March 26, 2025 12:55 pm
Delhi Government Seeks Loan: The Delhi government seeks to borrow Rs 15,000 crore from the National Small Savings Fund
February 17, 2020 9:44 am
If there is one thing that bewilders a reader of the Union budget for 2020-21 in the agri-food space, it is the massive reduction in food subsidy.
February 08, 2019 7:06 am
The NSSF collects funds through small savings schemes, such as Post Office Savings Account, National Savings Time Deposits, National Savings Recurring Deposits, National Savings Monthly Income Scheme. It is a costlier form of borrowing for the government as compared to market loans.
December 17, 2018 2:42 am
This is the second instance of the FCI tapping into the NSSF to repay the principal component of an earlier loan. The interest parts of these loans are funded out of the Budget.
December 05, 2014 2:19 am
The interest rate on PPF is higher at 8.7 per cent compared to bank deposits and most other small savings products, he pointed out.
April 15, 2012 12:42 pm
The interest rate on post office savings deposit now stands at 4 per cent.
March 22, 2012 1:16 am
Deposits to the PPF are expected to earn an interest of near 9% as against prevailing rate of 8.6%.
November 30, 2011 12:50 am
The government notified the new 10-year National Savings Certificate (NSC) that will fetch 8.7 per cent interest per annum compounded semi-annually.
November 14, 2011 3:06 am
Interest rate hike is a good news,but the devil lies in the details says Ritu Kant Ojha
November 14, 2011 12:24 am
In a statement that could provide relief to the debt-stricken West Bengal government,Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday said that he was considering to provide some flexibility in the cap of market borrowings of states



