Tax Consultation (US and India)
2970 Points
Joined September 2011
Deduction is admissible.
S.80C(2) The sums referred to in sub-section (1) shall be any sums paid or deposited in the previous year by the assessee
(xviii)for the purposes of purchase or construction of a residential house property the income from which is chargeable to tax under the head "Income from house property" (or which would, if it had not been used for the assessee's own residence, have been chargeable to tax under that head), where such payments are made towards or by way of—
(c) repayment of the amount borrowed by the assessee....