The amendment mandates that families of government employees who passed away before completing seven years of service will receive 50 per cent of last pay drawn for 10 years as pension

A Rs 20,000 crore fund, with government putting in half of the amount, will be set up to provide last-mile funding for housing projects that are not in bankruptcy court or already tagged as bad debt, Nirmala Sitharaman said at a press conference

FM Sitharaman announced Rs 10,000 crore fund for last-mile funding of stuck housing projects, reduction in interest rates on house-building advance and linking to 10-year government securities yields

FM Nirmala Sitharaman press meet: The FM says that as part of affordable housing, the government will give additional deduction up to Rs 1.5 lakh for interest paid on loans borrowed up to March 31, 2020, for purchase of house valued up to Rs 45 lakh