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i. Investments in NABARD Rural Bonds will qualify for tax exemption under Section 80C of IT Act, 1961.
ii. Face Value : Each bond has a face value of Rs. 1,000/-.
iii. Tenure of Bond : The bonds will be issued for a tenure of 5 years from the deemed date of allotment. The lock in period
for the bonds will be 5 years.
iv. Who can apply : Individuals in their own names or in the name of their minor children as natural/legal guardians. Hindu
Undivided Families through the Karta of the Hindu Undivided Family. (Applications by HUF would be given the same
treatment as that to applicants by individuals).
v. Minimum Investment : The minimum investment under NABARD Rural Bonds shall be Rs. 5,000/- i.e. five bonds and in
multiples of Rs. 1,000/- thereafter.
vi. Deemed Date of Allotment : Last day of the month of investment shall be the deemed date of allotment of the bonds.
All the benefits under the bonds will accrue to the investors from this date.
vii. Interest payment : The rate of interest of the Rural Bonds will be announced in the leading newspapers from time to
time and also notified on the NABARD website:www.nabard.org. Interest will be calculated on annual or cumulative basis
as per the option. Applicants will be paid interest on their application money @ 5.00% p.a. from the date of realisation of
application money upto one day prior to the deemed date of allotment and will be sent to the investor alongwith the first
interest payment.
Additional interest of 50 bps will be paid to senior citizen applicants i.e aged 60 years and above at the time of submission
of application.
viii. Terms of Payment : The full amount of face value of the Rural Bonds applied should be paid along with the
application.
ix. Investment holding : Investment in bonds may be held either in “Physical Form” or in “DEMAT Form”. One consolidated
certificate will be issued against each application, wherever the bond is issued in physical form.
x. Depository Arrangement : Investors will have the option to hold the security in dematerialised form and deal with the
same as per the provisions of Depositories Act, 1996 (as amended from time to time). The investors opting for bonds in
demat form are required to follow the necessary guidelines in this regard.
xi. Despatch of Bond Certificates and Refund Orders : NABARD shall ensure despatch of refund orders and bond
certificates by Registered Post/Speed Post only. Despatch of bond certificates shall be completed within 60 days from
the deemed date of allotment.
xii. Despatch of Interest Warrant : Interest warrants will be despatched as per option (annual/cumulative). Interest/
Redemption payment will be made through ECS. For non-MICR cities, the interest warrant pertaining to the bonds in
demat form will be sent by Registered Post if the amount exceeds Rs. 1000/-. NABARD shall not be responsible for any
delay in receipt of the bond or the interest warrant.
xiii. Rejection of applications : NABARD reserves the rights to accept or reject any application in whole or in part and in
either case without assigning any reason therefor. In the event the bonds applied for are not allotted in full/part, the
excess application money, without interest, in respect of any application will be refunded. Any application for bonds,
which is not complete in all respects, may be rejected.
xiv. Mode of Refunds : In case of rejection of applications or non-allotment of the bonds, refunds will be made by cheque
or by pay order drawn on any bank payable at centres as per the details furnished in the application form.
xvi. Transferability : The bond is non-transferable and cannot be offered as a security for any loan or advance.
xvii. Application under Power of Attorney : In the case of applications made under Powers of Attorney, a certified copy of
the Power of Attorney and/or the relevant authority letter, as the case may be, must be lodged separately at the office of
the Registrars to the Issue, — to be notified on our website.
xviii. Nomination : Individual investors can opt for nomination, to whom, in the event of death of the holder(s), the amount of
bond may be paid. Where the bond is held by two or more persons, the nominee shall become entitled to receive the
amount only on the demise of all the holders.
xix. Death of First holder : In case of death of the first applicant, payment of redemption value of the investment will be made
to the second applicant.
xx. Governing Law : The bonds are governed by and shall be construed in accordance with the existing laws in India,
NABARD Bonds Regulations, SEBI/RBI directives or any other regulation. Any dispute arising thereof will be subject to
jurisdiction at Mumbai.