7th CPC House Building Advance
The House Building Advance (HBA) rules are important guidelines for individuals seeking financial assistance for building their own homes. These rules provide a clear framework for the eligibility criteria, loan amount, repayment terms, and other relevant details. It is essential for applicants to familiarize themselves with these rules to ensure a smooth and hassle-free application process. By adhering to the HBA rules, individuals can confidently pursue their dream of owning a house while enjoying the benefits of a structured and transparent loan scheme.
Grant of HBA to Defence Service Personnel (Army, Navy and Air Force) – MoD (Finance) Order Dated 19.6.2023
- 34 months’ basic pay subject to a maximum of Rs.7 lakhs only (Rupees Seven lakhs)
- For expansion of existing house, the amount of HBA will be limited to 34 months’ basic pay subject to maximum of 6.00 lakhs only (Rupees Six lakhs)
- Cost of the house to be built/ purchased (excluding the cost of plot) should not exceed 139 times of the basic pay of the employee subject to a maximum of 60 lakhs (Rupees Sixty lakhs) only. [Click to view MoD Order in PDF Format…]
House Building Advance Eligibility
OFFICE OF THE PRINCIPAL DIRECTOR OF AUDIT (CENTRAL), CHENNAI
“LEKHA PARIKSHA BHAVAN”, 361, ANNA SALAI, TEYNAMPET, CHENNAI-600018.
CIRCULAR
No. PDA(C)/Claims-II/Unit-V/L&A/2021-22/40)
Dated: 19.08.2021
1. All permanent Government employees are eligible.
2. Officials with at least 5 years continuous service.
3. The title to the land should be clear.
4. Only one advance shall be, sanctioned to the government servant during his/her, entire service.
5. In cases where both the spouses are Central government employees and both are eligible for grant of HBA, the advance will be admissible to both them jointly/separately.
6. The maximum amount of advance shall be 34 months of basic pay subject to repaying capacity or cost of the house/flat or cost of construction or amount of home loan outstanding taken from Bank/other Financial institutions or Rs. 25 lakhs whichever is least.
7. The repaying capacity shall be calculated at 40% Basic Pay – 50% of Basic Pay respectively depending upon balance service of the officers/officials.
8. The rate of interest on House Building Advance shall be at applicable rates- at the time of disbursement of loan.
9. The amount of advance shall be disbursed in one lump sum case of ready build Flat/House and in two instalments @50% each for construction of a House.
10. The ready built flat/house shall be mortgaged to the Government on behalf of President of India within 3 months from the drawal of advance. Second Charge is permitted to meet balance cost of House/Flat or construction from the recognized financial institution.
11. In the case of government servants on migration from existing home loans from banks/other financial institutions, the HBA utilization certificate should be produced within one month from the date of release of HBA.
12. After purchase of ready built house/flat or completion of construction it should be insured with recognized insurance institutions for not less than the amount of advance against Fire, Flood, Lightning etc.
13. House/Flat constructed/acquired with the help of HBA to be used for residential purpose only.
14. The officers/officials who are desirous of availing the advance shall submit the application form in the prescribed format on or before 9th of September 2021 along with other documents as prescribed in annexure, Only hard copy application and relevant documents to be submitted.
15. Based on the applications received, the requirement of funds will be called for from Headquarters.
(This issues with the approval of PDA(C) 18.08.2021)
Senior Audit Officer / Claims
REQUIRED DOCUMENTS WHILE APPLYING FOR THE ADVANCE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION ALONE
1. Application in the prescribed form.
2. Building plan & Site plan-Approved by the Corporation/Municipality/Panchayat and signed by a Qualified Engineer (Civil) not below the rank of Assistant Executive Engineer.
3. Abstract of Estimate in Form 1-Duly signed and certified by the above Engineer.
4. Detailed estimate in Form II-Duly signed and certified by the above Engineer.
5. Building license/Permit (original)
6. Sale/Gift/Settlement/Partition Deed (original one Xerox copy in English version) duly attested by a G.O.
7. Possession Certificate.
8. An upto date Non-encumbrance certificate in respect of land for a period not less than 25 years.
9 Declaration of house/property (duplicate).
10. Certificate regarding the repayment of the advance (duplicate).
11. Permission from the Head of Department for the construction of the proposed house, (to be obtained from OE(A).
12. Approval of the Town Planning Trust/Development Authority.
13. Title clear certificate from Government pleader. Application in the prescribed form.
HBA Rules for Central Government Employees
1.17011/11 (4)/2016-H-III
Government of India
Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs
Housing-Ill Section
Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi,
Dated 09.11.2017.
