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States get full ₹1.5 L-cr capex loan support
Financial Express Bengaluru
|March 24, 2026
THE CENTRE HAS fully met its FY26 target for extending 50-year interest-free loans to states for capital expenditure, disbursing about ₹1.5 lakh crore so far.
Latest official data show that loans worth ₹1.54 lakh crore have been sanctioned for 9,099 projects across states, underscoring the scale and reach of the initiative.
The Scheme for Special Assistance to States for Capital Investment (SASCI) has expanded significantly since its launch during the Covid-19 pandemic, when it began with an outlay of ₹12,000 crore in 2020-21.
This story is from the March 24, 2026 edition of Financial Express Bengaluru.
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