Small Savings Schemes in Force in India (January 2000 and March 2001 to 2003 and 2011 to 2013) | ||||||||||
Scheme | Limits of investment | Rate of interest (Per cent per Annum) | Deductions under Sec. 80C of Income Tax Act | Amount Out- standing at end-March 2012 (P) (Rs. Billion) | ||||||
Since Jan.15, 2000 | Since Mar.1, 2001 | Since Mar.1, 2002 | Since Mar.1, 2003 | Since Dec.1, 2011 | Since Apr.1, 2012 | Since Apr.1, 2013 | ||||
1. Post Office Savings Bank Accounts | ||||||||||
2. Public Provident Fund 1968 | ||||||||||
3. Post Office Time Deposit Account | ||||||||||
4. Post Office Recurring Deposit Account | ||||||||||
5. National Savings Scheme 1992 | ||||||||||
6. Post Office Monthly Income Scheme | ||||||||||
7. NSC VIII Issue | ||||||||||
8. Indira Vikas Patra | ||||||||||
9. Kisan Vikas Patra | ||||||||||
10. Deposit scheme for retiring government employees 1989/retiring employees of public sector | ||||||||||
11. Senior citizens saving scheme |