Public Provident Fund (PPF): Was interest rate changed for April-June 2025 quarter?The Public Provident Fund (PPF) in India remains a popular long-term investment option with a 15-year lock-in period and EEE tax status. Th...
05 Apr, 2025, 01.31 PM IST
Interest rate up to 8.2%: Latest interest rates of PPF, Senior Citizen Savings Scheme, Sukanya Samriddhi, other post office schemesLatest small savings schemes interest rates: The savings schemes offered by post offices consist of the Public Provident Fund, Senior Citiz...
13 Sep, 2024, 01.05 PM IST
Irregular PPF accounts: New rules from Oct 1, 2024 for regularisation of 3 types of irregular Public Provident Fund accountsOn August 21, 2024, the ministry released a circular that established the procedures for handling the regularization of unlawfully opened a...
07 Sep, 2024, 03.56 PM IST
Income Tax Return Filing 2024: Steps to file ITR without form 16ITR filing: Some employees who receive a salary and self-employed individuals may not get Form 16. This can cause confusion when filing the...
08 Jul, 2024, 02.16 PM IST
Public Provident Fund: How nominees, legal heirs can claim a PPF account on death of the subscriberPublic Provident Fund is a popular long-term savings scheme offering tax benefits and attractive interest rates. Here’s how nominees or leg...
17 Jun, 2024, 06.30 AM IST
Latest interest rates of PPF, Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana, Senior Citizen Saving Scheme, NSC, other post office schemesLatest small savings schemes interest rates: The government has left the interest rates on small savings schemes for the quarter ending Jun...
15 Jun, 2024, 12.30 PM IST
Top post office schemes: These 9 small savings schemes offer above 7% interest ratePost office schemes interest rates: The government has kept the interest rates on small savings plans unchanged for the quarter ending June...
03 Jun, 2024, 04.38 PM IST
PPF deposit: Finding it difficult to deposit money in your PPF account online? Here are different ways to invest before the April 5 dateHow to invest in PPF: Those investing in the Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana (SSY) and the Public Provident Fund (PPF) should ensure that their co...
05 Apr, 2024, 01.09 PM IST
7 changes in Senior Citizens Savings Scheme rules: More people can invest, more time for retirees, stricter penaltyThe government has issued a notification to make changes in the Senior citizens Savings Scheme rules. These rules apply on who can invest, ...
10 Nov, 2023, 11.35 AM IST
PPF, Mahila Samman Savings Scheme, SSY: Minimum balance requirement of 10 small savings schemesAs small savings scheme differ in terms of features, tenure, and tax advantages, so do the minimum investments required for these schemes. ...
03 May, 2023, 12.36 PM IST
Mahila Samman scheme differs from other post office schemes on 4 counts: Investors should noteIn Budget 2023, the government introduced the Mahila Samman Savings Certificate, 2023. This scheme is designed exclusively for female inves...
06 Apr, 2023, 03.16 PM IST
Advantages of investing in ELSS fundsMany first-time investors use ELSS funds for twin benefits to save tax and take exposure to equity as an asset class. Investments in these ...
14 Dec, 2022, 08.47 AM IST
Latest Public Provident Fund (PPF) interest rateThe Public Provident Fund or the PPF can be used to build a retirement corpus by saving on a regular basis over a considerable length of ti...
21 Jun, 2022, 05.25 PM IST
EPF interest rate slashed to 8.1% for 2021-22; can you still save enough for your retirement?The Labour Ministry has recently proposed to slash the interest rate by 0.4% to 8.1% from 8.5% earlier for the FY 2021-22. The decrease in ...
31 Mar, 2022, 04.45 PM IST
How to merge multiple PPF accountsThe Department of Posts issued a circular on October 18, 2021, giving details of the process of merging multiple PPF accounts into one sing...
19 Oct, 2021, 12.46 PM IST
Tax on PF interest will change the way we invest in it: How the Budget hits your PFThis is not the first time the government has proposed to tax Provident Fund money. A significant number of salaried employees use the Volu...
09 Feb, 2021, 11.07 AM IST
PPF, NSC, other small saving schemes interest rates likely to increaseBond yields have been buoyant during the past three months, which means the rates of small saving schemes may be revised upwards.
19 Jun, 2018, 11.57 AM IST