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Account closure charges

Check whether a published account-closure charge applies to the product and conditions in our verified data.

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Verified Account closure Rules by Bank

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Axis Bank Limited
Axis Bank Limited

Savings & Salary Accounts — Service Charge Portfolio

CHECKED
Account closure charge

Branch

Closed within 14 days of account opening: ₹0.00 · Closed between 14 days and 1 year of account opening: ₹500.00 · Closed post 1 year of account opening: ₹0.00

Verified 9 Aug 2026Official source

When this charge applies

Axis savings-account closure timing rule surfaced in the current fees master and independently corroborated by current Digital Savings terms. Product-specific schedules should still be selected where Axis publishes an override.

Official source (HTML)

Checked 2026-08-09

Bank of Baroda
Bank of Baroda

Savings Accounts — Service Charge Portfolio

CHECKED
Account closure charge

Branch

Within 14 days of opening: ₹0.00 · 15 days up to 1 year: ₹300.00 · 15 days up to 1 year: ₹1,000.00 · Beyond 1 year: ₹0.00 · Closure due to death of holder: ₹0.00

Verified 25 Aug 2026Official source

When this charge applies

Applies to Bank of Baroda Savings Bank Account schemes.

Official source (HTML)

Checked 2026-08-25 · Effective 2025-07-01

Bank of India
Bank of India

Retail Banking Service Charges

CHECKED
Account closure charge

Branch

Within 14 days of opening: ₹0.00 · 15 days up to 12 months: ₹250.00 · Beyond 12 months: ₹0.00 · Closure due to death of account holder: ₹0.00

Verified 25 Aug 2026Official source

When this charge applies

Bank of India savings accounts.

Official source (HTML)

Checked 2026-08-25 · Effective 2026-01-01

Canara Bank
Canara Bank

Current / Cash Credit / Overdraft Accounts

CHECKED
Account closure charge

Branch

Within 14 days of opening: ₹0.00 · Beyond 14 days and within 1 year: ₹750.00 · Beyond 1 year: ₹375.00

Verified 5 Sept 2026Official source

When this charge applies

Canara Bank Current, Overdraft and Cash Credit accounts closed in the stated windows. GST is additional.

Possible waiver or exception

No charge for BSBD accounts, accounts opened in joint names, closure on the death of the account holder, and branch-to-branch transfer.

Official source (HTML)

Checked 2026-09-05

Canara Bank
Canara Bank

Savings Bank Account — Standard Balance Schedule

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Account closure charge

Branch

Within 14 days of opening: ₹0.00 · Beyond 14 days and within 1 year: ₹200.00 · Beyond 1 year: ₹100.00

Verified 5 Sept 2026Official source

When this charge applies

Canara Bank savings accounts closed in the stated windows. GST is additional.

Possible waiver or exception

No charge for BSBD accounts, accounts opened in joint names, closure on the death of the account holder, and branch-to-branch transfer.

Official source (HTML)

Checked 2026-09-05

Central Bank of India
Central Bank of India

Savings Accounts — General Banking Service Charges

CHECKED
Account closure charge

Other

Closed within 14 days of account opening: ₹0.00 · Closed after 14 days but within 12 months: ₹300.00 · Closed after 12 months: ₹0.00

Verified 15 Aug 2026Official source

When this charge applies

Savings Bank account. No closure charge within 14 days; Rs300 after 14 days but within 12 months; Nil after 12 months. Current table also states no closure charge on death and branch transfer is not account closure.

Official source (HTML)

Checked 2026-08-15

Federal Bank Limited
Federal Bank Limited

Retail Banking Service Charges

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Account closure charge

Branch

Savings Bank — Rural / Senior Citizens: ₹200.00 · Savings Bank — Other: ₹300.00 · Current account: ₹400.00

Verified 5 Sept 2026Official source

When this charge applies

Federal Bank liability products closed within 12 months of account opening. The charge differs by account variant and every published variant is named with its own figure in the variant table. No charge if the account is closed within 14 days of the first deposit. GST is additional.

