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PPF Interest Rates from 1968

The Public Provident Fund Scheme (PPF), 1968 Interest Rates from 1968 till date

Rates of interest payable in PPF accounts as fixed from time to time since the introduction of the scheme

Year Rate of Interest (p.a)
1968-69 4.80%
1969-70 4.80%
1970-71 5.00%
1971-72 5.00%
1972-73 5.00%
1973-74 5.30%
From 1.4.1974 to 31.7.1974 5.80%
From 1.8.1974 to 31.3.1975 7.00%
1975-76 7.00%
1976-77 7.00%
1977-78 7.50%
1978-79 7.50%
1979-80 7.50%
1980-81 8.00%
1981-82 8.50%
1982-83 8.50%
1983-84 9.00%
1984-85 9.50%
1985-86 10.00%
From 1.4.1986 to 31.3.1999 12.00%
From 1.4.1999 to 14.1.2000 12.00%
From 15.1.2000 to 28.2.2001 11.00%
From 1.3.2001 to 28.2002 9.50%
From 1.3.2002 to 28.2.2003 9.00%
From 1.3.2003 to 30.11.2011 8.00%
From 1.12.2011 to 31.3.2012 8.60%
From 1.4.2012 to 31.3.2013 8.80%
From 1.4.2013 to 31.3.2014 8.70%
From 1.4.2014 to 31.3.2015* 8.70%

 

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