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 "Nirmala Sitharaman would be the first finance minister to present ninth consecutive Budget | File:@CISFSouth/X")
 "RBI")
 "Reserve Bank of India, RBI")
 "Canara bank")
 "M Nagaraju, secretary, Department of Financial Services, Ministry of Finance")
 "Chief Economic Advisor V Anantha Nageswaran")
FD rates touch 8% at Small Finance Banks as returns outpace big lenders
Fixed deposits are back: Where savers can earn up to 8% in 2026
FD rates touch 8% at Small Finance Banks as returns outpace big lenders
Fixed deposits are back: Where savers can earn up to 8% in 2026
 "Fixed Deposit Return")
 "Employees Provident Fund Organisation, EPFO")
 "Nagesh Kumar, member of the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI's) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC)")
 "The insurance sector is at a critical juncture. Despite impressive growth in premium income – from Rs 1 trillion in FY05 to more than Rs 6.7 trillion in FY24 – the sector has yet to fully realise its potential in terms of broader penetration and impr")
 "life insurance")