What is the Baroda Senior Citizen Privilege Saving account?

Baroda Senior Citizen Privilege Savings Account is for Indian citizens who have reached the age of 60 or older. This account is mainly for senior citizens, who are looking for earning interests on the

Can a senior citizen open a bank account?

Yes, a senior citizen can open a bank account.

How many accounts can be opened under SCSS by a senior citizen?

No limit on the number of investments, but the overall limit of investment under the SCSS scheme is Rs. 15 lakhs.

Can the Senior Citizen Savings account can be used as Pension Account?

Yes, it can used as a pension account for retirement-seeking residents above the age of 60 years.

Does Baroda Senior Citizen Privilege Scheme provide a sweep facility?

Sweep facility is available on request only over and above Rs. 50,000 in multiples of Rs. 10,000 for 181 days & reverse sweep in multiple of Rs. 1000.

How to open senior citizen savings account online via Bank of Baroda?

A senior Citizen savings account can be opened online via bank’s website or through the branch.

What is the interest rate for senior citizens in the Bank of Baroda?

Senior citizens earn normal interest rates that apply to savings accounts. Please visit the interest rates section of our website for the latest Bank of Baroda interest rates for senior citizens.

Can a person below the age of 60 years open a joint account with a senior citizen?

Yes, a person below the age of 60 years can open a joint account with a senior citizen.

What is the minimum account balance required to be maintained for a senior citizen privilege saving account?

Minimum balances are defined below: Rs. 3,000 in Metros or urban areas Rs. 2,000 in Semi-urban Rs. 1,000 in rural

How is the average monthly balance (AMB) calculated?

The closing-day balance average for a given month is known as the AMB. You must add up the end-of-day balances for each day and divide the total by the number of days in the month to determine the AMB.

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Features
Eligibility
Documents Required
Most Important Terms and Conditions (MITC)

Baroda Senior Citizen Privilege Scheme : Benefits

Baroda Senior Citizen Privilege Scheme : Features

Sweep facility is available on request only over & above Rs.50,000/- in multiple of Rs.10,000/- for 181 days & reverse sweep in multiple of Rs.1000/-
Free 3 transaction in a month (included Financial & non-financial) on non-BOB ATMs over & above of free transaction limit of non-BOB ATMs
1st year free Visa Platinum Debit card with cash withdrawal limit upto Rs.1 lac and purchase limit on POS up to Rs.2 lac per day.

Baroda Senior Citizen Privilege Scheme : Eligibility

Resident Indians of 60 years and above are eligible to open the account
Pensioner can also open to avail pension facility

Baroda Senior Citizen Privilege Scheme : Documents Required

List Of Valid KYC Documents For Account Opening

Permanent Account Number (PAN)/ FORM60 is mandatorily to be obtained while opening of the accounts as per extant Reserve Bank of India Guidelines.

Officially Valid Documents (OVDs) for Accounts of Individuals

Passport
Driving license with photo
Proof of possession of Aadhaar Number
Voter’s Identity Card issued by Election Commission of India,
Job card issued by NREGA duly signed by an officer of the State Government.
Letter issued by the National Population Register containing details of Name and Address.

Deemed Officially Valid Documents, In case OVD does not contains current/ updated address. (At least one document from the list is Required.)

Utility bill of any service provider i.e. electricity, telephone, postpaid mobile phone, piped gas, water bill (not more than two months old)
Property or Municipal Tax receipt;
Pension or family pension payment orders (PPOs) issued to retired employees by Government Departments or Public Sector Undertakings, If they contain the address;
 Letter of allotment of accommodation from employer issued by State or Central Government departments, statutory or regulatory bodies, and public sector undertakings, scheduled commercial banks, financial institutions and listed companies. Similarly, leave and license agreements with such employers allotting official accommodation;

In case of Foreign Students

Copy of Passport and copy of Visa.
An Identity Card issued by college / institution.
An admission letter for the course mentioning duration of course for which he/ she is admitted by the Institute / College.
An allotment letter on letter head of the institution/ college for allotment of hostel accommodation duly singed by the authorized signatory, mentioning detailed address and location of hostel, room no. etc. and date of allotment of hostel accommodation etc. or a valid address proof giving local address in form of rent agreement within 30 days of opening of the account.

