Salary Account for Uniformed Forces
Exclusively designed for Uniformed Forces to meet the financial needs and social security.

Exclusively designed for Uniformed Forces to meet the financial needs and social security.
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Particulars | Salary Account for Uniformed Forces | ||
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AMB (Average Monthly Balance) | NA | Rs. 50,000 | |
NMC (Non Maintenance Charges) | If Salary/Pension upload is not sighted for 2 consecutive months or AMB not maintained <> |
In case salary/pension is not sighted or product AMB not maintained for 2 consecutive months, the account shall be converted to CS EDGE & GSFC for CS EDGE shall be applicable. | |
Fund Transfers | NEFT / RTGS / Fund Transfer | Nil charges | |
IMPS | Nil charges | ||
Cash Transactions | Cash Transaction at Branch / Cash Deposit Machine (CDM) (Deposit or withdrawal) | Nil upto 10 transactions or 5 lac / month whichever is earlier. Post free limits, charged at Rs. 4.5 / 1000 with minimum Rs. 150 |
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Cash withdrawal via UPI at Merchant Locations (Maximum Rs. 1000/day) |
1% of Withdrawal amount (Maximum Rs. 10) | ||
Debit Card / ATM Charges | Kotak Bank's ATM/ Micro ATM – Cash Withdrawal / Non-Financial Transactions |
Nil charges | |
Other Domestic ATM/Micro ATMs - Cash Withdrawal / Non-Financial Transactions ## |
Nil charges | ||
Transactions declined at merchant outlets/websites/ ATM/Micro ATMs, due to insufficient balance <> |
Rs. 25 / Transaction | ||
Cash Withdrawal / Non-Financial Transactions at International ATM/Micro ATM + |
Rs. 150 per cash withdrawal transaction Rs. 25 / non-financial transaction |
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Cardless cash withdrawal (IMT) | Nil charges up to 1 transaction per month and subsequent transactions will be charged Rs. 10 per transaction | ||
DD / Cheque Book | DD | Nil charges | |
FCY-DD/TT/Cheque Collection/Revalidation/ Cancellation/FCY Cheque Deposited & Return<> |
Rs. 500 / instance | ||
At-par Cheque Book Charges*# | Nil charges | ||
ECS / Cheque Issued & Returned (due to non availability of funds)<> | Rs. 500 / instance | ||
ECS Mandate Verification | Nil charges | ||
SI Failure | Nil charges | ||
Cheque deposited and returned (INR) <> | Rs. 200 / instance | ||
Cheque Issued & Returned for Non-Financial Reason | Rs. 50 / instance | ||
Branch Requests | Duplicate Ad-hoc statement, Balance & Interest Statement, Duplicate Passbook, TDS Certificate through Branch or any other Record Retrieval, Stop Payment - Single/Range of cheque through branch; DDRevalidation; PO/BC Revalidation/Cancellation (INR); Annual Combined Statement-Physical; Monthly Physical Statement; Regeneration of PIN-Net Banking/Phone Banking (through courier) |
Nil Charges | |
DD Cancellation (INR) | |||
Foreign Inward Remittance Certificate | |||
Home Banking | Cash / Instrument Pick Up / Delivery | 10 Free calls / month, thereafter Rs.150 per visit.Under Home Banking cash pick up services, lower denomination (value equal to or less than Rs. 50 ) notes and coins will not be accepted. | |
KYC Pickup – Only for senior citizen and differently abled### | Rs. 100 per visit | ||
Family Banking | 3 NMC Waived Family Savings Account | ||
Statements & Alerts | Statements | Email Statement (Monthly): Nil Charges; Physical Statement (Quarterly): Nil Charges |
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Value added alerts (Daily / Weekly) | 50p. per SMS(Daily) & Weekly-Nil | ||
Other Charges | TOD | TOD: Rs. 500 | |
Account Closure (if closed after 1 month & before 6 months of A/C opening) - Rs. 500 | |||
Complimentary Services - Passbook (in lieu of Account Statement) Current Year Balance & interest statement, Signature Verification Certificate, Photo Attestation, Address Confirmation. | |||
Debit Card Annual Charges ¶¶ | |||
Debit Card Annual Charges | Classic / Titanium Debit Card | 200 | |
Silk Classic / Platinum | Nil Charges | ||
Gold Debit Card | 500 | ||
Platinum / My World Debit Card | Nil charges subject to regular salary credit. Else Rs. 750. | ||
World / World Exclusive Debit Card | 750 | ||
Kotak PVR Debit Card | 499 | ||
Other Debit Card Related Charges | Replacement of Lost / Stolen - Rs. 200 | ||
Regeneration of PIN (sent through courier) - Nil Charges | |||
