Post Office Time Deposit
A deposit of one, two, three or five years held by at most two holders, minimum Rs 1,000 with no maximum, compounded quarterly with interest paid annually.
This one is not written up yet
The definition above is the short version. A full explanation — how it works, a worked example and the exam traps — is still being written. In the meantime the chapter below covers it in context.
Written up from the same chapter
- Public Provident FundA 15-year government-guaranteed savings account for individuals, at a rate reset quarterly, where the contribution, the interest and the maturity value are all outside tax under the old regime.
- Reverse mortgageA loan that pays a senior citizen a periodic income against a pledge of the residential property they live in, repayable from the sale of that property after death or permanent departure.
- Voluntary Provident FundAn EPF member's option to contribute more than the mandatory 12% of basic and dearness allowance into the same EPF account, up to 100% of it, with no matching contribution from the employer.
Where this is taught
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