
Interest rates on deposit products are trending higher since the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the RBI raised the repo rate to 4.90 per cent in June, but they are still below the inflation range. Since the increase in the repo rate, we have seen an increase in the interest rates on short-term deposits, which has disabled long-term investors to benefit from the rising trend in interest rates. However, while increasing, bank fixed deposit interest rates remained lower than those of post office schemes in 2022. We have determined that the interest rates on fixed deposits offered by top banks like SBI, ICICI, HDFC, Axis Bank, PNB, BoB, and more are significantly lower than the interest rates on post office schemes like Senior Citizen Savings Scheme (SCSS), Public Provident Fund Account (PPF), and Sukanya Samriddhi Account. Accordingly, in the current rising interest rate period, individuals seeking to make more safe returns than fixed deposits can consider the following post office savings schemes for long-term investments.