With an aim to match hardening interest rates in the banking sector, the Finance Ministry has kept the interest rates on small savings schemes like Public Provident Fund (PPF), National Savings Scheme (NSC), unchanged for the Q2 (July-September) of FY2019. The interest rates for small savings schemes are to be notified on a quarterly basis.
According to the Ministry, interest rate for the five-year Senior Citizens Savings Scheme has been retained at 8.3 percent. The interest on the senior citizens’ scheme is paid quarterly. Interest on savings deposits has been retained at 4 percent annually. PPF and NSC will fetch annual interest rate of 7.6 percent, while Kisan Vikas Patra (KVP) will yield 7.3 percent and mature in 11 months. The girl child savings scheme Sukanya Samriddhi Account will offer 8.1 percent rate.
It further stated that term deposits of 1-5 years will fetch interest rate of 6.6-7.4 percent, to be paid quarterly, while the five-year recurring deposit is pegged at 6.9 per cent. In 2016, it had said that rates of small savings schemes would be linked to government bond yields. It added that the move is expected to see banks lowering their deposit rates in line with the small savings rate offered by the government.
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