Many types of investment schemes are being run in the country for the better future of daughters. One of these is Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana. You can give a big gift to your daughter by investing in this scheme in the name of your daughter this Diwali.

In this scheme, your daughter's account has to be opened before she turns ten years old. If your daughter is not ten years old, then start investing in the scheme in her name for 15 years today. This government scheme has a lock-in period of 6 years.

In this scheme, you can withdraw 50 percent of the maturity amount after your daughter turns 18. Its maturity period is 21 years. In this, you can invest a minimum of Rs 250 and a maximum of Rs 1.5 lakh every year. You will get an interest rate of 8.2 percent on this.