Zero Balance Account for Beneficiaries of Government Programmes

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..... Zero Balance Account for Beneficiaries of Government Programmes
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Dated:- 14-12-2012

Press Information Bureau Government of India Ministry of Finance 13-December- .....

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..... 2012 18:51 IST The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has advised all Scheduled Commercial Banks (SCBs) on 10.8.2012 to offer a 'Basic Savings Bank Deposit Account' and also convert existing basic banking ' .....

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..... no-frills' accounts' to 'Basic Savings Bank Deposit Account'. Such accounts do not have the requirement of any minimum balance and comes with the facility of ATM Card or ATM-cum-Debit Card. However, t .....

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..... he holders of such accounts are not eligible to open any other savings bank deposit account in that bank. Under Financial Inclusion, banks have already opened 3.16 crore accounts by March 31, 2012. T .....

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..... his was stated by the Minister of State for Finance Shri Namo Narain Meena in a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha today. * * * * * DSM/RS/ka
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