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AFFORDABLE HOUSING – A profitable Investment and Lending Opportunity

One of the dreams of successive governments has been “Housing For All” . Over the years, the regulations for Investment Opportunities in the Affordable Housing Segment have been revised and liberalised, to promote Competitive Investment Opportunities. With a target of “Housing For All by 2022” , the Current Government has further liberalised Investment Opportunities (including Foreign Investments) in Real Estate – Low cost Affordable Housing Segment, and announced 8 Public Private Partnership (PPP) models for boosting the Affordable Housing Segment. There is a huge scope for Real Estate developers to venture into something profitable, while fulfilling a social cause. Many HNIs and Institutional Investors, both inland and foreign, have been exploring this segment as a potential investment destination, due to the relaxed regulations, and size of the market. Here’s a quick look at the regulatory structure of the Affordable Housing Segment. REGULATORS FOR FOREIGN INVESTME

Success Story - Startup Loan for Urban Nashta

M/s. FoodZeplin Pvt Ltd had approached MSMEmitra.com when they were looking to raise seed funds for their venture – www.urbannashta.com UrbanNashta.com is the Ultimate Breakfast Solution designed specifically for time crunched Gen Next, providing them with innovative recipes , delivered in time through a dynamic ordering platform . Urban Nashta prepares and delivers healthier , wholesome breakfasts through a daily rotating menu as tasty and innovative variations to common household recipes in order to maintain customer-product connect, and be perceived as the perfect solution to all breakfast related problems. The service includes In-Time Delivery , Subscription Packs , Option to Pre-Order , and Picking Personal Delivery Slots to ensure the brand breathes of convenience. The company had held talks to raise seed funds with PE Investors, but the talks came to a standstill because the parties involved could not come to an agreement on the share of profits / dilution of shares

CASE STUDY: Issues faced in availing business Loans, and how to overcome them.

Based on our extensive market research, we have found that all Scheduled Commercial banks are mandated to provide financial assistance to eligible MSMEs and Start-ups, under Stand-up India, MUDRA, and CGTMSE Schemes. However, the interest in promoting these schemes is fairly low or non-existent amongst Banks, especially Private and Foreign Banks, which is contrary to the stipulated guidelines. Recently, while assisting one of our clients in availing a Cash Credit Limit under CGTMSE Scheme, MSMEmitra.com experienced some of the problems faced by MSMEs. 'Company X' is an established market player in its field of work, providing the goods and services to big corporate clients. Company X had infused more capital into the Business in this Financial Year, to expand its operations and had a requirement for a Working Capital Cash Credit Limit of Rs. 60.00 Lacs. The company had surpassed the sales figures of the previous year within 5 months of the Current Fiscal, and were loo