Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana account in Banks now

The initiative of Govt of India Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana Account, is now available in Banks also other than Post Offices.

For now, its available in SBI and ICICI bank till writing this post, It's very easy to open in bank, The documents required are

1> Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana account Form (provided from bank0
2> 2 passport size photographs of Girl Child
3> Birth Certificate of Girl Child
4> Id Proof of Parent/gardian
5> 2 passport Size photographs of parent/gardian
6> Address Proof
7> Account detail to associate your child account with your account.

Now, one benefit is that, you need not to stand in post office queue for fund deposit, just transfer fund to Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana account using online banking sitting at home,

For tracking Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana account of your child you need to visit bank, online tracking is not possible by now.


Hope for much improvements in future, like online tracking in parent account, inter/intra bank switching to parents/guardian account.