Fixed Deposits (FDs) in India offer guaranteed returns, higher interest rates than savings accounts, and tax benefits. Small finance banks provide rates ranging from 4.5% to 9% for regular consumers and up to 9.5% for senior citizens
Fixed Deposit Calculation: Be it a cumulative FD where the interest is paid at the time of maturity or a non-cumulative FD where the interest is paid periodically, you have to pay tax on the interest income of your fixed deposit every financial year. This interest is taxable as per the tax bracket of the investors. Is there a way senior citizens can earn tax-exempted returns from tax-saving FD? How much should a senior citizen invest? ET Wealth Online explains
Fixed deposit interest rate hike: The era of rising interest rates on fixed deposits is not over yet. Some factors that indicate this is credit growth remaining much higher than deposit growth; the recent decision of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to increase the investment limit of non-callable deposits to Rs 1 crore. As an FD investor, you can take advantage of rising interest rates to invest in term deposits. Know how your FD interest rate will be impacted in the short term and long term.
FD rates hike: The bank credit rose 9.1% to Rs 124.5 lakh crore in April-August 2023, while bank deposits surged by 6.6% to Rs 149.2 lakh crore in the period. As a result, will banks hike the interest rates of fixed deposits (FDs) in the short-term or long run? Let s find out what experts say