Educational Loan from Banks

by **pareekutty** Tue Oct 30, 2012 8:57 pm

]overnment of
India in consultation with Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and Indian
Banker's Association (IBA) has framed a Comprehensive Educational Loan
Scheme to ensure that no deserving student in the Country is deprived of
higher education for want of finances. The new scheme covers all type
of courses including professional courses in schools and colleges in
India and abroad.

The salient features of the scheme are as under

The scheme envisages loans up to Rs.7.5 lakh for studies in India and up to Rs. 15 lakh for studies abroad.
For loans up to Rs. 4 lakh no collateral or margin is required
and the interest rate is not to exceed the Prime Lending Rates (PLR).
For loans above Rs. 4 lakh the interest rate will not exceed PLR plus 1 percent.
The loans are to be repaid over a period of 5 to 7 years with provision of grace period of one year after completion of studies

Tax Benefit

[b]Repayment of an
education loan is deductible under section 80E of the Income Tax Act.
The yearly limit for deduction is Rs. 40,000 (for both the principal and
the interest). Only loans taken for higher education - fulltime studies
in any graduate or post-graduate, professional, and pure and applied
science courses - may claim deduction. The deduction will be available
for a maximum of eight years starting from the day you start repaying.

Equitable Access to quality higher education has been a
concern of the University Grants Commission. To this purpose the
Commission, besides encouraging colleges and Universities to provide for
liberal financial support to the meritorious but needy students, has
also been instrumental in educational loan scheme. The Reserve Bank of
India (RBI) has issued guidelines in this regard to all commercial
banks.

A large number of banks have already launched
educational loan schemes. Provided below are links to the respective
websites of individual banks offering such facilities. Click on the name
of each bank to visit their website

List of Banks Offering Educational Loans

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by **jaseena** Tue Oct 30, 2012 10:20 pm

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