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Interest on PPF, NSC, Post Office Deposits cut by 0.1% from April 2013

The Interest Rates on Small Saving Schemes like PPF (Public Provident Fund), SCSS (Senior Citizens Saving Scheme), NSC (National Saving Certificate), Monthly Income Scheme (MIS), Post Office Recurring Deposit (RD) and Post Office Term Deposits have been cut by 0.1%. However the interest rate on term deposit for 1 Year and the Post Office Savings account have remained [...]

PPF, Post Office Deposit Interest Rates to go up

PPF, Post Office Deposit Interest Rates go up from April 2012

Finally the interest rates for small savings schemes such as public provident funds (PPF), post office deposits and National Savings Certificate (NSC) have been increased by 0.2% – 0.5%. The above interest rate increase would be effective from April 1, 2012. Now, deposits in PPF account will fetch 8.8% a year, compared with 8.6% now, [...]

PPF, Post Office Deposit Interest Rates to go up

After rate cuts in EPF (Employees’ Provident Fund) and increase in service tax, there is some good news for individuals. The government is raising the interest rate on small savings schemes such as National Savings Certificate (NSC), post office deposits and PPF (Public Provident Fund) by 0.2%- 0.5%. The increase in interest rate would be [...]

Recurring deposits – Start now to Gain from High Interest Rates?

If you are looking for investing your money in debt instruments, it’s the right time to do so. RBI (Reserve Bank of India) on March 9, 2012 has reduced CRR rates by 0.75%. This means banks would have more money to lend and so loan rates are expected to go down and so are fixed [...]

Interest Rates for Small Savings Schemes – Govt. of India

Recently Government of India has revised interest rates and maturity periods for its small saving schemes. These small saving schemes include – Post Office Savings Account, Post Office Recurring Deposit, Monthly Income Account Scheme, Post Office Time Deposit, NSC, PPF, KVP, Senior citizens savings scheme and more. The post below briefs about all these schemes. Post Office Savings Account [...]