There are a total of 131113 branches of post offices in rural areas.
After getting this facility, the rural people will not have to go to the city
Now post offices in all branch offices of postal department in rural areas will be able to open accounts for all savings schemes. Till now, accounts under these schemes could be opened only in the urban branches of the post office. After getting this facility, rural people will not have to go to the city.
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Now all facilities will be available
, according to the Ministry, there are a total of 131113 branches of post offices in rural areas. At present, these branches provide facilities in letter, speed post, parcel, electronic money transfer, rural postal life insurance, post office savings account, recurring deposit, time deposit and Sukanya Samriddhi account schemes. But now through the post office of the village also be invested in schemes like Public Provident Fund (PPF), Kisan Vikas Patra (KVP), National Savings Certificate (NSC), Monthly Income Scheme (MIS) and Senior Citizen Savings Scheme (SCSS) Will be able to
Post office schemes and interest on them
| The scheme | Rate of interest(%) |
| 1-3 year old FD | 5.5 |
| 5 year old FD | 6.7 |
| RD (5 years) | 5.8 |
| Senior Citizen Scheme (5 years) | 7.4 |
| Monthly Income Account (MIA) | 6.6 |
| National Savings Letter (NSC) | 6.8 |
| Public Provident Fund (PPF) | 7.1 |
| Kisan Vikas Patra | 6.9 |
| Sukanya Samriddhi | 7.6 |
| Savings account | 4.0 |
