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Govt Keeps Interest Rates On Small Savings Schemes Unchanged For Q2
Kashmir Observer
|JULY 1, 2025 ISSUE
The government on Monday left interest rates unchanged for various small savings schemes, including PPF and NSC, for the sixth straight quarter beginning July 1, 2025.
"The rates of interest on various Small Savings Schemes for the second quarter of FY 2025-26 starting from 1st July, 2025 and ending on 30th September, 2025 shall remain unchanged from those notified for the first quarter (1st April, 2025 to 30th June, 2025) of FY 2025-26," the finance ministry said in a notification.
This story is from the JULY 1, 2025 ISSUE edition of Kashmir Observer.
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