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The Reserve Bank today notified a0.1 per cent reduction each in interest rates on the Public Provident Fund (PPF) and the Senior Citizen Savings Scheme (SCSS), to be effective from the financial year beginning April 1.

The rate of interest on PPF has been lowered from 8.8 per cent to 8.7 per cent.

The rate of interest on a five year SCSS has been reduced to 9.2 per cent from 9.3 per cent for entire 2013- 14 financial year, it said.

RBI said the new rates will come into force from April 1, following government's memorandum on March 25, which advised on the rate of interest on various small savings schemes for the financial year 2013- 14.

RBI said banks should bring this content to the notice of their branches operating PPF and SCSS accounts. It also said the new rates should also be displayed on the notice boards of their branches for information of the PPF and SCSS subscribers.

Following the government's decision earlier this week, millions of small savers and PPF account holders will earn less on their post office savings schemes. However, the government kept unchanged rates on savings on deposit schemes and on fixed deposit of up to one year run by post offices at four per cent and 8.2 per cent, respectively.

Further, post office Monthly Income Schemes (MIS) of five- year maturity will earn an interest of 8.4 per cent.

The National Savings Certificates (NSC), having maturity of five and 10 years, will attract 8.5 per cent and 8.8 per cent interest, respectively, down 0.10 per cent each.

Revision in interest rates follows a decision taken by government last year to link small savings returns with market rate. 

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