For a 5-year RD from India Post, the interest offered is 6.7%, which is lower than bank RDs. For FD, the interest ranges from 3% to 7.25% per annum.
The taxpayer is required to show interest earnings from all their savings accounts within a financial year in his ITR under the head Income from other
Post office saving schemes: The central government fixes interest rates of small savings schemes every quarter.
The rates small finance banks offer are as high as 7.2% for the tenure of 3 years. All nine SFBs are offering interest rates between 6.2% and 7.2%.