Is the Free Senior Citizens Savings Scheme (SCSS) API free to use in production apps?

Yes! All FinCalculator REST APIs are completely free, zero-auth, open-CORS, and edge-cached for high performance across global web and mobile applications.

What is the rate limit for /api/v1/compounding?

Endpoints are cached at the edge for 24 hours. There are no restrictive rate limits for standard web traffic and mobile applications.

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Free Senior Citizens Savings Scheme (SCSS) API (2026)

SCSS API for senior citizen guaranteed quarterly income payouts.

Interactive API Playground & Live Test

GET/api/v1/compounding

Zero Auth • Open CORS

Query Parameters

principalnumber • required

Deposit amount in ₹ (up to ₹30L)

ratenumber • optional

Annual Govt interest rate % (default: 8.2)

yearsnumber • optional

Fixed tenure in years (default: 5)

curl -X GET "https://fincalculator.in/api/v1/compounding?principal=1500000&rate=8.2&years=5" \
  -H "Accept: application/json"

Live JSON Response (HTTP 200 OK)

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Request Parameters Schema

Parameter	Type	Required	Description / Notes
principal	number	Required	Deposit amount in ₹ (up to ₹30L)
rate	number	Optional	Annual Govt interest rate % (default: 8.2)
years	number	Optional	Fixed tenure in years (default: 5)

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