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Good savings account for my daughter

Can anyone suggest a good savings account for my minor daughter.want to start SIP in my daughters name around 30K per month

SBI .. long term and big one.

or HDFC, ICICI

// suggestion assumed you just need an account to auto debit every month from your favourite mutual fund along with not looking for any trouble or offers from that till she grown up but beneficial overtime.
 
Can anyone suggest a good savings account for my minor daughter.want to start SIP in my daughters name around 30K per month
Open an hdfc account linked to yours. You can do sukanya samruddhi / ppf / MF from this. Sukanya samruddhi will be opened with hdfc only.
 
For mutual fund through HDFC bank account for minor account, is it their ISA account? How are charges? Will Zerodha (coin) minor account be cheaper / better?
 
For mutual fund through HDFC bank account for minor account, is it their ISA account? How are charges? Will Zerodha (coin) minor account be cheaper / better?
So for my minor child i have an hdfc account linked to my account. I invest in MFs directly (not via demat route) which means I've got folios on the MF houses and I've set up systematic plans for investment monthly.
 
So for my minor child i have an hdfc account linked to my account. I invest in MFs directly (not via demat route) which means I've got folios on the MF houses and I've set up systematic plans for investment monthly.
Yes for HDFC we can invest directly in funds. But my question is can we open a HDFC account on Minor name without linking to parent's account and invest in MF houses without Demat account?
 
So for my minor child i have an hdfc account linked to my account. I invest in MFs directly (not via demat route) which means I've got folios on the MF houses and I've set up systematic plans for investment monthly.
So, are folios in your daughter's name?

Initially, i was opening folio for self directly. But now, I liked zerodha coin as all is available at one place. And zerodha coin allows to buy direct funds also.
 
Yes for HDFC we can invest directly in funds. But my question is can we open a HDFC account on Minor name without linking to parent's account and invest in MF houses without Demat account?
AFAIK, one cannot open a minors account anywhere without linking to a parents SB account. Once you have a minors SB acct you can then invest in MFs.

MFs also do kyc of parent to allow investment by minor.

At age 18 we have to fill a form to convert minor folios to major folios for independent operation.
 
Any idea on how to do? I saw some couple of articles but is there any way we can do it directly with demat account linked to bank account on Child's name?

there is no age restriction for demat, you can apply and use parents as guardians.

tax etc. attached to parent/guardian till minor becomes major.

 
I opened minor account for my daughter in both HDFC and ICICI. The difference is that HDFC does not issue any Debit card whereas I received the Debit card from ICICI.

Already had Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana in Post Office. So I am using NEFT to transfer every month as an SIP (ICICI)

Planning to use the same for Mutual Fund Investments too (ICICI).

Can we setup Mutual Fund SIP from within the HDFC Internet banking?
 
I opened minor account for my daughter in both HDFC and ICICI. The difference is that HDFC does not issue any Debit card whereas I received the Debit card from ICICI.

Already had Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana in Post Office. So I am using NEFT to transfer every month as an SIP (ICICI)

Planning to use the same for Mutual Fund Investments too (ICICI).

Can we setup Mutual Fund SIP from within the HDFC Internet banking?
HDFC bank offer RuPay Platinum Kids Advantage Debit Card -

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Hi
I have opened both saving and demat for my daughter.

For saving account you don't need anything, you'll just need birth certificate or aadhaar and contact RM or visit branch.

For demat, first your need to obtain Aadhar. Then apply for minor's PAN.
Application can be made online but documents have to be submitted offline (unlike in case of majors) .

Once same is done, you can open account on zerodha online easily. But one of parent has to have their own existing account on zerodha.


It's completely online and won't take more than 15 minutes.

If you need any other help, you can always reply post / DM.
 
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