For NRI / Foreign Tourist For PIO/OCI

Passport
Valid Visa
PAN/FORM60

Address proof mentioning the current overseas address (any one of the below)

Documents issued by Govt. Deptt. of foreign jurisdictions i.e. Driving License, National Identification Card, Social Security Card, Employee Card and Labour Card, Tax Residency Certificate etc. having Name and Address of the Applicant Letter Issued by Foreign Embassies or Mission in India having Name and Address of the Applicant Utility bill of any service provider i.e. electricity, telephone, postpaid mobile phone, piped gas, water bill (not more than two months old) Property/ Municipal Tax Receipt
Letter of allotment of accommodation/ Leave and License agreements allotting official accommodation from employer issued by State or Central Govt. departments, statutory or regulatory bodies, public sector undertakings, scheduled commercial banks, financial institutions and listed companies.

For Foreign Nationals

PAN/FORM60 Valid Foreign Passport Valid Indian Visa	Address proof mentioning the current overseas address (any one)	Foreign Driving License Documents issued by Govt. Deptt. of foreign jurisdictions i.e. National Identification Card, Green Card and Social Security Card etc. having Name and Address of the Foreign National. Letter Issued by Foreign Embassies or Mission in India having Name and Address of the Applicant

PAN/FORM60
Valid Foreign Passport
Valid Indian Visa

Address proof mentioning the current overseas address (any one)

Foreign Driving License
Documents issued by Govt. Deptt. of foreign jurisdictions i.e. National Identification Card, Green Card and Social Security Card etc. having Name and Address of the Foreign National.
Letter Issued by Foreign Embassies or Mission in India having Name and Address of the Applicant

(FRRO/ FRO Certificate/ Permit/ Indian Driving License/ OVDs/ any Deemed OVD mentioned herein above, is required to be provided for Indian Address Proof.)

Accounts of Companies	Certificate of Incorporation Memorandum & Articles of Association. PAN No. of the Company Resolution of the Board of Directors and Power of Attorney granted to its managers, officers or employees to transact on its behalf; and Any one of the OVDs and PAN/FORM60 of the managers, officers or employees, as the case may be, holding an attorney to transact on its behalf with his / her photograph
Accounts of Sole Proprietary firms.	(Any two of the following documents to be obtained) Registration Certificate Certificate/ license issued by the municipal authorities under Shop & Establishment Act, Sales and income tax returns, CST/ VAT/GST Certificate (Provisional/Final), Certificate / registration document issued by Sales Tax / Service Tax / Professional Tax authorities. IEC (Importer Exporter Code) issued to the proprietary concern by the office of DGFT or License/ certificate of practice issued in the name of proprietary concern by any professional body incorporated under statute Complete Income Tax return (not just the acknowledgement) in the name of Sole Proprietor where the Firm’s income is reflected, duly authenticated/ Acknowledged by the Income Tax Authorities. Utility bills such as electricity, water, and landline telephone bills in the name of the proprietary concern. In case where the branches are satisfied that it is not possible to furnish two such documents from the above list, they would have the discretion to accept only one of those documents as activity proof. In such cases, the branches would have to undertake contact point verification, collect information to establish the existence of such firm, confirm, and satisfy itself that the business activity has been verified from the address of the proprietary concern. AND Any one of the OVDs along with PAN/ FORM60 of the proprietor.
Accounts of Partnership firms. (Registered)	Registration certificate, Partnership deed; and PAN No. of the Partnership Firm, Any one of the OVDs and PAN/ FORM60 of the person holding an Attorney to transact on its behalf with his/ her photograph
Accounts of Trusts	Registration Certificate Trust Deed PAN/ FORM60 of Entity Any one of the OVDs and PAN/FORM60 of the person holding an Attorney to transact on its behalf with his/her photograph.
Accounts of Unincorporated Associations or body of individuals includes unregistered	Resolution of the Managing body of such association or body of individuals; PAN/ FORM60 of Unincorporated Associations or body of individuals Power of Attorney granted to transact on its behalf;
Partnership firm/ trusts and societies.	Any one of the OVDs and PAN/ FORM60 of the Office bearers / Signatories and persons holding Power of Attorney, if any with his/her photograph in respect of the person holding an Attorney to transact on its behalf; Any one of the below mentioned list of documents to collectively establish the legal existence of such an associations or body of individuals. Partnership Deed/ Trust Deed/ Bye Laws Certificate/ license issued by the municipal authorities under Shop & Establishment Act, Sales Tax Returns, CST/ VAT/ GST certificates (Provisional/ Final) Certificate/ registration document issued by Sales Tax/ Service Tax/ Professional Tax authorities. License/ certificate of practice issued in the name of proprietary concern by any professional body incorporated under statute. Complete Income Tax return (not just the acknowledgement) in the name of Sole Proprietor where the Firm’s income is reflected, duly authenticated/ Acknowledged by the Income Tax Authorities. Utility bills such as electricity, water, and landline telephone bills in the name of the concerns.
Accounts of Hindu Undivided Family	PAN Card of HUF. Declaration from the Karta. HUF Letter/ Declaration signed by all the coparcener and Karta. Any one of the OVDs and PAN/ FORM60 of the Karta with his / her photograph
Accounts of the Government or its Departments, societies, universities and local bodies like village panchayats etc.	Document showing name of the person authorized to act on behalf of the Government or its Departments, societies, universities and local bodies like village panchayats; Any one of the OVDs and PAN/FORM60 of the person holding an attorney to transact on its behalf and Any document to establish the legal existence of such an entity/ juridical person.
Account of Political Parties	Duly signed resolution of the working committee/ managing body as per bye- laws indicating details of the party president/ authorized signatory, tenure etc. PAN of the Political Party Power of Attorney granted to transact on its behalf; Duly authenticated copy of Constitution/ Bye laws of the Party Duly authenticated copy of Registration of Party with election commission Authority letter, on party letter head, from Party president/ Authorized signatory as per Bye-laws for opening of account mentioning address of the State Unit, Title of Account and operating instructions for authorized signatory with attestation of their signature and photograph. Any one of the OVDs and PAN/ FORM60 of the Office bearers / Signatories and persons holding Power of Attorney, if any with his/her photograph in respect of the person holding an Attorney to transact on its behalf;

