February 08, 2025 10:25 pm
The interest rates on various small savings schemes undergo a quarterly review and the rates for the next quarter (April-June) will be announced by March-end.
January 06, 2023 4:25 pm
While the hike will serve as protection against high inflation and interest rates, the small savings rates are still below desired levels.
March 31, 2022 6:07 pm
The interest rate has not been revised since the first quarter of 2020-21.
September 08, 2021 8:18 pm
Mobilising household savings and channelising them for development activities has drastically reduced. Government can address this issue
May 27, 2021 4:19 pm
Bank Fixed deposits (FDs) vs Small savings schemes: What should be your investment choice between bank FDs and small savings schemes? Let’s find out.
April 01, 2021 3:00 pm
Small Savings Schemes Interest rates 2021: We take a look at the current interest rates of the popular small savings schemes such as Public Provident Fund (PPF) and National Savings Certificate (NSC). Here's how much you can earn from these schemes by investing Rs 10,000.
March 18, 2020 5:38 pm
Bankers have been complaining that high rates on small savings schemes prohibit them from cutting deposit rates. Currently, there is a difference of nearly 100 basis points between deposit rate of banks and small savings rate for one-year maturity.
February 03, 2020 1:47 pm
During the current quarter, the government refrained from cutting interest rates on small savings schemes, including Public Provident Fund (PPF) and National Savings Certificate (NSC), despite moderating bank deposit rates.
December 27, 2017 10:16 pm
Interest on savings deposits were kept unchanged at 4 per cent. The interest rate for investments in the five-year Senior Citizens Savings Scheme has been retained at 8.3 per cent
March 28, 2016 1:06 am
With high rates in FY15, total mop-ups in post offices had seen a 19.1% rise.





