Small Saving Scheme Rates Hiked, Should You Consider Them? | The ET Money Show

After nearly four years, government has finally increased interest rates of select small savings schemes. Recently Finance Ministry rolled out a circular that paved way to hiking interest rates of three small saving schemes namely -- Senior Citizen Savings Scheme , Post Office Time Deposit and Kisan Vikas Patra. Interest rates of these schemes have been hiked in the range of 10 bps to 30 bps. Therefore, should you make Small Savings Scheme a part of your investment portfolio? Do Small Savings Scheme stand a chance when compared to Fixed Deposits - bank or NBFCs? Get all your questions answered as we speak to Anant Ladha, Founder - Invest Aaj For Kal and Amit Kukreja, Founder, Amit Kukreja Advisory