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The government has relaxed the norms for various small savings schemes, including the Public Provident Fund (PP
- F and Senior Citizens Savings Scheme.Which of the following statements is/are true with respect to the information provided above? I.The amended Senior Citizen’s Savings (Fourth Amendment) Scheme, 2023, now allows depositors to extend their accounts multiple times upon maturity to benefit from its attractive interest rates for a longer period. II. Earlier, depositors under the Senior Citizen Savings Scheme could renew the deposit under the scheme only twice for just three years; now they can do it multiple times in blocks of three years. III. The finance ministry has also allowed people to open such accounts within 2 months of receiving retirement benefit instead of just one month earlier, in a bid to woo more depositors. Spouses of government employees who die in harness after the age of 55 will now be allowed to open an account under this scheme.
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