It was decided by the
Government of India that interest rates on Small savings Schemes will be linked
to yields on government securities of comparable maturity. In pursuance of that
decision, the Government has decided to revise the rates applicable on various
small savings schemes as given in the table below.
|
Scheme
|
Rate
of interest
w.e.f.01.04.2014
|
Rate
of Interest
w.e.f.
01.04.2015
|
|
(1)
|
(2)
|
(3)
|
|
Savings
Deposit
|
4.0
|
4.0
|
|
1
Year Time Deposit
|
8.4
|
8.4
|
|
2
Year Time Deposit
|
8.4
|
8.4
|
|
3
Year Time Deposit
|
8.4
|
8.4
|
|
5
Year Time Deposit
|
8.5
|
8.5
|
|
5
Year Recurring Deposit
|
8.4
|
8.4
|
|
5
Year SCSS
|
9.2
|
9.3
|
|
5
Year MIS
|
8.4
|
8.4
|
|
5
Year NSC
|
8.5
|
8.5
|
|
10
Year NSC
|
8.8
|
8.8
|
|
PPF
|
8.7
|
8.7
|
|
Kisan
Vikas Patra
|
8.7
|
8.7
|
|
Sukanya
Samriddhi Account Scheme
|
9.1
|
9.2
|
The above rates will be effective from tomorrow
i.e. 1.4.2015.
Thus the rates on many of the small savings
scheme have undergone an upwards revision vis-à-vis 2014-15.
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