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IIFL Finance Exclusive: Nirmal Jain on I-T orders, PE interest and more

Nirmal Jain, the IIFL Group head also spoke about the Housing Finance business going public, to which he said that it could even be done through the demerger route and not necessarily an IPO, but a decision has not yet been reached on the same.

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PNB Housing Finance Limited

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