Friday , December 27 2024

Small Savings Schemes: Big News! Announcement of new interest rates for small savings schemes, change in PPF rate

Small Savings Schemes Interest Rates: New interest rates for small savings schemes have been announced by the Central Government for the April-June quarter. The government has kept the interest rates of all small savings schemes unchanged for the first quarter of the financial year 2024-25. This information was given by the Finance Ministry on Friday (March 8, 2024).

This means that only 7.1 percent interest will be available on PPF. There has been no change in the interest rates of PPF by the government for a long time, due to which it was expected that the government may make some changes in the interest rates of PPF.

Post Office Schemes Interest Rates: April-June 2024

  • Savings Deposit – 4 percent
  • Fixed Deposit (1 year) – 6.9 percent
  • Fixed Deposit (2 years) – 7 percent
  • Fixed Deposit (3 years) – 7.1 percent
  • Fixed Deposit (5 years) -7.5 percent
  • RD (5 years) – 6.7 percent
  • Senior Citizens Savings Schemes (SCSS) – 8.2 percent
  • Monthly Income Account Scheme (MIS) – 7.4 percent
  • National Savings Certificate (NSC) – 7.7 percent
  • Public Provident Fund Scheme (PPF) – 7.1 percent
  • Farmer Vikas Patra – 7.5 percent
  • Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana-8.2 percent

Interest rates are announced every quarter

The interest rate of small savings schemes is declared by the Central Government on a quarterly basis. New interest rates for all small savings schemes are announced at the beginning of every quarter. The last change in interest rates took place in December 2023. The methodology proposed by the Shyamala Gopinath Committee is used to determine these rates.