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject: House Building Advance Rules (HBA) – 2017
The following House Building Advance Rules is in supersession of existing rules on the subject:
1. Introduction
Grant of House Building Advance for Central Government employees is regulated in terms of rules and regulations laid down from time to time by the Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs (erstwhile Ministry of Urban Development). These rules are as under:
2. Purpose
House Building Advance (HBA) is admissible to an employee for only one of the following purposes:-
i. Constructing a new house on the plot owned by the employee or spouse, either jointly or individually.
ii. Purchasing a plot and constructing a house thereon.
iii. Purchasing a plot under co-operative Schemes and constructing a house/ flat thereon or acquiring a house through membership of Cooperative Group Housing Societies.
iv. Purchase/construction of house under the self-financing schemes of Delhi Bangalore, UP, Lucknow etc.
v. Outright purchase of a new ready-built house/ flat from Housing Boards, Development Authorities and other statutory or semi-Government bodies and from registered builders i.e., registered private builders, architects, house building societies, etc., but not from private individuals.
vi Expansion of living accommodation of an existing house owned by the employee or jointly with spouse. The total cost of the existing structure (excluding cost of land) and the proposed additions should not exceed the prescribed cost ceiling under these rules.
vii. Repayment of loan or advance taken from a Government or HUDCO or private sources even if the construction has commenced, subject to certain conditions.
viii. Existing employees who have already taken Home Loans from Banks and other financial institutions are allowed to migrate to this scheme, subject to fulfillment of extant conditions.
ix. Constructing only residential portion of the building on a plot earmarked for a shop-cum-residential plot, in a residential colony, subject to prescribed cost ceiling.
Eligibility:
i. All permanent government employees.
ii. All other employees with at least 5 years of continuous service, provided they do not hold permanent appointment under a State Government and the sanctioning authority is satisfied about their likely retention in service till the house is built and mortgaged.
iii. Members of All India Services deputed for service under the Central Government/Company/ Association/Body of individuals whether incorporated or not, which is wholly or substantially owned or controlled by the Central Government or an International Organization, and autonomous body not controlled by Government or Private Body.
iv. Employees of Union Territories and North East Frontier Agency.
v. Staff/ Artistes of the All India Radio who fulfil the condition prescribed at (ii) above and have been appointed in long term contracts extending to the age as per extant rules.
vi. Central government employees governed by The Payment of Wages Act,
vii. Central government employees on deputation to another Department or on Foreign Service. Such cases to be processed by the Head of the Office of the Parent Department.
viii. Extant rules for eligibility conditions of Ex-servicemen and of central government employees under suspension remains unchanged.
Note: In cases where both the spouses are central government employees and are both eligible for grant of House Building Advance, the advance will be admissible to both of them jointly/ separately.
4. Cost Ceiling Conditions –
i. Cost of the house to be built /purchased (excluding the cost of plot) should not exceed 139 times of the basic pay of the employee subject to a maximum of Rs. 1.00 crore (one crore) only. In individual cases, if the Administrative Ministry is satisfied on the merits of the case, the cost ceiling may be relaxed up to a maximum of 25% by the Head of the Department.
5. Amount of Advance
i. Only one advance shall be sanctioned to the government servant during his/ her entire service.
ii. The maximum amount of advance shall be:
a) 34 months basic pay subject to a maximum of Rs. 25.00 lakhs only (Rs. Twenty five lakhs), or cost of the house/flat, or the amount according to repaying capacity, whichever is the least for construction/purchase of new house/flat.
b) For expansion of existing house, the amount of HBA will be limited to 34 months basic pay subject to maximum of Rs.10.00 lakhs only (Rs. Ten lakhs), or the cost of the expansion, or the amount according to repaying capacity, whichever is the least.
c) The amount of the advance shall be restricted to 80% of true cost of the land and construction of house or cost of expansion of living accommodation in the case of construction in rural areas. This can be relaxed and 100% can be sanctioned if the Head of the Department certifies that the concerned rural area falls within the periphery of town or city.
6. Repayment Capacity
For the purpose of calculating the admissible loan amount, the repayment capacity of the central government employee shall be calculated as below:
a) | In cases of employee retiring after 20 years. | 40% of basic pay. |
b) | In cases of employee retiring after 10 years but not later than 20 years. | Up to 40% of basic pay. 65% of DCR Gratuity may also be adjusted. |
c) | In cases of employee retiring within 10 years. | Up to 50% of basic pay DCR Gratuity up to 75% can be adjusted. |
7. Applicable Rate of Interest and Methodology of Recovery of House Building Advance
i. The Interest on Housing Building Advance for the financial year 2017-18 onwards shall be 7.50%. This shall be reviewed every three years to be notified in consultation with Ministry of Finance.
ii. The methodology of recovery of HBA shall continue as per the existing pattern of recovery of principal first in the first fifteen years in not more than 180 monthly instalments and interest thereafter in next five years in not more than 60 monthly instalments. The advance carries simple interest from the date of payment of first instalment.
iii. All cases of subsequent tranches/ installments of HBA being taken by the employee in different financial years shall be governed by the applicable rate of interest in the year in which the HBA was sanctioned, in the event of change in the rate of interest.