As per RBI guidelines, Business / Commercial transactions are not permitted in the Savings Accounts ##Cash withdrawal limit from other Domestic ATM/Micro ATM is Rs. 10000 per transaction. #+ Top 6 Cities –Transactions done in Mumbai, New Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata, Bengaluru and Hyderabad ATM/Micro ATMs. Mandatory Alerts will not be charged. Alerts that have been mandated by RBI as well as alerts which are deemed appropriate by the Bank, will be sent free of charge, even if Daily / weekly Balance SMS alerts facility has not been subscribed. ^^ Customer induced transactions are Cash Deposit, Cash Withdrawal, DD issuance, NEFT, RTGS, IMPS. **Indo - Nepal Remittance Scheme (NEFT Charges): If Beneficiary maintains an Account with Nepal SBI Bank Ltd. (NSBL): Rs. 25 per txn (incl all taxes). If Beneficiary does not maintain an Account with Nepal SBI Bank Ltd (NSBL): Upto Rs. 5000 – Rs. 75 per txn. & beyond Rs. 5000 – Rs. 100 per txn. (incl all taxes). Nil charges for NEFT done through Mobile banking / Net Banking. Service Charges for “Salary account for Uniformed Forces” will be same as “CS Ace Account” with Nil AMB requirement. Annual maintenance charges on Debit Card for Salary Account for Uniformed Forces is waived subject to regular salary/pension credits or AMB of Rs. 10,000 in the account. The Bank will charge cross-currency mark-up charge of 3.5% on foreign currency transactions carried out on Debit Cards. The exchange rate used will be the Visa/Master Card/RuPay wholesale exchange rate prevailing at the time of transaction. A charge of 1% on the transaction amount + GST will be applicable on cash withdrawal transactions done at merchant outlets (Cash@PoS) +Additional charges levied by another bank on international ATM/Micro ATM transactions will also have to be borne by the card holder. <> Penalty Charges. Non-maintenance charge(NMC) is not applicable once the account becomes inoperative/ dormant. <> For Corporate Salary Accounts, In the event of a default in maintenance of Average Monthly Balance or regular salary/pension credits as agreed between the bank and customer for the month (referred as Default Month'), the bank will notify the customer clearly of the default and that either salary/pension credit to be sighted or Average Monthly Balance for the account has to be met in the subsequent month (referred to as 'Notice Month') else the NMC (Non Maintenance Charges) for both the 'Default Month' and 'Notice Month' will be recovered. Closure of account due to revision of charges will not be subject to account closure charges. For Corporate Salary account holders Family Savings Account will enjoy waiver of NMC till such time the linked principal Salary account receives monthly salary/pension credits or maintains the required product AMB. In the event of Principal salary account not receiving salary/pension credit or maintaining the required AMB, the linked Family Savings account should maintain AMB of Rs. 10000; failing which standard charges of edge account (CS EDGE) would apply in the Family Savings Account. For Corporate Salary Accounts - ¶¶ Debit Card charges are subject to salary credit. If salary is not credited for 3 consecutive months, accounts with > 5 free transactions at other bank ATM/Micro ATMs will be downgraded to only 5 transactions irrespective of the corporate offering. Program customers will be excluded from this exercise. Non-financial transactions are Balance Enquiry, Mini Statement & PIN Change. Debit Card Annual Charges for Silk, Junior, Youth and Maestro Debit Cards will be same as Classic Debit card. For Corporate salary account with S2W SELECT offering, the zero balance feature in your account is subject to regular monthly salary/pension credit OR single credit transaction of minimum Rs. 20,000 per month in Salary Account for Uniformed Forces/Ace account or Rs. 10,000 per month in Edge account, through NEFT/RTGS only (Cash deposit, Cheque deposit and fund transfer from any other Kotak Bank account will not be considered). In case salary/pension/funds are not credited, you are required to maintain Average Monthly Balance (AMB) as per the product variant to continue with account features and avoid non maintenance charges. The bank may choose to notify by SMS / email / letter. It will be the responsibility of the customer to have a valid email id ,mobile number and address updated with the bank at all times, failing which, customer may not receive the notification/s. The NMC charges will be based on the shortfall observed in the AMB. Service Charges for Overdraft Fixed Deposit Individual Account (ODFDS) & Overdraft Fixed