Friday, November 22, 2024

Small Saving Schemes Rate Hike: Just 15 days more… PPF, NSC, Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana, Kisan Vikas Patra will get more interest!

Increase in the rate of small savings schemes: Investors investing in savings schemes like NSC, PPF, and Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana can get great news on the 30th of this month. The Modi government of the Center can announce to increase in the interest rate on other savings schemes of the post office including these savings schemes. On September 30, 2022, the central government will review and announce interest rates for small savings schemes for the third quarter of the current financial year 2022-23 from October to December.

Why will interest rates rise?
The repo rate was raised by RBI in three stages. There has been a 1.40 percent rise in the repo rate. After which the loan is becoming expensive, so all the banks are increasing the deposit rates along with it. But the surprising thing is that the interest rates on the savings schemes in which urban-rural common Indians invest as safe have not been increased so far. Savings programs like the NSC, PPF, and Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana do not have higher interest rates. But after the decision of RBI to increase the repo rate, the possibility of increasing the interest rates on these savings schemes at the end of September has increased. Let us tell you that after the meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee of RBI on 30 September 2022, it can announce to increase in the repo rate again. In fact, in August 2022, retail inflation again reached 7 percent, in such a situation the possibility of increasing the repo rate has increased.

Yields on government bonds increased
In fact, there has been a tremendous jump in the yield on government bonds in the last year due to rising inflation, and fears of a hike in interest rates. It is anticipated that in such a scenario, the interest rates of programs like PPF, NSC, and Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana connected to these bonds will rise. The Gopinath Committee had recommended in 2011 that the interest rate on such small savings schemes should be 25 to 100 basis points higher than the yield of government bonds. Yields on government bonds have risen but interest rates on small savings schemes have not been increased by the government after a review during the last quarter.

How much can interest rates increase?
The interest rates on all small savings programs could be raised from 0.50 to 0.75 percent, according to a possible announcement by the Finance Ministry. The government’s 10-year bond yield has increased from 6.04 percent to over 7.25 percent in 12 months. This equation predicts that the interest rate on PPF will rise from 7.1 percent to 7.81 percent. Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana’s interest rate may be raised from 7.6 percent to 8.10 percent. At present, the Senior Citizen Savings Scheme offers 7.40 percent interest, which can be increased to 8.31 percent.

How much interest
At present, the interest rate on Public Provident Fund (PPF) is 7.1 percent per annum, NSC ie National Savings Certificate is getting 6.8 percent annual interest. Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana is getting 7.6 percent interest while the senior citizen tax saving scheme is getting 7.4 percent interest. Interest on the Kisan Vikas Patra is 6.9 percent. The scheme offers a 5.5 percent interest rate on one-year fixed deposits, a 5.5-6.7 percent interest rate on one to five-year fixed deposits, and a 5.8 percent interest rate. On a five-year deposit plan, interest is being paid. After the first quarter of 2020-21. The interest rates for these savings plans have not changed. could.

Read More: Loan EMIs will rise due to inflation; be aware of how this will directly affect your wallet.

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