Special Bank Term Deposit Scheme
A tax-saving term deposit giving relief under Section 80C of the Income Tax Act, 1961, with a five-year lock-in during which neither premature withdrawal nor a loan against it is allowed.
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
- Know Your CustomerThe identity and address check every investor must clear before a bank, broker or depository participant will open an account — mandatory under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002.
- Monetary policyThe central bank's management of money supply and interest rates to promote growth and hold prices stable — expansionary when it wants to push the economy up, contractionary when it wants to cool it.
Where this is taught
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