Para 11 - Repayment of loan and interest - Public Provident Fund Scheme, 1968

Repayment of loan and interest. 11. (1) The principal amount of a loan under this Scheme shall be repaid by the subscriber before the expiry of thirty-six months from the first day of the month following the month in which the loan is sanctioned. The repayment may be made either in one lump sum or in two or more monthly instalments within the prescribed period of thirty-six months. The repayment will be credited to the subscriber's account. (2) After the principal of the loan is fully repaid, the subscriber shall pay interest thereon in not more than two monthly instalments at the rate of 1 [ two per cent, per annum ] of the principal for the period commencing from the first day of the month following the month in which the loan is drawn up to the last day of the month in which the last instalment of the loan is repaid: Provided that where the loan is not repaid or is repaid only in part within the prescribed period of thirty-six months, interest on the amount of loan outstanding shall be charged at six per cent per annum instead of at one per cent per annum from the first day of the month following the month in which the loan was obtained to the last day of the month in which the loan is finally repaid. (3) The interest on the amount of loan outstanding under the proviso to sub-paragraph (2) and any portion of interest payable, but not paid, on any loan, the principal amount of which has already been repaid within the prescribed period of thirty-six months, may, on becoming due, be debited to the subscriber's account. (4) The interest recoverable shall accrue to the Central Government. ******* Notes 1. Substituted vide NOTIFICATION [F.No. 1/9/2011-NS-II], dated 25-11-2011 before it was read as one per cent per annum