Official source (PDF)

Checked 2026-09-05 · Effective 2026-04-01

HDFC Bank Limited
HDFC Bank Limited

Savings & Salary Accounts — Service Charge Portfolio

CHECKED
Account closure charge

Branch

Up to 14 days — standard: ₹0.00 · 15 days up to 12 months — standard: ₹500.00 · 15 days up to 12 months — Senior Citizen: ₹300.00 · Beyond 12 months — standard/Senior Citizen: ₹0.00

Verified 9 Aug 2026Official source

When this charge applies

Explicitly supported by current HDFC BSBDA fee page; the same timing/standard amount and senior-citizen variant are independently present on multiple current HDFC savings-family pages. Do not automatically apply to every HDFC account/product without exact product selection.

Official source (HTML)

Checked 2026-08-09 · Effective 2013-07-01

Indian Bank
Indian Bank

Retail Banking Service Charges

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Account closure charge

Branch

₹0 (Free)

Verified 5 Sept 2026Official source

When this charge applies

Indian Bank accounts closed on transfer to another branch, on the death of the account holder, and accounts held as Basic Savings Bank Deposit Accounts or small accounts, by students, or by pensioners without cheque facility. The schedule states no closure charge for any of these.

Official source (PDF)

Checked 2026-09-05

Indian Bank
Indian Bank

Current / Cash Credit / Overdraft Accounts

CHECKED
Account closure charge

Branch

Within 14 days of opening: ₹0.00 · Within 1 year of opening — individuals: ₹750.00 · Within 1 year of opening — non-individuals: ₹1,000.00 · After 12 months: ₹0.00

Verified 5 Sept 2026Official source

When this charge applies

Indian Bank Current, Overdraft and OCC accounts closed in the stated windows. The categories the schedule exempts from any closure charge are stored as their own rule. GST is additional.

Official source (PDF)

Checked 2026-09-05

Indian Bank
Indian Bank

Savings Bank Accounts

CHECKED
Account closure charge

Branch

Within 14 days of opening: ₹0.00 · Within 1 year of opening — non-cheque-operated: ₹250.00 · Within 1 year of opening — cheque-operated: ₹500.00 · After 12 months: ₹0.00

Verified 5 Sept 2026Official source

When this charge applies

Indian Bank Savings Bank accounts closed in the stated windows. The concessional and the no-charge categories the same table lists are each stored as their own rules, so this rule carries the standard figures only. GST is additional.

Official source (PDF)

Checked 2026-09-05

Indian Bank
Indian Bank

Savings Bank Accounts

CHECKED
Account closure charge

Branch

₹150.00

Verified 5 Sept 2026Official source

When this charge applies

Indian Bank Savings Bank accounts closed within one year of opening, held by individual account holders in rural areas. The schedule states this concessional charge for both the cheque-operated and the non-cheque-operated savings rows. GST is additional.

Official source (PDF)

Checked 2026-09-05

Punjab National Bank
Punjab National Bank

Retail Banking Service Charges

CHECKED
Account closure charge

Branch

Within 14 days of opening: ₹0.00 · 15 days to 12 months (Metro / Urban): ₹300.00 · 15 days to 12 months (Rural / Semi-Urban): ₹150.00 · Beyond 12 months: ₹0.00 · BSBDA (Zero Balance Account): ₹0.00

Verified 25 Aug 2026Official source

When this charge applies

Punjab National Bank savings accounts.

Official source (HTML)

Checked 2026-08-25 · Effective 2025-10-01

Punjab & Sind Bank
Punjab & Sind Bank

Savings Accounts — Service Charges

CHECKED
Account closure charge

Other

Closed within 14 days of account opening: ₹0.00 · Closed after 14 days but within 12 months: ₹500.00 · Closed after 12 months: ₹0.00

Verified 15 Aug 2026Official source

When this charge applies

Savings Bank account. Free within 14 days; Rs500 after 14 days but within 12 months; free after 12 months. Exemptions include closure due to death, BSBD accounts, loan accounts and specified Government PFMS accounts.

