With effect from April 1, 2021, post office saving schemes will fetch interest rates as follows:

Public Provident Fund (PPF) - 6.4 per cent down from 7.1 per cent earlier

National Savings Certificate (NSC) - 5.9 per cent, down from 6.8 per cent earlier

Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana (SSY) - 6.9 per cent, down from 7.6 per cent earlier.

Post office time deposit rates across tenures have been reduced by 0.40- 1.1% and will earn in the range of 4.4- 5.3%