Note: The clause of adding a higher rate of interest at 2.5% (two point five percent) above the prescribed rate during sanction of House Building Advance, as reproduced below, stands withdrawn.
“Sanction should stipulate the interest 2.5% over and above the scheduled rates with the stipulation that, if conditions attached to the sanction including those relating to the recovery of amount are fulfilled completely to the satisfaction of competent authority, a rebate of interest of the extent of 2 5% will be allowed”.
8. Disbursement
i. Advance for purchase of ready built house can be paid in one lump sum as soon as the applicant executes an agreement in the prescribed form. The employee should ensure that the house is purchased and mortgaged to the Government within 3 months of drawl of the advances.
ii. Advance for purchase/ construction of new flat may be paid either in one lump sum or in convenient instalments at the discretion of the Head of Department. The employee should execute the agreement in prescribed form before the advance/ first instalment of advance is paid to him/ her. The amount drawn by the employee should be utilized for the purchase/ construction of the flat within one month.
iii. Advance for construction/ expansion of living accommodation, etc., shall be payable in two instalments of 50% each. The first instalment will be paid after the plot and proposed house/ existing house is mortgaged and the balance on the construction-reaching plinth level.
iv. Advance for expansion to be carried out on the upper storey of the house will be disbursed in two instalments, first instalment on executing the mortgage deed and the second instalment on the construction reaching roof-level.
v. In the case of advance for purchase of plot and construction of house, the advance will be disbursed as below:
a) Single Storeyed House: After agreement in prescribed form is executed on production of surety bond, 40% of the advance or actual cost will be disbursed for purchase of plot. The balance amount will be disbursed in two equal instalments, first after the mortgage is executed and second on the construction reaching plinth level.
b) Double Storeyed House: 30% of advance for cost of plot will be disbursed on executing the agreement. The balance amount will be disbursed in two equal instalments, the first on executing the mortgage deed and the second on construction reaching plinth level.
9. Mortgage and Creation of Second Charge
a) House shall be mortgaged on the behalf of President of India. However, the employee, if he wishes to take a second charge to meet the balance cost of the house/ plot or flat from recognized financial institutions, then he/ she may declare the same and apply for NOC at the time of the applying for HBA. NOC for second charge will be given along with sanction order of HBA. The total loan form HBA and from all other sources cannot be beyond ceiling cost of the house as defined under para 4 above.
b) In case if HBA is availed by both husband/ wife jointly,
i. HBA Mortgage paper, insurance paper and other papers regarding property shall be submitted to one of the loan sanctioning authorities of their choice.
ii. A No Objection Certificate may be obtained from the 2nd loan sanctioning authority.
iii. The property mortgaged to behalf of President of India, shall be reconvened on the prescribed form to the central government employee concerned (or their successors in interest, as the case may be), after the advance together with interest thereon, has been repaid to Government in full and after obtaining No Demand Certificate in respect of HBA loan sanctioned by the 2nd loan sanctioning authority.
10. Insurance
a) Immediately on completion of construction/purchase of house/flat, the employee shall insure the house with the recognized institutions as approved by Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA), for not less than the amount of advance and shall keep it so insured against damage by fire, flood and lightning till the advance together with interest thereon is repaid in full and deposit the policy documents with the Head of the Department (HoD). Renewal of insurance will be done every year and premium receipts produced for inspection of the HoD regularly.
b) Penal interest of 2% over and above existing rate of interest will be recovered from the employee for those periods which are not covered by insurance of the house.
11. Migration
For existing House Building Advance beneficiaries who wish to migrate, a separate order for migration to the revised House Building Advance rules will be issued shortly.
12. Extant rules
Apart from above stated changes in relevant sections in the earlier version of House Building Advance rules, all other extant rules shall continue to apply till further orders.
13. This issues in consultation with Comptroller& Auditor General, in so far as the persons working in the Indian Audit & Accounts Department concerned.
14. Hindi version will follow.
15 This comes to the effect from the date of issue.
(Shailendra Vikram Singh) Director
Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs
Tel-23062798
Central Government House Building Advance Calculation Formula
The formula for calculating the interest on a central government House Building Advance can be expressed as:
Interest = (Principal * Interest Rate * Loan Tenure) / (100 * 12)
Principal: The amount of the House Building Advance
Interest Rate: The annual interest rate set by the central government
Loan Tenure: The number of months over which the loan will be repaid
This formula assumes that the interest is calculated on a monthly basis and that the interest rate is expressed as an annual percentage. The result will give the total amount of interest to be paid over the loan tenure.
- The maximum amount of advance shall be 34 months of basic pay subject to repaying capacity or cost of the house/flat or cost of construction or amount of home loan outstanding taken from Bank/other Financial institutions or Rs. 25 lakhs whichever is least.
