If you have availed a loan of Rs. 10 Lakh from a lending institution at an interest rate of 10.50% for a tenure of 10 years or 120 months, the formula determines that the EMIs payable is Rs 13,493. Earlier banks used to offer same rate on their savings accounts Interest rate i.e. 4% per annum and you used to get the same returns with any bank. But during the year 2012, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has de-regulated interest on savings account and banks are now free to decide on the interest rate that they want to offer on savings account Commercial Bank Interest Rate on Credit Card Plans, All Accounts Percent, Monthly, Not Seasonally Adjusted Nov 1994 to Nov 2019 (Jan 8) 3-Month AA Nonfinancial Commercial Paper Rate