National Highway Authority Of India(NHAI) ,an autonomous body under ministry of Road Transport & Highways ,Govt Of India was constituted by an act of parliament in 1995.It is responsible for the development,maintainance and management of national highways and issues related to it.
NHAI has come up with an issue of Tax Free bonds means interest received from these bonds will be free from income tax u/s 10(15)(iv)(h) of IT act 1961.
Issue Details:
- Issue Open date:Dec 28, 2011.
- Issue Close date:Jan 11,2012.
- Holding:Both in demat and physical form.
- Interest Rates:
| Options | Tranche-1Series-1 | Tranche-1Series-2. |
| Tenor | 10 Yrs | 15 Yrs |
| Coupon Rate | 8.20% | 8.30% |
- Interest payment is annual only and no cumulative option.Interest will be paid on first day of month of October each year.First interest payment will be on 1st Oct.2012.with interest from allotment date to 30th Sept 2012 will be paid.
- Face value: Rs.1,000/-.
- Minimum Application amount: 50 Bonds or Rs.50,000/-.
- Security:Bonds are secured.
- Credit Ratings: AAA from CRISIL,CARE and FITCH,,which indicates highest safety and stable outlook.
As interest received is tax free,investors with higher tax brackets can benefited more.Partial liquidity is available through annual interest income.Currently SBI is offering 9.25% interest rate.For 20% bracket imcome net returns get reduced upto 7.25%…as well in future tax bracket can also be changed to 30%.so if anyone looking to lock some money for quite long term,then surely think of this issue.
We can do one assumption that anyone have invested Rs.1 lakh in this issue for 10 yrs and reinvest the annual interest received in fixed deposits with average post tax interest rate of 7%.Then overall he will collect Rs.1,14,300 + Initial invested principal (1 lakh) = 2,14,300 (7.95% CAGR) after 10 yrs and after tax is paid .
Please inform whether NHAI tax saving bonds are available.