Baroda Senior Citizen Privilege Scheme : Most Important Terms and Conditions (MITC)

Minimum Balance Requirement.

Rural	Rs 500*
Semi-Urban	Rs 1000*
Urban / Metro	Rs 2000/-*

Computation: Minimum QAB requirement is calculated on the basis of summation of closing balance of number of days divided by number of days. For purpose of arriving at Quarterly Average Balance/Minimum Balance charges, the period of quarters are considered as 16th Mar to 15th Jun, 16th Jun to 15th sep, 16th sep to 15th Dec and 16th Dec to 15th Mar of a particular year

Terms & Conditions

Transactions of saving oriented nature are permitted. Commercial transactions are non allowable transactions. If non allowable transactions are noticed then Bank may close the account with prior notice/intimation citing reasons thereof.

Cash Deposit

For Rs.50000/- and above PAN is required to be submitted as per requirement of Income Tax
At Cash machines:
- Cash deposit with debit card up to Rs.2,00,000/- (2 Lacs) per day where PAN is registered and Rs.49,999/- where PAN is not registered in account.
- Card less transaction (by feeding account number) up to Rs. 20,000/- per day.
- Fake note, Suspicious Note is impounded and receipt is given to the customer. Torne/Mutilated/Taped notes are not accepted by these machines.

Cash Withdrawal:

Maximum Rs. 50000/- per day withdrawal allowed to A/c holder only at outstation branches.
Third party cash payment at local non-base branches and outstation branches is totally restricted.

Withdrawal(s) & use of Withdrawal Form (Slip)

Withdrawals will be allowed either by withdrawal forms or by cheques. Payment against withdrawal form along with passbook is allowed for self only with per day limit of Rs. 25000/- (Minimum Rs. 25/- in Rural/SU and Rs. 50/- in Metro/Urban)

Passbook and statement of account

Free Pass Book
Rs. 100/-- per duplicate Pass Book / Statement with latest balance only.

Nomination Facility: - Nomination facility available

Transfer of account/ scheme

upon submission of application along with pass book and unused cheque leaves the account can be transferred to another branch/ scheme free of charge.

Closure of account and charges

All the authorized signatories of the account will give in writing his/her/their intention to close the account. The relative passbook, Debit Card and the unused cheque leaves should be surrendered along with the letter requesting closure.
In case of pre-mature closure of the account no charges will be levied if the account is closed within 14 days of first customer induced credit into the account. However, charges @ Rs.300/- plus service tax will be levied if account is closed beyond 14 days but within 1 year of the first customer induced transaction. In case of death of account holder no charges will be levied.

