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The Government Savings Bank Act, 1873 (5 of 1873), passed by the legislature 28 January 1873, was enacted in 1881. On 1 April 1882, Post Office Savings Banks opened throughout India (except in the Bombay Presidency). In Madras Presidency, it was limited; in the Bengal Presidency, no POSBs were established in Calcutta or Howrah.
The original Post Office Savings Bank was limited to deposits of £30 per year with a maximum balance of £150. Interest was paid at the rate of 2.5 percent per annum on whole pounds in the account. Later, the limits were raised to a maximum of £500 per year in deposits with no limit on the total amount.
India Post Payments Bank, abbreviated as IPPB, is a division of India Post that is under the ownership of the Department of Post, a department under the Ministry of Communications of the Government of India. Opened in 2018, as of January 2024, the bank has more than 8 crore customers. [1]
Country. India. Launched. 22 January 2015; 9 years ago. ( 2015-01-22) Status. Active. Sukanya Samriddhi Account ( Girl Child Prosperity Account) is a Government of India backed saving scheme targeted at the parents of girl children. The scheme encourages parents to build a fund for the future education of their female child.
National Savings and Investments was founded by the Palmerston government (following a suggestion made by George Chetwynd, a clerk in the Money Order department of the General Post Office) in 1861 as the Post Office Savings Bank, the world's first postal savings system. The aim of the bank was to allow ordinary workers a facility "to provide ...
Both sides of 1953 Fifty-Rupees Post Office National Savings Certificate. National Savings Certificates, popularly known as NSC, is an Indian Government savings bond, primarily used for small savings and income tax saving investments in India. It is part of the postal savings system of India Post . These can be purchased from any Post Office in ...
Post Office Savings Bank is a name used by postal savings systems in several countries, including: New Zealand, later renamed the PostBank. United Kingdom, later renamed the National Savings and Investments. Singapore, later renamed POSB Bank. Kenya, also known as the Kenya Post Office Savings Bank. Austra, also known as the Österreichische ...
Few post offices in India offer speed post (fast delivery) and payments or bank savings services. It is also uncommon for Indian post offices to sell insurance policies or accept payment for electricity, landline telephone, or gas bills.