DUSHANBE, February 7, Asia-Plus -- Over the past several years, a total volume of deposits both from juridical and physical entities has increased, Murodali Alimardonov, head of Tajikistan’s central bank, remarked at a news conference in Dushanbe on Monday [February 7].  

He noted that compared to the beginning of the year a total volume of deposits has increased by 84.8 percent and amounted to 539 million Somonis (at the beginning of the year, it amounted to 295 million Somonis).   “Today, trust of population in the country’s banking system is increasing and a volume of deposits from physical entities is increasing respectively,” Alimardonov said, noting that people’s incomes are also increasing.  

If in 2004, 108.6 million Somonis were attracted from physical entities, last year this index amounted to 157 million Somonis.  

Interest rate on deposits depends on a type of deposit is not higher than 10%-12%.