India’s largest lending bank, State Bank of India (SBI), has raised its interest rates on domestic bulk term deposits equal to or more than ₹2 crores as reported on the Goodreturns website. Bank details suggest that the new rates would be in force from May 10, 2022.
New Rates
The bank is now providing a regular interest rate of 3.00 per cent on domestic bulk term deposits of Rs. 2 crores and above maturing in 7 to 45 days. The bank formerly offered a 3% interest rate on deposits maturing in 46 to 179 days, but now it will be 3.5 per cent, a 50-basis point increase. The interest rate on deposits maturing in 180-210 days has been increased by 40 basis points from 3.1 per cent to 3.5 per cent.
The interest rate on term deposits maturing in 211 days to less than a year has been raised 45 basis points from 3.3 per cent to 3.75 per cent. SBI has increased the interest rate on deposits maturing in one year to less than two years from 3.6 per cent to four per cent, a 40-basis point increase.
On deposits maturing in two years to less than three years, the bank is now providing a rate of 4.25 per cent, up from 3.6 per cent previously, a 65-basis point increase. The bank has increased the interest rate on deposits maturing in three years to less than five years and five years and up to 10 years from 3.6 per cent to 4.5 per cent for the general public respectively.
This is the second time that the bank has raised interest on its fixed deposits. Before this, the bank had raised its bulk fixed deposit rates by 20-40 basis points on March 10, 2022.
As the repo rates go up, bank customers find savings more attractive. The recent announcement by the Reserve Bank of India regarding a change in the repo rate has prompted many banks to raise their fixed deposit rates. To date, many banks including the ICICI Bank, Punjab National Bank, Bank of Baroda and many other small finance banks have hiked their deposit rates.
Bank depositors can now avail better interest rates on both their savings and fixed deposits. Both these options now seem attractive for customers to park their money in them and earn decent returns on them.
| Fixed deposit tenures | Existing rates for public with effect from March 10, 2022 (in percentage %) | Revised rates for public with effect from May 10, 2022 (in percentage %) |
| 7 days to 45 days | 3 | 3 |
| 46 days to 179 days | 3 | 3.5 |
| 180 days to 210 days | 3.1 | 3.5 |
| 211 days to less than 1 year | 3.3 | 3.75 |
| 1 year to less than 2 years | 3.6 | 4 |
| 2 years to less than 3 years | 3.6 | 4.25 |
| 3 years to less than 5 years | 3.6 | 4.5 |
| 5 years and up to 10 years | 3.6 | 4.5 |
