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State Bank of India (SBI) has launched a nationwide campaign to raise awareness about the importance of activating dormant accounts. A savings or current account is considered dormant when the customer has not made any transaction in the account for more than two years. According to the Reserve Bank of India, you will not have to pay any charge to activate any dormant account. If your account has also become dormant, then let us know how to activate a dormant account.

How to activate an SBI account?

The customer will first have to go to any branch of the State Bank of India with his latest KYC documents. There in the branch, you will have to give a request to activate the account. After seeing your KYC documents from the branch, your account will be activated. Customers will be informed about the activation of the account by the bank through SMS or email. Let us know that the request to activate any account from the bank is processed in 3 working days.

How to activate an HDFC Bank account

If you are an HDFC Bank customer, then you will have to go to the bank branch to activate the account. There you will have to give a written application, which you will also have to sign. Along with this, you will also have to provide self-attested proof of identity and address. After this, as soon as you make a transaction in your account, it will be activated again.

IDFC FIRST Bank customers can activate it this way

You will also have to visit the bank branch to activate the IDFC FIRST Bank account. There you will have to fill out an application form to activate the account. If your account is a joint account, then the signature of all the account holders will be required. Along with this, your address proof, PAN card, and identity proof documents will have to be submitted as KYC. After this, you will have to do at least one financial transaction, after which the account will be restarted.

This is how PNB's inactive account will be activated.

According to the website of Punjab National Bank, you will have to go to the bank branch to activate the account. There you will have to give a request to activate your account. Along with this, you will also have to provide KYC documents. The customer will also have to deposit at least Rs 100 in the account at the time of account activation. Aadhar card information will also be taken from the customer for KYC.