- The repaying capacity shall be calculated at 40% Basic Pay – 50% of Basic Pay respectively depending upon balance service of the officers/officials.
- The rate of interest on House Building Advance shall be at applicable rates- at the time of disbursement of loan.
7th CPC House Building Advance :
1. Eligibility Service should be revised
2. Amount of Advance should be increased
3. HBA calculation should be on Basic pay(Pay in the band + Grade Pay)
4. 34 times and 80% are not sufficient
5. Conditions of repaying capacity should be revised.
6. Rate of Interest should be decreased
7. Second Mortgage rules to be relaxed
House Building Advance (HBA) rules for Central Government Employees
The 7th Pay Commission House Building Advance is one of the most valuable benefit for Central Government employees. To buy a flat or built a house, the Central Government provides a bulk amount with lowest interest rate and also rebate available if certain restrictions are fulfilled.
7th CPC : House Building Advance (HBA) rules
The Government has modified the House Building Advance (HBA) rules for Central Government Employees as per the recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission. Following the points are new features of the new rules:-
- The total amount of advance that a central government employee can borrow from government has been revised upwards. The employee can up to borrow 34 months of the basic pay subject to a maximum of Rs. 25 lakhs (Rs. Twenty Five Lakhs only), or cost of the house/flat, or the amount according to repaying capacity, whichever is the least for new construction/purchase of new house/flat. Earlier this limit was only Rs.7.50 lakhs.
- Similarly, the HBA amount for expansion of the house has been revised to a maximum of Rs.10 lakhs or 34 months of basic pay or cost of the expansion of the house or amount according to repaying capacity, whichever is least. This amount was earlier Rs.1.80 lakhs.
The cost ceiling limit of the house which an employee can construct/ purchase has been revised to Rs.1.00 crore with a proviso of upward revision of 25% in deserving cases. The earlier cost ceiling limit was Rs.30 lakhs. - Both spouses, if they are central government employees, are now eligible to take HBA either jointly, or separately. Earlier only one spouse was eligible for House Building Advance.
There is a provision for individuals migrating from home loans taken from Financial Institutions/ Banks to HBA, if they so desire. - The provision for availing ‘second charge’ on the house for taking loans to fund balance amount from Banks/ Financial Institutions has been simplified considerably. ‘No Objection Certificate’ will be issued along with sanction order of HBA, on employee’s declaration.
- Henceforth, the rate of Interest on Housing Building Advance shall be at only one rate of 8.50% at simple interest (in place of the earlier four slabs of bearing interest rates ranging from 6% to 9.50% for different slabs of HBA which ranged from Rs.50,000/- to Rs.7,50,000/-) .
- This rate of interest shall be reviewed every three years. All cases of subsequent tranches/ installments of HBA being taken by the employee in different financial years shall be governed by the applicable rate of interest in the year in which the HBA was sanctioned, in the event of change in the rate of interest. HBA is admissible to an employee only once in a life time.
- The clause of adding a higher rate of interest at 2.5% (two point five percent) above the prescribed rate during sanction of House Building Advance stands withdrawn. Earlier the employee was sanctioned an advance at an interest rate of 2.5% above the scheduled rates with the stipulation that if conditions attached to the sanction including those relating to the recovery of amount are fulfilled completely, to the satisfaction of the competent authority, a rebate of interest to the extent of 2.5% was allowed.
- The methodology of recovery of HBA shall continue as per the existing pattern recovery of principal first in the first fifteen years in 180 monthly instalments and interest thereafter in next five years in 60 monthly instalments.
- The house/flat constructed/purchased with the help of House Building advance can be insured with the private insurance companies which are approved by Insurance Regulatory Development Authority (IRDA).
- This attractive package is expected to incentivize the government employee to buy house/ flat by taking the revised HBA along with other bank loans, if required. This will give a fillip to the Housing infrastructure sector.
What is the 7th CPC House Building Advance?
The 7th CPC House Building Advance is a scheme introduced by the Indian government to provide financial assistance to its employees for the construction/purchase of a house.
Who is eligible to apply for the House Building Advance?
All employees of the central government who have completed at least 5 years of service are eligible to apply for the 7th CPC House Building Advance.
What is the current interest rate on the 7th CPC House Building Advance?
The current interest rate on the 7th CPC House Building Advance is 7.44% per annum.
What is the maximum amount that can be availed under House Building Advance?
The maximum amount that can be availed under the 7th CPC House Building Advance is 34 months of the basic pay subject to repaying capacity or cost of the house/flat or cost of construction or amount of home loan outstanding taken from Bank/other Financial institutions or Rs. 25 lakhs whichever is least.
Can the 7th CPC House Building Advance be availed multiple times?
No, the 7th CPC House Building Advance can only be availed once during an employee’s service.