ISLAMABAD: The Central Directorate of National Savings (CDNS) has received a fresh deposit of Rs 971 billion from July 1 to 30 June, in the last fiscal year 2020-21.

The CDNS has set Rs 250 billion annual collection target collection from July 1 to June 30 for the year 2020-21 as compared to Rs 352 billion for the previous year’s 2019-20 to enhance savings and promote saving culture in the country, a senior official of CDNS told APP here on Friday.

The CDNS had set Rs 352 billion annual collection target for the year 2019-20 as compared to Rs 350 billion for the previous year’s 2018-19, he said.

He has received an increased investment of Rs 70 billion by June 30 of this fiscal year’s 2020-21 from the new registered Premium Prize Bond of Rs 40,000 and Rs 25000 newly introduced by the institution.

In the last one year of 2020-21, investors have withdrawn Rs 881 billion after the suspension of the said bond.

He said new registered Premium Prize Bonds of Rs 40,000 and Rs 25,000 were registered by State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) and en-cashed only by the registered financial institution under the SBP.

Replying to another question, he informed, “We paid the encashment of Rs 155 billion by June 30th of this month to the investors against the suspension of prize bonds of Rs 25,000.”

He said the federal government recently suspended the prize bonds of Rs 25,000 and had given a six-month deadline to investors to en-cash their total savings of Rs 160 billion.

The senior official of CDNS said National Savings has paid Rs 148 billion to their customers in the last six months and remaining 5 billion out of total Rs 160 billion would also be paid by October 30, 2021, he said.