The Cabinet has approved payment of the face value of the share capital of Rs.1450 crore in National Housing Bank (NHB) to Reserve Bank of India (RBl).
The payment was made consequent to amendments made to the NHB Act, 1987 in 2018.
Why?
NHB is an All India Financial Institution (AIFl), set up in 1988, under an Act of Parliament.
NHB is an apex agency to operate as the principal agency to promote housing finance institutions in India.
The wholesale financing role of NHB will get strengthened with the transfer of ownership to Government, thereby making possible funding support to housing finance companies.
The change in ownership from RBI to Gol will also segregate RBI's role as banking regulator and as owner of NHB.