Interest rates on PPF, NSC remain unchanged for Q2

In a relief to savers, the government on Wednesday kept interest rates on small savings schemes, including NSC and PPF, unchanged for the second quarter of 2021-22 amid the COVID-19 pandemic.......

Citing 'oversight', Sitharaman rolls back cut in interest rates

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday said the government will roll back a steep interest rate cut on small saving schemes such as PPF and NSC -- saying it was an oversight, a move being......

Interest rate on PPF slashed to 6.4%, NSC's to 5.9%

The government on Wednesday cut interest rates on small savings schemes, including NSC and PPF, by up to 1.1 per cent for the first quarter of 2021-22 in line with falling fixed deposit rates of......

Covid-19 effect: Small savings cross Rs 1-trillion mark in first 6 months of FY21

Overall, small savings have amassed Rs 1.17 trillion from April-September — 26 per cent more than the previous year. But in those six months, the economy lost 24 per cent in the first three......