Official source (HTML)

Checked 2026-08-15

RBL Bank Limited
RBL Bank Limited

Savings Accounts — Schedule of Charges

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Account closure charge

Branch

₹500.00

Verified 5 Sept 2026Official source

When this charge applies

RBL Bank savings accounts on the standard schedule, closed within 6 months of account opening. Waived if the account is closed within 14 days of account opening, and waived for senior citizens. Seniors First Savings carries no closure charge at all and is stored as its own product rule. The schedule states no charge for closure after 6 months, so none is recorded. Taxes are additional.

Official source (PDF)

Checked 2026-09-05 · Effective 2026-02-02

RBL Bank Limited
RBL Bank Limited

Seniors First Savings Account

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Account closure charge

Branch

₹0 (Free)

Verified 5 Sept 2026Official source

When this charge applies

RBL Bank Seniors First Savings Account only; the schedule states account closure is free for this product, so the standard within-6-months charge on the same schedule does not apply to it.

Official source (PDF)

Checked 2026-09-05 · Effective 2026-02-02

UCO Bank
UCO Bank

Current / Cash Credit / Overdraft Accounts

CHECKED
Account closure charge

Branch

Within 14 days of opening: ₹0.00 · After 14 days and before 12 months — individual: ₹750.00 · After 14 days and before 12 months — others: ₹1,000.00 · After 12 months: ₹0.00

Verified 5 Sept 2026Official source

When this charge applies

UCO Bank Current and Cash Credit accounts. Charges are exclusive of GST.

Official source (PDF)

Checked 2026-09-05 · Effective 2023-07-15

UCO Bank
UCO Bank

No-Frills Savings Bank Account

CHECKED
Account closure charge

Branch

₹0 (Free)

Verified 5 Sept 2026Official source

When this charge applies

UCO Bank Basic Savings Bank Deposit Accounts and small accounts. The schedule states no closure charge for them, so the savings closure bands do not apply.

Official source (PDF)

Checked 2026-09-05 · Effective 2023-07-15

UCO Bank
UCO Bank

Savings Bank Account — With Cheque Facility

CHECKED
Account closure charge

Branch

Within 14 days of opening: ₹0.00 · After 14 days and before 12 months: ₹350.00 · After 12 months: ₹0.00

Verified 5 Sept 2026Official source

When this charge applies

UCO Bank savings accounts with cheque book. The schedule states no closure charge for BSBDA and small accounts, which is stored as its own rule. Charges are exclusive of GST.

Official source (PDF)

Checked 2026-09-05 · Effective 2023-07-15

UCO Bank
UCO Bank

Savings Bank Account — Without Cheque Facility

CHECKED
Account closure charge

Branch

Within 14 days of opening: ₹0.00 · After 14 days and before 12 months: ₹250.00 · After 12 months: ₹0.00

Verified 5 Sept 2026Official source

When this charge applies

UCO Bank savings accounts without cheque book. The schedule states no closure charge for BSBDA and small accounts, which is stored as its own rule. Charges are exclusive of GST.

Official source (PDF)

Checked 2026-09-05 · Effective 2023-07-15

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Frequently Asked Questions (Account closure charges)

What is the standard charge for account closure charges across Indian banks?

Charges for account closure charges depend on the bank, account variant, channel (online vs branch), and transaction amount tier. In addition, 18% GST is added unless an official zero-rate policy applies.

Can I get a waiver or refund for account closure charges?

Waivers depend on meeting required account balance criteria, using digital banking channels (NEFT/RTGS/UPI), or submitting a dispute if debited wrongfully.

How do I avoid paying account closure charges altogether?

You can often reduce account closure charges by transacting online rather than at a branch, keeping the balance your account tier requires, or asking your bank which debit card variants carry no annual charge. Compare published charges before switching accounts.