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Interest Rate on Educational Loans Reduced

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The Central Bank of India has come out with concessions rate of Interest on educational loans under the cent Vidhayarthi Scheme. This move has been taken in view if the 125th birth anniversary of Sir Sorabji Pochwala, the founder of Central Bank of India.

The revised rate of interest shall be 10.50% for all educational loans. It has also allowed special concessions to students studying professional courses in IIT and IIM by allowing further reduction in rate of interest by 50 basis points at 10%

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