ISLAMABAD: The Central Directorate of National Savings (CDNS) has achieved Rs 269 billion savings during current fiscal year from July to March, 2015 against the target of Rs 284 billion.
An official of CDNS giving breakups of nine months of the year 2014-15 regarding achievements of the CDNS said here on Thursday that “People have shown confidence in National Saving, when deceptive methods and risk factors are involved in different areas of market for the investors.
The official, National Saving said, “Our institution believes in accountability and transparency methods to prove the confidence of customers.
He said that currently the people trends have shifted from short term to medium and long term investment for which CDNS give better chance for medium and short term investment.
The CDNS has launched comparatively better schemes for senior citizens and gave them higher rate, he added.
He added that Staff strength in 1984 was 3500, since 1984 whereas thevolume of work has been increased many folds adding that the total debt stock of NSCs was Rs.19 billion in 1984 which has been increased to PKR 2,461billions by now with same staff strength.
He said that this phenomenon is also evident in case of investment of institutions and as same in banking sector and Treasury Bills, where T. Bills substantially reduce and Pakistan Investment Bonds (PIB) increased in long terms schemes.
Regarding the future outlook of the CDNS, he said that in order to strengthen the secondary market of debt instruments CDNS can offer Bonds/Certificates through depository as well stock exchanges.
The deliberation with stakeholders i.e. CDC and KSE has already been completed.
He further said that a long Term Paper under the nomenclature of Children Protection Scheme is also under consideration.
He said that the CDNS has also proposed launching of Shariah Compliant Security in domestic market as products has great appetite.
The official of the CDNS said that the proposal to launch registered prize bond with offering coupon as well as prize is also under consideration.
