Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications
Wednesday, May 10, 2006
Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications Wednesday, May 10, 2006 |
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Opinion
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Letters Savings bank deposits
The administered interest rate on savings bank deposit was reduced from 4.5 per cent to 3.5 per cent in a low-interest-rate regime. The other rates have risen but there is no change in the former. They are mostly owned by the lower middle-class people in terms of number of accounts. The latter are subsidising the interest payments on term deposits. The rate should be restored to 4.5 per cent. Even then it will be negative in real terms since an inflation rate of 5 per cent is accepted by the central bank. Banks may be allowed to pay an additional 50 or 100 basis points to senior citizens. The best thing to do is to abolish this last vestige of control without waiting for the next policy review. A. Seshan
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