Interest Calculation and Frequency

Interest for the period February to April will be credited in May, Interest for May to July will be credited in August, interest for August to October will be credited in November and interest for November to January will be credited in February every year.

Dormant/ Inoperative Account

Account becomes inoperative/dormant if there are no customer induced transactions in Savings account for over a period of two years. Interest is continued to be applied in all such Savings Bank accounts. No charges are levied for in-operation of accounts.
Activation/Closure of Dormant/Inoperative accounts will be done after submission of necessary KYC documents, photo, fresh specimen signature, subject to satisfaction of the Bank.
All Accounts which have remained inoperative/dormant for a period of 10 years and above will be treated as unclaimed deposits and will be transferred to RBI. Upon receipt of the request from the customer such deposits will be returned subject to conditions.

SMS Alerts and Charges

Free for the first year. Thereafter, charges @ Rs. 15/- per quarter are levied.

Debit card and Charges

Free Debit card for first year
ATM Transactions at other bank ATM (India) – free upto 6 transactions in a month both Financial and Non- Financial) at 6 centres viz, Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad and thereafter Rs. 20/- for every transaction will be charged. For any other centre (except these 6 centres) upto 8 transactions (both Financial and Non- Financial) are free in a month thereafter Rs. 20/- for every transaction will be charged.

Auto / Reverse Sweep:

Sweep facility available on request only over & above Rs.50,000/- in multiple of Rs.10000/- i.e. first Sweep out for Rs.10,000 will happen only when account balance reaches Rs.60,000. The duration of Fixed Deposit will be 181 days and in case of requirement of funds in SB A/c, auto reverse sweep in multiple of Rs.1,000/- on LIFO pattern (last in first out).
However, for premature withdrawals of all deposits, interest will be paid one per cent less than the rate which is applicable at the time of placing the deposit, for the period for which the deposit has actually run.

Disclosure of information

The Bank may disclose information about customer’s account, if required and permitted by law, rule or regulations, or at the request of any public or regulatory authority or if such disclosure is required for the purpose of preventing frauds, or in public interest, without specific consent of the account holder(s).
All relevant policies including code of commitments to customers and grievance redressal policy are available at the branches.
MITCs OF ATM/DEBIT Card, Mobile Banking, Net Banking in Application Form.: Available separately.
The Bank will notify, 30 days in advance, any change in terms and conditions/ Fees and charges on its website.
All deposits to the extent of Rs.5/- lac per depositor of our bank (except Deposits of Central/State/Foreign Governments and commercial banks) are covered under Deposit Insurance & Credit Guarantee Corporation (DICGC).

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What is the Baroda Senior Citizen Privilege Saving account?

Baroda Senior Citizen Privilege Savings Account is for Indian citizens who have reached the age of 60 or older. This account is mainly for senior citizens, who are looking for earning interests on the deposits. Additionally, retirees can apply for a pension as well.
Can a senior citizen open a bank account?

Yes, a senior citizen can open a bank account.
How many accounts can be opened under SCSS by a senior citizen?

No limit on the number of investments, but the overall limit of investment under the SCSS scheme is Rs. 15 lakhs.
Can the Senior Citizen Savings account can be used as Pension Account?

Yes, it can used as a pension account for retirement-seeking residents above the age of 60 years.
Does Baroda Senior Citizen Privilege Scheme provide a sweep facility?

Sweep facility is available on request only over and above Rs. 50,000 in multiples of Rs. 10,000 for 181 days & reverse sweep in multiple of Rs. 1000.
How to open senior citizen savings account online via Bank of Baroda?

A senior Citizen savings account can be opened online via bank’s website or through the branch.
What is the interest rate for senior citizens in the Bank of Baroda?

Senior citizens earn normal interest rates that apply to savings accounts. Please visit the interest rates section of our website for the latest Bank of Baroda interest rates for senior citizens.
Can a person below the age of 60 years open a joint account with a senior citizen?

Yes, a person below the age of 60 years can open a joint account with a senior citizen.
What is the minimum account balance required to be maintained for a senior citizen privilege saving account?
Minimum balances are defined below:

Rs. 3,000 in Metros or urban areas

Rs. 2,000 in Semi-urban

Rs. 1,000 in rural
How is the average monthly balance (AMB) calculated?

The closing-day balance average for a given month is known as the AMB. You must add up the end-of-day balances for each day and divide the total by the number of days in the month to determine the AMB.