Page 6 - Small Savings Schemes

Interest rate on small savings schemes unchanged for January-March

Kisan Vikas Patra (KVP) investments will continue to yield 7.7 per cent and mature in 112 months

Small savings schemes are still attractive

For longer tenure products, they offer higher returns compared to other instruments. But for shorter tenures, things are getting tighter for investors

Interest rates on small savings schemes cut marginally

PPF will fetch an interest rate of eight per cent in the third quarter of the current FY, against 8.1 per cent in the previous quarter

Small saving scheme investors can look at NCDs, NPS Tier II

The government may not significantly cut rates on small savings schemes but there are other options one can look at

Lock in your investments in small savings schemes

The next revision will make the rates similar to those of bank FDs