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COVID-19: Govt Waives Minimum Balance Charge for Saving A/C

The government also allowed free of charge cash withdrawal for debit card holders for three months.

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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday, 24 March, waived minimum bank charges for savings bank accounts to help citizens deal with the lockdown due to the coronavirus crisis.

The government also allowed free of charge cash withdrawal from any other bank ATM for debit card holders for three months.

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In the wake of coronavirus outbreak, authorities have put as many as 30 states and Union Territories under complete lockdown.

On Tuesday, 24 March, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare reported that the total number of positive cases in India has risen to 519, with 470 active cases.

India's death toll rose to 10, as a 65-year-old COVID-19 patient with a travel history to UAE passed away at Mumbai’s Kasturba Hospital on Monday.

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