00998pab a2200181 454500 180718b2003 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d Bardhan, Ashok Deo Home equity conversion: prospects in India 2003 p.3209-212 26 Jul In a country where a large chunk of housing wealth sits idle, a thicker housing market will set into play many welfare enhancing factors, such as greater geographical mobility of labour, a national housing market, a spurt in new construction, spillover effects in a range of other industries and a general boost for the economy. The time is ripe for the well-established players in the housing finance sector to introduce these products. If necessary, the government could provide fiscal benefits to give an initial boost to such activity. - Reproduced. Housing - India Housing Barua, Samir K. Economic and Political Weekly 57509 57509 57509 0 0 0 0 IIPA IIPA 2018-07-19 Volume no: 38, Issue no: 30 AR57954 2018-07-19 2018-07-19 AR