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Monday, September 12, 2016

NDA Govt Cabinet Gives Nod to Higher Education Financing Agency(HEFA) Monday Sep 12,2016

The NDA Government will soon set up a Higher Education Financing Agency (HEFA), that would provide the much needed funds to boost research oriented infrastructure for premiere institutions like IITs, NITs and IIMs.

The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, gave its nod to a proposal of the HRD ministry for creation of HEFA on Monday Sep 12,2016

HRD minister Prakash Javadekar said HEFA would be jointly promoted by the identified promoter and HRD ministry with an authorized capital of Rs 2,000 crore of which government equity would be Rs 1,000 crore.

The HEFA would be formed as a SPV within a PSU Bank/ Government-owned-NBFC (Promoter) and it would leverage the equity to raise up to Rs 20,000 crore for funding projects for infrastructure and development of world class labs in institutions like IITs, IIMs and NITs etc, Javadekar said.

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