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RBI cut its benchmark policy rate thrice during the year.Barring interest on savings deposits, which has been retained at 4 per cent
annually, rate on all other schemes has been slashed by 0.1 per cent."On the basis of the decision of the government, interest rates for
small savings schemes are to be notified on a quarterly basis," the Finance Ministry said while notifying the rates for the second quarter
of financial year 2019-20.Public Provident Fund (PPF) and National Savings Certificate (NSC) will fetch annual interest rate of 7.9 per cent
from the existing rate of 8 per cent, while Kisan Vikas Patra (KVP) will yield 7.6 per cent with maturity of 113 months.At present, interest
rate on KVP is 7.7 per cent and maturity is 112 months.The girl child savings scheme Sukanya Samriddhi Account will fetch a lower return of
8.4 per cent from 8.5 per cent.Term deposits of 1-3 years will fetch interest rate of 6.9 per cent, to be paid quarterly, while the
five-year quarterly is pegged at 7.7 per cent and for recurring deposit it is pegged at 7.2 per cent from existing rate of 7.3 per
cent.Interest rate for the five-year Senior Citizens Savings Scheme will now fetch a lower rate of interest at 8.6 per cent from 8.7 per
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