The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has recently released its third bi-monthly rate review of financial year 2019-20. The key announcement under the policy is the rate cut by 35 basis points(1 bps is 0.01%). This is the fourth consecutive rate cut from RBI , after a rate cut in February, April and June of calendar year 2019.
In view of the above, most of the banks and financial institutions have been reducing the interest rates on their deposits schemes, Bonds, NCD Public Issues etc.,
Contrary to some rate reduction that many were expecting, the Central Govt. has decided to keep ‘Post Office Small Saving Schemes Interest rates Oct – Dec 2019‘ unchanged.
The National Savings Schemes (NSSs) are one of the very popular saving schemes in India. These are regulated by the Ministry of Finance. They offer complete security of investment combined with attractive returns.
These schemes also act as instruments of financial inclusion especially in the geographically inaccessible areas due to their implementation primarily through the Post Offices, which have reach far and wide.
It is estimated that nearly $137 billion or over Rs. 9 lakh crore are tied up in small savings schemes.
Some of the very popular schemes which fall under NSS are as below;
The latest rates of interest applicable on various small savings schemes for the quarter from October to December 2019 effective from 1.10.2019 would be as below;
Kindly note that interest rates of Small Savings Schemes are now reviewed and reset (if any) on a quarterly basis.
The revised rates (if any) are applicable for all the new investments MADE during the respective period.
For the existing investments under all the schemes (EXCEPT PPF & SUKANYA SAMRIDDHI SCHEME), the contracted interest rate remains unchanged until maturity.
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(Post first published on : 01-Oct-2019)
This post was last modified on July 12, 2023 4:24 pm
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Hi Sreekanth,
I have invested money in Reliance mutual fund (Now it is renamed as Nippon India Mutual Fund). I have invested around 10 lakhs in Reliance liquid fund and in Reliance multi cap fund.
Shall i continue my holding or shall i exit from both the schemes now?
Dear satish,
Have you invested in any other Schemes (other AMCs'?).
You may stay invested in Liquid Fund.
Hi Sreekanth,
Thanks for the reply.
In other AMC's also i have invested.
What about DSP black rock MF? I have invested in DSP BR mid cap and micro cap fund. It was giving good returns and nowadays after changing the company name it is not performaing as earlier. Shall i wait for another 2-3 qurters then exit or now only shall i exit?
Thanks
Satish.
Reliance multi-cap fund has not been performing well. You may switch to a better multi-cap fund.
Ex : Birla Equity Fund, Kotak Std multi-cap, SBI multi-cap etc.,
Dear satish,
Most of the mid/small cap funds have been showing negative performance for the last 12 to 18 months, as most of the mid-cap stocks are seeing correction.
If your investment horizon is long-term, you may continue with your investments.
As there is no changes in interest rate, some small savings schemes will still remain a good investment option for Indian investors.