SBI Offers Up To 5.65% Interest Rate On Fixed Deposits Below Rs 2 Crore. Check Latest FD Interest Rates Here

SBI FD Interest Rate 2022: State Bank of India (SBI), revised interest rates on term deposits also known as fixed deposits with effect from August 13. SBI has increased interest rate on fixed deposits by 15 basis points or 0.15 per cent for fixed deposits starting from 1 year to less than 2 years to 5 years and up to 10 years. The revision in FD rates comes after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) increased repo rate by 50 basis points earlier this month. (Also Read: State Bank of India Hikes Interest Rates On Loans)

SBI FD Rates: Here are the latest FD interest rates offered by SBI

Source: SBI

The interest rate payable to SBI Staff and SBI pensioners will be 1.00 per cent above the applicable rate. The rate applicable to all Senior Citizens and SBI Pensioners of age 60 years and above will be 0.50 per cent above the rate payable for all tenors to resident Indians, SBI noted on its website sbi.co.in.

The RBI increased repo rate by 50 basis points to tame the spiralling inflation which has been above its tolerance level off 6 per cent for quite some time now.

With this development, the benchmark lending rate has crossed the pre-pandemic level of 5.15 per cent. 

Notably the RBI MPC raised the key repo rates by 40 basis points and 50 basis points in May and June this year, respectively. Meanwhile, the experts were anticipating a rate hike by 25 basis points to 35 basis points.