The new charges would apply to savings as well as salary accounts effective from March 1, leading private sector player HDFC Bank said in a circular.
Banks including HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank and Axis Bank on Wednesday began charging a minimum amount of Rs 150 per transaction for cash deposits and withdrawals beyond four free transactions in a month.
State Bank of India Chairman Arundhati Bhattacharya told Bloomberg that she was unable to give a precise estimate owing to the lack of clarity about the proportion of money that had come from businesses and individuals.
The government is looking to issue an advisory to tax officials directing them to exempt investigating cash deposits below a threshold, in an attempt to curb harassment by officials probing deposits made since November 10 — according to a report in The Times of India on Monday.
Seeking to analyse the banking transactions in months before the demonetisation, the Income Tax Department has asked banks to report cash deposits in savings accounts between April 1 to November 9, 2016.
The Supreme Court has once again refused to intervene in the government's demonetisation drive. This as the Attorney General tells the court that deposits have touched Rs 13 lakh crore.
The Income Tax department has found "various inconsistencies" in cash deposits in Jan Dhan accounts and detected about Rs 1.64 crore deposited by persons who have never filed returns as their income shown is below the taxable limit.
Over Rs 11 lakh crore has been brought into banking system till November 30, people close to the government‘s demonetisation drive told CNBC-TV18. The government had declared as invalid Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes worth about Rs 14 lakh crore.