Public Provident Fund (PPF) and National Savings Certificates (NSCs)<\/a> were raised to 8.6% and 8.7%, respectively.<\/p>\nTraditionally, the interest rate on the GPF, the SDS and the PPF rate have moved in tandem. In November, the government had announced a hike in the return on PPF and NSCs.<\/p>\n
Government employees, on the other hand, will receive 8% interest on their GPF savings from April 2011 to November 2011 and 8.6% for the next four months of this financial year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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