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State Bank of IndiaSavings account

SBI Basic Savings Bank Deposit Account

A no-minimum-balance SBI basic savings account designed for essential banking, with a free Basic RuPay ATM-cum-Debit Card and tightly defined withdrawal rules.

First-party evidencePublished researchReviewed September 9, 2026Active
Balance / relationshipMinimum balance Nil and no published upper balance limit on the reviewed full-KYC BSBDA product.
Cost / chargesNo minimum-balance charge; reviewed SBI page states the Basic RuPay ATM-cum-Debit Card is issued free with no annual maintenance charge, and there is no account-closure charge.
Limits / allowancesMinimum four free withdrawals/transfers/ATM transactions per month under current SBI BSBDA terms; SBI's April 2026 branch-channel page states digital payments excluding ATM transactions — including POS, NEFT, RTGS, UPI and IMPS — are not counted as withdrawals for this purpose.
Ongoing relationship ruleFull-KYC SBI BSBDA with a free Basic RuPay ATM-cum-Debit Card and no card annual-maintenance charge.
Research processPublished by bankingreference.info

Structured from first-party bank/issuer evidence. This page does not claim personal hands-on product use unless that experience is explicitly stated.

2 first-party sources
Last checkedSeptember 9, 2026

Recorded source review date, not a claim that the product changed that day.

Maintenance stateWithin scheduled review window

Target recheck: January 7, 2027.

Critical decision facts

Start with the ongoing account relationship, then price the access layer.

Balance or salary conditions, charges, allowances and downgrade rules can matter more than a promotional benefit.

01 · Balance / relationshipMinimum balance Nil and no published upper balance limit on the reviewed full-KYC BSBDA product.
02 · Cost / chargesNo minimum-balance charge; reviewed SBI page states the Basic RuPay ATM-cum-Debit Card is issued free with no annual maintenance charge, and there is no account-closure charge.
03 · Limits / allowancesMinimum four free withdrawals/transfers/ATM transactions per month under current SBI BSBDA terms; SBI's April 2026 branch-channel page states digital payments excluding ATM transactions — including POS, NEFT, RTGS, UPI and IMPS — are not counted as withdrawals for this purpose.
04 · Ongoing relationship ruleFull-KYC SBI BSBDA with a free Basic RuPay ATM-cum-Debit Card and no card annual-maintenance charge.
Maintained terms

Fees, balances, benefits, limits and eligibility without a single-score shortcut.

These six fields are the cross-product layer. The specialist section above controls whenever a type-specific field is more precise.

Cost / chargesNo minimum-balance charge; reviewed SBI page states the Basic RuPay ATM-cum-Debit Card is issued free with no annual maintenance charge, and there is no account-closure charge.
Balance / relationshipMinimum balance Nil and no published upper balance limit on the reviewed full-KYC BSBDA product.
Core benefitsBasic RuPay ATM-cum-Debit Card, branch/ATM withdrawals and free receipt of funds through electronic payment channels such as NEFT/RTGS.
Limits / allowancesMinimum four free withdrawals/transfers/ATM transactions per month under current SBI BSBDA terms; SBI's April 2026 branch-channel page states digital payments excluding ATM transactions — including POS, NEFT, RTGS, UPI and IMPS — are not counted as withdrawals for this purpose.
EligibilityIndividuals with valid KYC documents. A customer cannot simultaneously hold another SBI Savings Bank Account and must close an existing savings account within 30 days of opening this BSBDA.
Ongoing relationship ruleFull-KYC SBI BSBDA with a free Basic RuPay ATM-cum-Debit Card and no card annual-maintenance charge.
Fit & cautions

Who this record appears designed for—and what can break the fit.

Best-fit wording summarizes the published proposition. It is not individualized financial advice or an approval prediction.

Potential fit

Customers who need a basic no-minimum-balance SBI account and do not need cheque-book access or frequent monthly withdrawals.

Verify before relying
  • The BSBDA withdrawal framework is separate from digital-payment treatment: current SBI material excludes non-ATM digital payments such as POS, NEFT, RTGS, UPI and IMPS from the withdrawal count.
  • No cheque-book facility is available on the reviewed full-KYC BSBDA product.
  • BSBDA ownership rules restrict holding another BSBD account and can require closure/conversion of other savings relationships under current terms.
Verified product relationships

Links the bank explicitly documents.

This section is narrower than the same-bank map below. Every relationship shown here has its own first-party evidence; products merely sharing a bank are not treated as linked.

Includes free Basic RuPay card

SBI Basic RuPay ATM-cum-Debit Card

SBI explicitly states that its full-KYC Basic Savings Bank Deposit Account is issued with a Basic RuPay ATM-cum-Debit Card free of cost and without annual maintenance charge.

The card fee treatment comes from the BSBDA relationship; account-level withdrawal rules remain controlling and current SBI material excludes non-ATM digital payments such as POS, NEFT, RTGS, UPI and IMPS from the BSBDA withdrawal count.Verify relationship at bank ↗
Maintained comparisons

Compare this product only where the pair is deliberately maintained.

Both sides keep independent review dates, exact conditions and first-party evidence. No winner score is generated.

First-party source ledger

Complete evidence set for this maintained profile.

Each source remains independent. A product page, tariff, KFS/MITC, rate schedule or programme document is not silently treated as interchangeable evidence.

Current-use rule

When the bank changes a term after the recorded review, the current agreement, tariff, KFS/MITC or effective rate table controls.

Research boundary

This page organizes dated public evidence; it does not guarantee eligibility, availability, approval, service quality or future pricing.