Savings, current & salary accounts

SBI Railway Salary Package

A zero-balance SBI salary package for eligible railway employees, with variants assigned by railway pay-band level and dated insurance benefits.

Offered byState Bank of India

India; for employees of the named railway organisations and subject to correct RSP classification

Key facts

What the official sources publish

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Eligible employeesEmployees of Indian Railways, Kolkata Metro and Konkan Railway Corporation
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Railway pay-band variantsSilver levels 14; Gold 57; Diamond 89; Platinum 10–13A; Rhodium 14 and above
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Minimum balanceZero-balance account
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Savings interest rate2.50% p.a. across all account balancesEffective 15 Jun 2025
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Employer salary-disbursement servicesOn-site or online onboarding, Corporate Internet Banking salary management, instant salary credits and zero salary-disbursement charge
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SBI ATM transactionsUnlimited transactions across SBI ATMs without charge
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Accident cover effective 4 September 2024Personal-accident death up to ₹1 crore, air-accident death up to ₹1.60 crore and permanent total disablement up to ₹1 croreEffective 4 Sept 2024
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Permanent partial disability coverUp to ₹80 lakhEffective 4 Jan 2025
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Group term lifeDeath benefit up to ₹10 lakh, only after the department signs the required MOU and supplies employee data for insurer addition
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Loan and locker concessionsSelected personal, home, car and education loans at package rates with up to 50% off processing fees, plus up to 50% off locker charges
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Auto-sweepAvailable to create e-MODs; this page does not publish its thresholds
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Published free servicesDraft issuance, multi-city cheques, SMS alerts and online NEFT/RTGS
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SBI RishteyFamily members may receive differential benefits through the linked SBI Rishtey family savings account
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Activation and continuityHome-branch application with salary and employment proof is required; more than three consecutive months without salary credit converts the account to normal savings and withdraws package features
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Benefits and features

  • Zero-balance account with unlimited SBI ATM transactions
  • Pay-band-based Silver through Rhodium variants
  • Dated accident, disability and conditional group-life benefits
  • Generic loan, locker and transaction concessions

Eligibility

  • Only employees of the three named railway organisations are included by the reviewed page.
  • The account variant is assigned by railway pay-band level.
  • Group term life requires a department MOU, correctly formatted employee data and insurer addition before cover starts.
  • More than three consecutive months without salary credit causes conversion to normal savings and withdrawal of package benefits.
  • Insurance and loan benefits remain subject to separate current policy, approval and claim conditions.

Passing a listed condition does not mean the bank will approve an application.

Documents the bank lists

  • Proof of salary
  • Proof of employment
  • Salary-package conversion form

Field-level evidence

Where each fact came from

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Eligible employees

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SBI names these three railway organisations on the RSP page.
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SBI Railway Salary Package
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Package introduction
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Railway pay-band variants

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RSP tiers are based on pay-band level, not the net-salary thresholds used by other SBI packages.
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SBI Railway Salary Package
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Eligibility as per pay band level
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12 Aug 2026
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Minimum balance

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The employee-benefits section identifies RSP as a zero-balance account.
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SBI Railway Salary Package
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Benefits to the Employee
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12 Aug 2026
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Savings interest rate

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RSP is a savings-bank account; SBI's current official savings-deposit table publishes 2.50% p.a. across all balances.
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Savings Bank Deposits interest rates
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Savings Bank Deposits table
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12 Aug 2026
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Employer salary-disbursement services

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These are employer-side package services and do not represent a personal cash payment.
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SBI Railway Salary Package
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Benefits to the Employer
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12 Aug 2026
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SBI ATM transactions

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The unlimited allowance is limited to SBI ATMs.
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SBI Railway Salary Package
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Benefits to the Employee
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12 Aug 2026
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Accident cover effective 4 September 2024

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SBI labels all three cover maxima effective 4 September 2024; separate insurance terms and claim admissibility apply.
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SBI Railway Salary Package
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Benefits to the Employee
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12 Aug 2026
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Permanent partial disability cover

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The page publishes this PPD maximum separately, effective 4 January 2025.
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SBI Railway Salary Package
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Benefits to the Employee
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12 Aug 2026
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Group term life

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Cover starts when the insurer adds the accounts to the policy and cannot begin before the 22nd of the month following MOU signing; SBI's full timing and data conditions control.
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SBI Railway Salary Package
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Benefits to the Employee and Note 4
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12 Aug 2026
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Loan and locker concessions

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The exact loan rate, approval and variant-level concession are not published on this page.
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SBI Railway Salary Package
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Benefits to the Employee
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12 Aug 2026
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Auto-sweep

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No sweep amount is imported from a different salary package.
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SBI Railway Salary Package
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Benefits to the Employee
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12 Aug 2026
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Published free services

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SBI lists these services as free for the RSP package.
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SBI Railway Salary Package
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Benefits to the Employee
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12 Aug 2026
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SBI Rishtey

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RSP links SBI Rishtey without restating its detailed eligibility or limits.
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SBI Railway Salary Package
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Benefits to the Employee
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12 Aug 2026
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Activation and continuity

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Benefits depend on correct package and variant classification; normal savings-account charges apply after conversion.
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SBI Railway Salary Package
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Notes 1 and 2
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