The Indian Overseas Bank Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana is a Government of India backed savings scheme designed for the girl child in a family. It is a part of “Beti Bachao – Beti Padhao Yojana” and as initiated to inculcate the habit of savings in parents/guardians of the girl child to build a corpus for her future education and marriage expenses. It can be opened by the parent or legal guardian of a girl child until she reaches ten years of age.
A maximum of two Indian Overseas Bank Sukanya Yojana accounts is allowed per family. Opening of three accounts can be allowed in the case of the birth of twins/triplets. The account can be opened by parents or a legal guardian for a girl child until she attains an age of 10 years.
A Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana in Indian Overseas Bank can be opened with a minimum deposit of Rs. 250 per year and the maximum deposit can go up to Rs.1.5 lakh in a year. Deposits can be made through cash and/or cheques.
The tenure for an SSY account is 21 years or until the girl child marries after the age of 18. The account can be kept active for 21 years from the date of opening the account opening date. Once this period is over, the Indian Overseas Bank Sukanya Samriddhi account doesn’t earn any interest on it.
This scheme is only valid for a girl child who is an Indian resident. A girl child with non-resident Indian status is not allowed to have an SSY account under her name.
An IOB Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana account allows the partial withdrawal facility once the girl child attains the age of 18 years. Post that, 50% of the funds can be withdrawn from Indian Overseas Bank Sukanya Samriddhi account for the purpose of higher education/marriage
As mentioned earlier, a minimum deposit of Rs. 250 is required per year till at least 14 years to keep the account in an active state. If this requirement is not met in a year, the account will be deactivated and can be reactivated by paying a fee of Rs.50 along with the minimum deposit amount
Indian Overseas Bank provides an easy and hassle-free way of opening of SSY account. Individuals that don’t have an account with Indian Overseas Bank can open an SSY account by submitting the following documents:
Applicants need to provide some key details regarding the girl child. Details of the parent/guardian who is opening the account/making deposits on her behalf are also required. The following are the key details that are present in the SSY Application Form:
(i) Get the account opening form from the Indian Overseas Bank or you can download it online from the Indian Indian Overseas Bank portal. You can check some other Indian Overseas Bank Sukanya Yojana details as well.
(ii) Fill in the required details and submit the documents along with photos
(iii) Deposit cash (Minimum of Rs 1,000
(iv) After opening the account, one can make deposits by cash, cheques or demand draft