Govt. hikes interest rates on most small saving schemes for June quarter, barring PPF
The Hindu
The rate paid on 5-year recurring deposits is being raised from 5.8% to 6.2%, the Senior Citizen Savings Scheme has been hiked to 8.2% from 8%, while the monthly income account scheme will now deliver 7.4% returns instead of 7.1%.
The government has left the rates on Public Provident Fund (PPF) unchanged at 7.1% for the April to June 2023 quarter, while raising the returns on Sukanya Samriddhi Account from 7.6% to 8%, the National Savings Certificate from 7% to 7.7% and Kisan Vikas Patra from 7.2% to 7.5%.
The rate of return on 1, 2 and 3 year time deposits has been raised by 10 basis points (0.10%) for the next quarter, yielding 6.8%, 6.9% and 7%, respectively, while 5 year time deposits will earn 7.5% instead of 7%.
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The rate paid on 5-year recurring deposits is being raised from 5.8% to 6.2%, the Senior Citizen Savings Scheme has been hiked to 8.2% from 8%, while the monthly income account scheme will now deliver 7.4% returns instead of 7.1%.
The PPF rate has now been unchanged since April 2020, when it was slashed.
The Finance Ministry notified the small savings rates for the coming quarter through an office memo issued on Friday.
While the government had raised some small savings schemes’ rates over the last two quarters, the range of schemes seeing rate hikes is wider this time, barring the PPF.