Public Provident Fund

Any individual on his own or on behalf of a minor of whom he is a guardian, may open a Public Provident Fund account. Non Resident Indians (NRIs) / HUF are not eligible to open an account under this scheme. Guardian in relation to a minor, means :-

Father or mother and
Where neither parent is alive, or where the only living parent is incapable of acting, a person entitled under the law for the time being in force to have care of the property of minor.

Fields marked with (*) are mandatory.

Type of Account^*

Aadhaar No. of account holder^*

PAN of account holder^*

I hereby declare that I have not opened a Public Provident Fund Account in the name of the myself/minor in any of the Post office/Bank in the country.

I further declare that I will abide by the ceiling of maximum deposit in the accounts opened in my name and in the name of minors as per provision of the scheme and any deposit in excess of the ceiling will be treated as in contravention to the Scheme.

I further declare that I and the minor both are Resident citizen of India and undertake to inform the account office of any change in our residency/citizenship status in future.

I hereby undertake to abide by the scheme provisions and Government Savings Promotion rules-2018 applicable on the Scheme and amendments issued thereto from time to time.

I hereby give my consent to Canara Bank for fetching my identity and other information for purpose of pre-printed application, using the Aadhaar OTP through UIDAI.

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Public Provident Fund

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