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RTGS service will be unavailable for 14 hours on Sunday: Here’s what you need to know

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has said that RTGS service will not be available from 00:00 hours to 14:00 hours on Sunday, April 18, 2021. However, NEFT service will continue to be operational as usual during this period for transferring funds.

rtgs, rtgs charges, rtgs limitThe RTGS service will not be available for 14 hours this Sunday, RBI has informed. (Image: Pixabay)

Earlier this week, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced that the Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) service for transferring large funds will be unavailable for 14 hours on Sunday due to a technical upgrade.

According to a recent tweet by the central bank, RTGS service will not be available from 00:00 hours to 14:00 hours on Sunday, April 18, 2021.

However, the RBI said that the National Electronic Fund Transfer (NEFT) service will continue to be operational as usual during this period for transferring funds.


 

What is RTGS?

Real Time Gross Settlement or RTGS is a system where there is a continuous and real-time settlement of fund transfers, individually on a transaction by transaction basis (without netting).

It is primarily meant for large value transactions, so the minimum amount for making a transaction through RTGS is Rs 2 lakh while the maximum transaction varies from bank to bank.

The service is available on all days on a 24x7x365 basis and there is a real-time transfer of funds to the beneficiary account. It is available both online as well as in the branch.

What is NEFT?

National Electronic Funds Transfer or NEFT is a centralised payment system owned and operated by the RBI and provides near-real-time funds transfer to the beneficiary account.

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The minimum amount for making a transaction through RTGS is Re 1 while the maximum transaction varies from bank to bank and currently, there are no charges to savings bank account customers for online NEFT transactions.

NEFT service presently operates in batches at half-hourly intervals throughout the day.

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