pune udchalo the tech firm focused on financial and travel services to defence personnel and their dependents has announced an agreement with the citybased real estate developer nyati in which defence personnel will be able to buy homes for themselves and their families at a discountthe agreement covers an entire tower of homes being constructed in wagholi eastern pune with 72 units measuring a total of 1 lakh square feet of space defence personnel are eligible for a minimum of 10 discount on the price of the home plus additional deductions under the it act and subsidies under the pmaywe decided to get into the housing business for defence personnel from our experience of helping them to file tax returns around 99 had not availed of section 24 of the income tax act concerning deduction on home loan interest and they also did not avail of interest subsidies under the pmay which shows that they are not being able to purchase the home that they want to said udchalo ceo ravi kumarwe chose pune as it is an army command city we are also aiming for markets such as chandigarh jaipur bengaluru and delhi ncr among others kumar said