EPF vs Bank FD vs PPF: Here's what you need to choose
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The interest rate on the Public Provident Fund (PPF) will remain at 7.10 percent for the final quarter of FY 2021-22.
New Delhi: For many long-term investors, deciding between EPF, PPF, and bank FDs has always been a difficult task. The Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) recently reduced the PF interest rate from 8.5 percent in 2020-21 and 2019-20 to 8.1 percent in 2021-22, the lowest rate in more than four decades.
While the Centre has yet to announce a new return rate for small savings schemes such as PPF and SCSS Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana, interest rates on these and other post office programmes remained unchanged in the previous quarter.
The interest rate on the Public Provident Fund (PPF) will remain at 7.10 percent for the final quarter of FY 2021-22. The Senior Citizens Savings Scheme (SCSS) will earn 7.40 percent, while post office time deposits will earn 5.5 to 6.7 percent. Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana pays an annual interest rate of 7.6%.
The interest rates are valid from January 1, 2021 through March 31, 2022.
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