in India are eligible under the scheme. Educational loans of such students disbursed from 1st April 2009, irrespective of date of sanction are eligible for interest subsidy.

This information was given by the Minister of State for Finance, Shri Namo Narain Meena in written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha today.

DSM/SS/SL

Interest subsidy on education loans grants full interest relief during moratorium to eligible low income students in technical courses. The scheme provides a full interest subsidy during the moratorium on educational loans under the Model Educational Loan Scheme for students from economically weaker sections enrolled in recognized technical and professional courses; it applies to loans disbursed from a specified start date irrespective of sanction date.