The proposed regulatory framework intends to regulate the activity of providing investment advisory services in various forms by a wide range of entities including independent financial advisors, banks, distributors, fund managers etc. The investment advice may be provided for investments in various financial products including but not limited to securities, insurance products, pension funds, etc. While the activity of giving investment advice will be regulated under the proposed framework through an SRO, issues relating to financial products other than securities shall come under the jurisdiction of the respective sectoral regulators such as action for mis‐selling, violation of code of conduct, conflict of interest etc. The SRO set up for the regulation of Investment Advisors shall follow the rules/regulations laid down by respective regulators for products falling in their jurisdiction, including but not limited to suitability and appropriateness of the products.
The Union Cabinet today approved the proposal under 1% interest subvention on housing loan scheme liberalising the limit of housing loan upto Rs. 15 lakh where cost of the house does not exceeding Rs. 25 lakh from the present limit of Rs. 10 lakh and Rs. 20 lakh respectively, and designating National Housing Bank (NHB) as the Nodal Agency (NA) for implementing the scheme both for Scheduled Commercial Banks and Housing Finance Companies.
