Cooperative banks can’t accept deposits under PMGKDS: RBI

Under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana (PMGKDS), money which shall not be less than 25 percent of the declared undisclosed income can be deposited at the authorised banks

GN Bureau | January 21, 2017


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The Reserve Bank of India has said that cooperative banks cannot accept deposits under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana.

Read: One-time opportunity to declare undisclosed income

“The deposit under this scheme shall be made by any person who declared undisclosed income under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana, 2016. The deposit sum, which shall not be less than twenty-five per cent of the declared undisclosed income, can be deposited at the authorized banks (as notified by Government of India) from December 17, 2016 (Saturday) to March 31, 2017 (Friday),” the RBI said.
“In this connection, it is clarified that Co-operative Banks are not authorised banks to accept deposits under PMGKDS, 2016.”

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