On the disbursements made by the company, he said, “Last year (made in FY2017-18) actually our overall disbursements were nearly Rs 50,000 crore. We are targeting a growth rate of 15 per cent (on that).” The company recorded disbursemments of about Rs 49,378 crore upby 19 per cent in FY 2017-18 over previous year. The disbursements in Southern region stood at Rs 7,736 crore as of March 31, 2018, he said.

On fund raising plans, he said, it was an ongoing process and the company had planned to raise funds to the tune of Rs 75,000 crore during the current fiscal. To a query on its decision to defer the fund raising of upto Rs 1,500 crore through non-convertible debentures (NCDs) recently, he said, already the company floated the issue and next week the bidding process would commence.

“We withdrew because the rates were not suitable for us,” he said. About the property fair, Sah said, more than 100 projects of various realty developers would be showcased during the event, which concludes on November 4. “New projects will be launched by some builders during the mega show,” he said.