Post Office FD will triple your money, you will get ₹15,00,000 for ₹5,00,000, understand the formula

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Post Office FD will triple your money, you will get ₹15,00,000 for ₹5,00,000, understand the formula
Post Office FD will triple your money, you will get ₹15,00,000 for ₹5,00,000, understand the formula

Post Office FD : If you are one of those investors who may compromise on interest, but do not want to take any kind of risk regarding the money, then FD will definitely be included in your portfolio.

If you want, you can create a good fund from your FD. People invest in Fixed Deposit, but they do not know the way to earn good profit from it. If you want to triple your money from FD, then know the way here.

Understand what to do

You get the option of FD with different tenures at both banks and post offices. You have to invest your money in 5-year FD. Bank or post office, wherever you get better interest, you have to invest money there. In the next slides, we will understand the way to triple the money with the example of Post Office FD.

You will have to use this trick to triple the amount
If you invest money in Post Office FD for 5 years, then you will get interest at the rate of 7.5%. But you do not have to withdraw this amount after 5 years, rather you have to fix it again for 5 years, that is, you have to extend your FD. Extension will also have to be done twice. In this way, the total tenure of your FD will become 15 years.

Now understand how 5 lakhs will become 15 lakhs

Suppose you invest ₹5,00,000 in a post office FD for 5 years. At the rate of 7.5%, the maturity amount after 5 years will be 7,24,974 rupees. You again fix this amount for the next 5 years. In this case, in 10 years, you will earn 5,51,175 rupees through interest on the amount of 5 lakhs and your amount will become 10,51,175 rupees. This amount is more than double.

Still, you do not have to withdraw it, but extend it for the next 5 years. In this way, your amount will remain deposited for a total of 15 years. In the 15th year, you will earn 10,24,149 rupees only from interest. In this way, you will get 15,24,149 rupees as maturity amount.

Tax benefits will also be available on 5-year FD

Investors are also given tax benefits on 5-year FD. This benefit is given to you as per Section 80C of Income Tax. You can claim a deduction of up to Rs 1.5 lakh in a financial year.

Understand the rules of extension

There are some rules of extension which you should understand. 1-year FD of post office can be extended within 6 months from the date of maturity, 2-year FD has to be extended within 12 months of the maturity period. At the same time, for the extension of 3 and 5-year FD, the post office has to be informed within 18 months of the maturity period. Apart from this, you can also request for account extension after maturity at the time of opening the account. The interest rate applicable on the respective TD account on the day of maturity will be applicable on the extended period.

Post Office TD Interest Rates
Like banks, in post offices too you get the option of FDs of different tenures. Different interest rates are offered for each tenure. Currently, 6.9% annual interest is being given on one year FD, 7.0% annual interest on two year FD, 7.1% annual interest on three year FD and 7.5% annual interest on five year FD.

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