A Project should satisfy the following criteria to be eligible for funding :

A project is considered networth positive if the value of sold receivables plus unsold inventory is greater than cost to complete construction and to service the investment by the Fund.

No. This funding is available only for projects that have completed at least 30% of the construction and development required.

The Investment Manager has defined Affordable or Mid-income Housing units as any housing units that do not exceed 200sqm RERA carpet area and are priced as following (as applicable):

“Carpet Area” shall have the meaning as assigned to it in clause (k) of section 2 of RERA as follows: Carpet Area means the net usable floor area of an apartment, excluding the area covered by the external walls, areas under services shafts, exclusive balcony or verandah area and exclusive open terrace area, but includes the area covered by the internal partition walls of the apartment.

Clause (k) of section 2 of RERA defines Carpet Areas as follows: Carpet Area means the net usable floor area of an apartment, excluding the area covered by the external walls, areas under services shafts, exclusive balcony or verandah area and exclusive open terrace area, but includes the area covered by the internal partition walls of the apartment.

Yes. The project under consideration should be a part of a RERA registered project.

No, the project could be located in any city or town, anywhere in India as long as it meets all the other qualifying criteria.

Funding should be sufficient to complete the project without any reliance on additional capital at a later stage.

The Fund expects to primarily structure its investments in the form of Non-Convertible Debentures. That shall have a priority charge on the assets and cash flows of the project. This funding shall be used only for completion of the stalled project and for purposes as approved by the IC.

No. This funding shall be used only for completion of construction of the stalled project and for purposes as approved by the IC. It can not be used to repay existing debt on the project.

Yes. A reference from existing lenders is required as they have to consent to the Fund providing senior capital for the project.

The Fund requires a NOC for ceding senior charge from the existing lenders in the project. Each bank has a nodal officer for their projects which might seek SWAMIH funding. Please take the help of your dealing officer to contact the nodal officer. A list of nodal officers at the various banks is as follows:

No. It is not a necessary requirement to have an intermediary. There is also no preferred intermediary for the Fund. However there must be someone, either in your company or outside it, who is authorised to and capable of giving us financial and technical information about the project so that we can process this application

We would need detailed quarterly information on the project cash flows. The initial information required can be downloaded from here Please complete and send that information to ahf@sbiventures.co.in

Please complete and send the project information in the format given in question 15 to ahf@sbiventures.co.in

We will call upon you for additional clarifications and information after we have had a chance to review the information sent to us at ahf@sbiventures.co.in We will meet you only after we have had a chance to review the information and with a prior appointment only.

No. The Fund does not charge any application processing fees.

The Government of India, SBI and LIC are the biggest investors in this fund that shall provide the capital. None of these investors have any role in the decision making process for investments.

Yes, the Fund requires that the individual or partnership firm incorporates a new private limited company to develop the project. The cost of transfer of assets to this private limited company can be considered as part of the cost of the project for which funding is required. Once that is done, the Fund can provide the capital required to complete the project if it meets the rest of it’s investment criteria.

The Fund can provide capital for construction and completion of net worth positive projects only. A project can be considered net worth positive only if the value of sold receivables plus unsold inventory is greater than cost to complete the project and to service the investment by the Fund. In some cases, a project would be net worth negative if the Fund has to factor in all potential penalties such as interest / compensation / refunds payable to home buyers along-with the balance project cost that is required to be funded to complete the project. The project will then not meet the funding eligibility criteria for the Fund.

Hence, in most of the SWAMIH funded projects, we stipulate a condition in our transaction documents that all such potential penalties / compensation will not be considered as part of project costs and will be funded by the developer from its own sources. However, in select cases, given the past history of the project and likelihood of such risks, the Fund is also requesting that the developer obtains a confirmation from the home buyers to agree to a new extended possession date in agreement with home-buyers and also revised RERA completion date. This will have the effect of a reduction in the potential liabilities to make the project net worth positive and enable the project to meet the funding eligibility criteria. Then the Fund can provide the capital to be used to complete such projects.

This is done in the larger interest of the home-buyers awaiting delivery of stressed projects while still ensuring that the project is a viable investment for the Fund.

For all project related information, the customer should approach the developer. We, as the financier, shall endeavor that adequate information regarding project progress is published on the project portal or communicated to the customers in some form. The Fund shall not be in a position to respond to individual customers queries in relation to the project being funded.

The Fund shall generally implement asset management processes to ensure that project cash flows are utilized for the progress of the project only and as agreed with the developer in the investment documents. This is done with effective escrow mechanisms and assistance of external project management agencies who visit the projects regularly to ensure that the project progress is satisfactory.

However, neither the Fund, nor its PMC shall be responsible, in any manner, to ensure that advertised amenities are delivered or quality, timelines and other commitments that may have been made by developer to homebuyers are honoured. The responsibility for advertised amenities, quality, timelines for delivery and all other commitments to homebuyers shall continue to be with the developer only as the Fund is only a financial investor and does not have any part in managing the operations or execution of the project.