New Delhi: Customers investing in Fixed Deposit (FD) get guaranteed income after a fixed period. If you are also thinking of earning good money by investing for short term in the near future, then this news is for you. In fact, State Bank of India, the country’s largest public sector lender, offers its 400-day special FD scheme, in which customers get a maximum interest rate of 7.60 percent. The name of this popular scheme is SBI Amrit Kalash. The special thing is that once again seeing the popularity of this scheme, the bank has now extended its deadline till March 31, 2025.
The deadline of this scheme has been extended several times.
Let us tell you that the bank had launched SBI Amrit Kalash Yojana for the first time on 12 April 2023. At this time the bank had fixed its completion date as 30 June 2023. After this it was extended till 31 December 2023. Once again, seeing its popularity, the bank has extended its deadline till March 31, 2024. However, considering the popularity of the scheme, the bank had to extend its deadline till September 30, 2024. Now customers can invest in this scheme till 31 March 2025.
Interest up to 7.60% in this scheme
Let us tell you that SBI Amrit Kalash is a special 400 day FD scheme in which common customers get a maximum interest of 7.10% on investment. Whereas senior citizen customers get 50 basis points more interest i.e. up to 7.60 percent by investing in this scheme. Let us tell you that under this scheme, customers can deposit a maximum amount of up to Rs 2 crore.
This is how the account is opened in this scheme
To invest in SBI Amrit Kalash FD Scheme, customers can visit any branch nearest to them. For this you will need Aadhar card, PAN card, passport size photo, mobile number and email ID as documents. After this you will get a form for this scheme from the bank, only after filling which your account will be opened.