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Other similar government savings schemes in India include: Public Provident Fund (PPF), Post Office Fixed Deposit, Post Office Recurring Deposit, etc. [3] The certificates were heavily promoted by the Indian government in the 1950s after India's independence, to collect funds for nation-building
A fixed deposit (FD) is a tenured deposit account provided by banks or non-bank financial institutions which provides investors a higher rate of interest than a regular savings account, until the given maturity date. It may or may not require the creation of a separate account. The term fixed deposit is most commonly used in India and the ...
A recurring deposit is a special kind of term deposit in India that is offered by Indian banks and India Post, which helps people with regular incomes to deposit a fixed amount every month into their recurring deposit account and earn interest at the rate applicable to fixed deposits. [1] [2]
Japan Post Bank, part of the post office was the world's largest savings bank with 198 trillion yen (US$1.7 trillion) of deposits as of 2006, [22] much from conservative, risk-averse citizens. The state-owned Japan Post Bank business unit of Japan Post was formed in 2007, as part of a ten-year privatization programme, intended to achieve fully ...
A certificate of a $5 deposit in the United States Postal Savings System issued on September 10, 1932. The United States Postal Savings System was a postal savings system signed into law by President William Howard Taft and operated by the United States Post Office Department, predecessor of the United States Postal Service, from January 1, 1911, until July 1, 1967.
The central government establishes the public provident fund. One can voluntarily open an account with any nationalized bank, selected authorized private bank, or post office. The account can be opened in the name of individuals, including minors. The minimum amount is ₹500, which can be deposited.
Pigmy Deposit Scheme is a monetary deposit scheme introduced by Syndicate Bank, India in 1928. [ 1 ] Initially, money as small as two anaas (an anna is a monetary unit of India, equal to one sixteenth of a rupee) can be deposited into an account on a daily basis in the pigmy deposit scheme in 1928.
A Flexi-Fixed deposit is a special kind of deposit offered by banks in India. It is a combination of a demand deposit and a fixed deposit . The depositor is able to enjoy both the liquidity of savings and current accounts and the high returns of fixed deposits.