Housing revival to boost economic sentiment: FM Nirmala Sitharaman
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday said renewing stalled real estate projects will significantly improve economic sentiment in the country grappling with a second wave of Covid. This will also boost the portfolios of banks and non-banking financial companies (NBFCs), said the FM at a virtual event where she handed over possession of Rivali Park to home buyers. The Mumbai-based project, which had been stalled for some time, was completed under the Centre’s special liquidity window — Special Window for Affordable & Mid-Income Housing (SWAMIH-I). This is the first residentia...