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Savings Account

A Savings Account is an interest-bearing deposit account held at a bank that provides low to modest interest rate.
Saving account comes with Debit/ATM Card, Cheque Book and Internet Banking and a Pass Book (if specifically requested for).
People opening savings accounts in various banks (public, private or co-operative) have to mandatorily maintain a certain money threshold in their saving accounts. This is called as Minimum Account Balance (MAB). When MAB falls below the required threshold amount, the bank generally levies a penalty on the account holder.
Please note that banks charge penalty on non-maintenance of MAB which is calculated as a monthly average balance over a period of time and not actually a minimum balance at point in time.
Mathematically speaking, MAB calculated by taking the sum of all end of the day closing balances in your savings account and dividing that by the number of days in that month (including holidays).

Savings Account by Banks

Axis Bank Savings Account

HDFC Bank Savings Account

ICICI Savings Account

Kotak Savings Account

SBI Savings Account

As a thumb rule, even if you don’t maintain the daily minimum balance but maintain the MAB, then you won’t be penalized.
The penalty for non-maintenance of MAB varies bank by bank and also varies by segment of population viz. metro / urban, semi urban and rural.
Please note that one can open special category saving accounts with banks that come without MAB . These include:
Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana Accounts – this is a basic savings account primarily meant for poorer sections of society to encourage them to start saving without any burden of charges or fees.
Corporate Salary Accounts – savings accounts provided to salaried corporate employees so long as pre-determined salary credit arrives every month
Minor Savings Account – to inculcate the savings habit in kids
All the special category savings account do come with Debit/ATM Card, cheque book and pass book.
Important to note that if bank identifies that the customer has any other Savings Bank Account, the Basic Savings Account opened with Bank will be compulsorily closed.
In order to provide safety net to the saving bank holders, a significant number of who are small account holders, the Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation (DICGC), a subsidiary of Reserve Bank of India, insures all bank deposits, such as saving, fixed, current, Recurring deposit for up to the limit of Rs. 100,000 of each deposit in a bank.

Eligibility

Basic Savings Account

The account is available for Indian Residents above the age of 18 years only. The account is not available to individuals in the capacity of HUF Kartas. NRIs are not eligible for this account.

Customer should not be holding any other Savings Account with Bank.

Other Savings Accounts

The account is available for Indian Residents above the age of 18 years only. In the case of minors, the parents or legal guardian of the minor can open the account on their behalf.

Documents Required

Individual Account

Documents acceptable as proof of

Identity/address

Passport

Voter's Identity Card

Driving Licence

Aadhaar Card

NREGA Card

PAN Card

Any one document towards proof of identity and proof of address (either permanent or current) would be required.

Minor Account

Documents required are:

If minor is less than 10 years of age, ID proof of the person who will operate the account to be submitted.

In cases where minor can operate the account independently, KYC procedure for identification/address verification as in the case of any other individuals would apply.

Small Account

A small account can be opened with any one of the following documents which are deemed as ‘Officially Valid Documents'

Identity card with applicant's photograph issued by Government Departments, Statutory/Regulatory Authorities, PSUs, SCBs, and PFIs.

A letter issued by a gazetted officer, with a duly attested photograph of the person.

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