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      <title>Profit rates on national savings schemes increased</title>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Central Directorate of National Savings (CDNS) has announced an increase in profit rates for various national savings schemes, providing better returns to investors.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;According to the revised rates, the Short-Term Savings Certificate has seen its profit increase from 10.81% to 10.96%, while the Defence Savings Certificate rate has climbed to 12.15%.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Similarly, profit rates for the Bahbood Savings Certificate, Pensioners’ Benefit Account, and Shuhada Family Welfare Account have been raised to 13.68%.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For Islamic investment options, the Sarwa Islamic Term Account and Sarwa Islamic Savings Account now offer a 10.44% return.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Also, read this&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;However, in contrast to these increases, the return on the standard savings account has been reduced by 100 basis points, bringing it down to 10.5%.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The adjustments come as the State Bank of Pakistan’s Monetary Policy Committee has decided to maintain the policy rate at 12%.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;These new rates reflect efforts to balance financial returns for investors while aligning with broader economic and monetary policies.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <content:encoded xmlns="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[<p><strong>The Central Directorate of National Savings (CDNS) has announced an increase in profit rates for various national savings schemes, providing better returns to investors.</strong></p>
<p>According to the revised rates, the Short-Term Savings Certificate has seen its profit increase from 10.81% to 10.96%, while the Defence Savings Certificate rate has climbed to 12.15%.</p>
<p>Similarly, profit rates for the Bahbood Savings Certificate, Pensioners’ Benefit Account, and Shuhada Family Welfare Account have been raised to 13.68%.</p>
<p>For Islamic investment options, the Sarwa Islamic Term Account and Sarwa Islamic Savings Account now offer a 10.44% return.</p>
<p><strong>Also, read this</strong></p>
<blockquote class="blockquote-level-1">
<p><a href="https://english.aaj.tv/news/330393375/state-bank-of-pakistan-reduces-policy-rate-by-200bps-fifth-in-a-row">State Bank of Pakistan reduces policy rate by 200bps, fifth in a row</a></p>
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<p><a href="https://english.aaj.tv/news/330400722/government-reduces-profit-rates-on-national-savings-schemes">Government reduces profit rates on National Savings schemes</a></p>
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<p><a href="https://english.aaj.tv/news/330392617/government-cuts-profit-rates-on-national-savings-schemes">Government cuts profit rates on National Savings Schemes</a></p>
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<p>However, in contrast to these increases, the return on the standard savings account has been reduced by 100 basis points, bringing it down to 10.5%.</p>
<p>The adjustments come as the State Bank of Pakistan’s Monetary Policy Committee has decided to maintain the policy rate at 12%.</p>
<p>These new rates reflect efforts to balance financial returns for investors while aligning with broader economic and monetary policies.</p>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2025 21:12:14 +0500</pubDate>
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