calculation of interest rates

So for 0-1l, it will be in that slab, for 1l-2l in next slab. You will get 3.25% on 1l and 3.5% on the second 1l.

Its credited quarterly for savings usually so the interest will also earn as per the slab

Generally banks calculate savings interest rate on incremental amount.

If interest slab is as follows :

Up to Rs 1 lakh 3.25%

Above Rs 1 lakh and up to Rs.2 Lakhs 3.50%

and you have put 2 lakh in savings 

then first 1 lakh will get 3.25% and remaining 1 lakh will get 3.5%.

hope this helps.

You may calculate on your own for more balance.

Watcher wrote:

Generally banks calculate savings interest rate on incremental amount.

If interest slab is as follows :

Up to Rs 1 lakh 3.25%

Above Rs 1 lakh and up to Rs.2 Lakhs 3.50%

and you have put 2 lakh in savings 

then first 1 lakh will get 3.25% and remaining 1 lakh will get 3.5%.

hope this helps.

You may calculate on your own for more balance.

For 2 lakhs:

Up to Rs 1 lakh - 3.25%

Above Rs 1 lakh and up to Rs.2 Lakh - 3.5%

So 1L x 3. 25% = 3,250; and

2L - 1L = 1L x 3.5% = 3,500

3,250 + 3,500 = 6750/-

Same for 5 Lakh. Increment interest. It's same with many banks. I don't see what is the confusion here. 

kukdookoo wrote:
i understand this but my question is say one has 2 lakhs, so interest of 3.25 and 3.50 will apply on each lakh. What is the overall interest, 3.25+3.50%/2 ? What if there are more slabs like 2-5 lakhs, 5-10 lakhs etc.? + @legend101

To calculate the effective interest rate for a balance of Rs 10 lakhs, we need to take into account the different interest rates applied to different slabs of the balance.

First, we need to calculate the interest earned on each slab:

- Up to Rs 1 lakh: 3.25% interest = Rs 3,250

- Rs 1 lakh - Rs 2 lakhs: 3.50% interest on Rs 1 lakh = Rs 3,500

- Rs 2 lakhs - Rs 3 lakhs: 4.25% interest on Rs 1 lakh = Rs 4,250

- Rs 3 lakhs - Rs 4 lakhs: 7.00% interest on Rs 1 lakh = Rs 7,000

- Rs 4 lakhs - Rs 5 lakhs: 7.00% interest on Rs 1 lakh = Rs 7,000

- Rs 5 lakhs - Rs 10 lakhs: 6.00% interest on Rs 5 lakhs = Rs 30,000

Total interest earned = Rs 54,000

To calculate the effective interest rate, we divide the total interest earned by the balance and multiply by 100:

Effective interest rate = (Total interest earned / Balance) x 100

= (Rs 54,000 / Rs 10 lakhs) x 100

= 5.4%

Therefore, the effective interest rate for a balance of Rs 10 lakhs is 5.4%.

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kukdookoo wrote:
i understand this but my question is say one has 2 lakhs, so interest of 3.25 and 3.50 will apply on each lakh. What is the overall interest, 3.25+3.50%/2 ? What if there are more slabs like 2-5 lakhs, 5-10 lakhs etc.? + @legend101

legend101 wrote:
Overall interest for 1 quarter will be 3250/4=812.5 + 3500/4 = 875

kukdookoo wrote:
How much that comes out to be in % of the total amount? + @Fanil

Interest on savings account = Daily balance x Rate of interest x (No. of days/365)

Assuming your account have 2.5 Lakh for 30 days then it will be calculated as follows

Interest on savings account = 100000 x (3.25/100) x (30/365) + 100000 x (3.5/100) x (30/365) + 50000 x (4.25/100) x (30/365)

I don't think there will be any fixed formula to calculate the effective interest rate in such cases, as it depends on the amount deposited in the account.

Here's a sample calculation for Rs. 10 Lac, assuming no further deposits or withdrawals.

The interest in deposited every quarter, if they do deposit it every month, then the effective rate will be around 7.7%

Rajkotian wrote:

I don't think there will be any fixed formula to calculate the effective interest rate in such cases, as it depends on the amount deposited in the account.

Here's a sample calculation for Rs. 10 Lac, assuming no further deposits or withdrawals.

The interest in deposited every quarter, if they do deposit it every month, then the effective rate will be around 7.7%

kukdookoo wrote:
Yes withdrawals and interest will make it a different case but if we just consider amounts till 10lacs, ignore withdrawals and interest for a second, then the overall interest is way less than inflation.

Yes, Can't beat the inflation by just putting the money into the Savings account/FD 😢

Rajkotian wrote:

Yes, Can't beat the inflation by just putting the money into the Savings account/FD 😢