The Mann Deshi Bank won a victory in 2004 when it convinced the Revenue Department of Maharashtra to include women’s names on stamp papers. Stamp papers are duties levied on transfers of immovable property. By including the names of women, the papers recognize a woman’s right to household property. This means their husbands can neither sell the property without her consent nor claim the entire property as his own in case of divorce. To date, nearly six hundred thousand women have been helped by this policy change and 5000 have been able to get the share in the household property.

Mann Deshi has also created an incentive for women to become homeowners by giving them a 1% rebate on interest paid on loans.