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TMI BlogBank Charges for TransactionsX X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Bank Charges for Transactions X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Machines (CDMs). * Receipt/ credit of money through any electronic channel or by means of deposit /collection of cheques drawn by Central/State Government agencies and departments. * No limit on number and value of deposits that can be made in a month. * Minimum of four withdrawals in a month, including ATM withdrawals. * ATM Card or ATM-cum-Debit Card. Accordingly, as on March, 2019 the ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... above facilities are provided to 57.3 crore BSBD accounts (including 35.27 crore PMJDY accounts) free of charge. In addition to the above, banks may provide additional value-added services, including issue of cheque book, beyond the above minimum facilities, which may/may not be priced (in non- discriminatory manner) subject to disclosure. The availment of such additional services are to made a ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... t the option of the customers. However, while offering such additional services, banks shall not require the customer to maintain a minimum balance and offering such additional services would also not make BSBD account a non-BSBD Account, so long as the prescribed minimum services are provided free of charge by the banks. For accounts other than BSBD accounts, as per Reserve ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Bank of India (RBI)'s Master Circular on "Customer Service in Banks" dated July 1, 2015, banks are permitted to fix service charges on various services rendered by them, as per their Board approved policy, while ensuring that the charges are reasonable and not out of line with the average cost of providing these services. Banks have been advised to identify basic services and the principles to be ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... adopted/ followed by them for ensuring reasonableness in fixing such charges. They are also advised to take steps to ensure that customers are made aware of the service charges upfront and changes in the service charges are implemented only with the prior notice to the customers. As apprised by Reserve Bank of India (RBI), the total number of savings accounts in Public Sector Banks has increased ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... since 2015. The details are as follows:
Year
Total no. of Savings Accounts (in crore)
2015
88.39
2016
101.37
2017
112.88
2018
119.25
This was stated by Shri Anurag Thakur, Minister of State for Finance & Corporate Affairs in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today. X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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