Business News Desk – Fixed Deposit (FD) is one of the most popular options among Indian customers for safe investment and guaranteed income of their deposits. If you are also planning bumper profits by depositing money in FD in the near future, then this news is very useful for you. Actually, the last days of the popular FD scheme Amrit Kalash of the country’s largest public sector lender State Bank of India (SBI) are going on. Amrit Kalash is a special FD scheme of 400 days under which customers get maximum interest up to 7.60 percent. Let us tell you that on 30 September 2024, SBI Amrit Kalash FD scheme will be closed for customers. In view of the popularity of Amrit Kalash scheme, SBI has extended its deadline several times. Let us tell you that SBI first launched the Amrit Kalash FD scheme on 12 April 2023. Let us know in detail about SBI Amrit Kalash FD scheme.
SBI has extended the deadline of the scheme several times
Let us tell you that after the launch of this scheme, SBI has extended its deadline several times. For the first time, SBI extended its deadline to 31 December 2023 on 23 June 2023. Later the bank extended it again to 31 March 2024. Once again the bank extended the deadline of this special FD scheme to 30 September 2024.
Here you get up to 7.60 percent interest
SBI Amrit Kalash is a 400-day FD scheme in which general customers get a maximum interest of 7.10 percent on investing, while senior citizen customers get an additional 50 basis points i.e. 7.60 percent interest. Under this scheme, customers can deposit a maximum amount of up to Rs 2 crore.
In this way you can open an account in the scheme
To invest in SBI Amrit Kalash FD scheme, customers can go to any branch near them. For this, you will need Aadhar card, PAN card, passport size photo, mobile number and email ID as your documents. After this, you will get a form for this scheme from the bank, after filling which your account will be opened.