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Basic Savings Bank Deposit Account-New version of no-frill account

August 27, 2012by Basavaraj Tonagatti

Recently RBI modified it’s earlier circular about “no-frill” savings account to offer common minimum services to customers. So first let us understand what is meant by “no-frill account”. No-frill accounts are mainly aimed at providing banking service to all but with minimum basic facilities. To understand it in a better way, I will provide you the no-frill account features of HDFC Bank.

No-frill account HDFC-Free ATM Card, Free net banking, you can use NEFT for fund transfer, free phone banking, free quarterly statement, free 1 cash withdrawal at your branch in a month (additional withdrawal will cost you Rs.50), first cheque book free but additional cheque book at Rs.5 a leaf, minimum balance is zero, it is eligible to the person who dont have bank account and who have annual income of less than Rs.50,000.

But the above said features are not common to all banks, like for Axis bank eligibility conditions are different (Sum of all total credit to your account does not exceed Rs.1,00,000 in a financial year and when you are unable to furnish all the documents during normal account opening procedure.).

To make it more active and uniformity among banks RBI issued latest guidelines and introduced the accounts called “Basic Savings Bank Deposit Account”. Let us see it’s feature.

1) This account is considered as normal Banking service available to all.

2) Zero balance maintenance.

3) Services available are-Withdrawing money from Bank ATMs as well as Bank branches, receipt and credit or money through electronic transfer or deposit/collection drawn through Central Govt/Stage Govt and dept.

4) Facility of ATM Debit card is available.

5) Their is no limit for deposit of money in a month but withdrawal is limited to four including ATM withdrawal.

6) Above facilities are free. Also no penalty on inactive accounts.

7) Apart from the above said basic services, banks are free to charge for the any additional value added services but should be transparent.

8) KYC and Anti Money Laundering rules and regulations apply to this account too.

9) Suppose you have any other account with same branch then you need to close that account within 30 days of opening this account.

10) Existing no-frill accounts will be converted to Basic Savings Bank Deposit Account.

 

Category: BankingTag: Basic Savings Bank Deposit Account, no-frill account

About Basavaraj Tonagatti

Basavaraj Tonagatti is the man behind this blog. He is SEBI Registered Investment Adviser who is practicing Fee-Only Financial Planning Process and also an Independent Certified Financial Planner (CFP), engaged in blogging since 7 years. BasuNivesh blog is ranked as one among India's Top 10 Personal Finance Blog. He is not associated with any Financial product/service provider. The purpose of this blog is to "Spread personal finance awareness and make them to take informed financial decisions." Please note that the views given in this Blog/Comments Section/Forum are clarifications meant for reference and guidance of the readers to explore further on the topics/queries raised and take informed decisions. These should not be construed as investment advice or legal opinion."

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Comments

  1. Mayur

    January 17, 2017 at 5:22 PM

    Please clarify on total deposit limit in a financial year for a bsbda account?
    Not bsbda-small.

    Reply
    • Basavaraj Tonagatti

      January 17, 2017 at 6:35 PM

      Mayur-It is same as explained above.

      Reply
      • Mayur

        January 17, 2017 at 9:29 PM

        Even after furnishing aadhar and pan acknowledgement no.?
        It is same i.e. Rs. 1,00,000/-
        deposit in one fiscal.

        Reply
        • Basavaraj Tonagatti

          January 18, 2017 at 6:17 AM

          Mayur-KYC is must and it does not changes the feature of this account.

          Reply
  2. Soumodip Das

    March 18, 2015 at 11:51 AM

    After The Modi Government Introduced The “Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana Scheme” Based On BSBDA Accounts A Lot Of people Are Getting Confused Between A PMJDY Scheme Availed BSBDA Account And A PMJDY Scheme Unavailed BSBDA Account.

    This Is To Clarify That PMJDY Is Not An Account But A Scheme Which Is Based On A BSBDA Account.

    A Customer Can Open Normal BSBDA Account With or Without Availing The PMJDY Scheme.

    If A Customer Opens A BSBDA Account With The PMJDY Scheme The Customer Will Be Offered With A Different Set Of Features And Also If A Customer Opens A BSBDA Account Without The PMJDY Scheme The Customer Gets Offered Witb A Different Set Of Features.

    The Most Important Feature Is That If An Individual Opens A BSBDA Account Without The PMJDY Scheme He Can Hold Multiple BSBDA Accounts With Different Banks And Restrictions Like Income And Social Status Should Not Be Imposed By The Bank While An Individual Goes To A Bank Inorder To Open This Type Of Account.(As Per RBI)

    Now If An Individual Opens A BSBDA Account Under The PMJDY Scheme He Will Not Be Eligible To Open Any Other Account Variant With Any Other Bank.

    (No Offence To Anyone I Might Be Wrong)

    Reply
  3. Aparajita Bhagat

    June 23, 2014 at 7:21 AM

    Thank u sir I had lots of confusion on this toppic. Now everything is clear.

    Reply
    • Basavaraj Tonagatti

      June 23, 2014 at 9:12 AM

      Aparajita-Pleasure 🙂

      Reply

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