Deposit Corporate Salary Account (ODFDC) would be same as Edge Savings Account & Edge Corporate Salary Account respectively. However, there is no minimum AMB requirement in ODFDS or ODFDC. Any rejections in applications made through ASBA mode due to insufficient funds will attract charges of Rs. 350 per rejection. Charges are exclusive of the Goods and Service Tax (GST). With effect from July 1, 2017 the effective Goods and Service tax rate will be 18% on taxable value. The GST rate is subject to change from time to time. The above charges are subject to revision with a prior intimation of 30 days to all account holders. All Services, where a free limit is specified, usage beyond the free limit will be charged as per the standard charge of the respective service. State government taxes / Cess as applicable shall be charged. w.e.f 1st July, 2020; TDS at the rate of 2% (plus applicable surcharge and cess) will be deducted on cash withdrawal in excess of one crore rupees in aggregate made during the financial year. ^For new customers on boarded w.e.f Nov 10, 2021. For existing bank customers w.e.f from Jan 1, 2022. Rs 150 + GST will be applicable for existing bank customers till Dec 31, 2021. |
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For all value figures, k = 1000 | |||
Monthly physical statements will be issued free to account holders on them personally visiting the home branch for the same. | |||
Please note that the Cash Pickup/ Delivery charges pertain to the “ Cash Pick-up/ Delivery” service offered to the customer. Additional charges for cash transactions shall be levied basis the Cash Transaction limits offered under the respective variant. The Cash pick-up amount shall be a part of the overall Cash transaction limits offered under the variant. | |||
Forex Card | Particular | Standard charges | |
Issuance Fee | 250 (exclusive of GST) | ||
Reload Fee | 75 (exclusive of GST) | ||
Foreign Exchange Services (FES) | GST on Foreign Currency Conversion Charges (FCY) ~ | ||
Outward Remittances - Individual | Standard Charges | Value of purchase or sale of Foreign Currency | Value on which GST rate will be applicable |
Telegraphic Transfer Charges (other than payment for imports) |
INR 1250 + Tax | Up to Rs. 1,00,000 | 1% of the gross amount of currency exchanges or minimum of Rs. 250 |
Correspondent Bank Charges (Outward remittance wherein the foreign bank charges are paid by remitter) |
INR 1000 + Tax | Above Rs.1,00,000/- to Rs.10,00,000/- | 1000 + 0.50% of the gross amount of currency exchanged less 1,00,000. |
Issue of FCY DD's | INR 750 + Tax | Above Rs.10,00,000/- | Rs. 5500 + 0.10% of the gross amount of currency exchanges less 10,00,000 subject to maximum of Rs. 60,000 |
Commission in lieu of exchange (in case of debit from EEFC/RFC/SFC account) |
0.125%; minimum INR 1,000 +Tax | ||
Charges are exclusive of the Goods and Service Tax (GST). With effect from July 1, 2017 the effective Goods and Service tax rate will be 18% on taxable value. The GST rate is subject to change from time to time. State government taxes/ Cess as applicable shall be charged W.e.f 1st July,2020; threshold as well as Rate of TDS applicable for CASH withdrawal will dependent on submission of proof of Income Tax Return filed. Revised TDS rates will be as under: |
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Aggregate Cash Withdrawals in all accounts in a Financial Year | Income tax Return copy Submitted to Bank | Income tax Return copy NOT Submitted to Bank | |
Upto Rs.20 Lakhs | Nil | Nil | |
Rs.20 lakhs to Rs. 1 crore | Nil | 2%@ | |
In Excess of Rs. 1 crore | 2%@ | 5%@ | |
.@If PAN is not updated in the account then the TDS deduction at the rate 20% as per section 206AA of the Income Tax Act will apply. For foreign companies, foreign partnership firms, Non-residents additional surcharge and health & education cess will be applicable as per Income Tax law. | |||
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Disclaimer - W.e.f. Jun 13, 2022, daily balances in Savings Account above Rs. 50 lakhs will earn 4% interest p.a. Daily balances in Savings Account up to Rs. 50 lakhs will continue to earn 3.50% interest p.a. These interest rates are applicable for Resident Accounts only.
Please note, if your account is currently in dormant status, non-maintenance charges will not be applicable to the same. In order to activate your account, please visit your nearest Kotak Bank branch .
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