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How Can I Close Atal Pension Yojana Account?

Since its launch, the Atal Pension Yojana of the Central Government of India stirred up the whole nation. People began asking whether to open an account or not. People also asked, how to close an account under APY. Initially it was absolutely not possible to close an APY account once it was opened. However, after a round of criticisms and under increasing demand for the same, the government decided to modify the terms and conditions of the scheme and incorporated the option for premature account closure.

How Can I Close Atal Pension Yojana Account

Initially under APY, a person who enrolled for the APY Yojana was required to carry on with payments until he or she reached the retirement age, which was determined to be 60 years. However, with modified terms and conditions, a person, if he or she wishes to, can apply for closure of the account long before attaining that age.

How Can I Close APY Account?

So, if you have been pondering over this question: “How Can I Close APY Account?”, here is how you need to proceed:

  1. Walk up to the bank where you opened your APY account.
  2. Ask for APY account closure form. Fill in the form properly with all necessary details and submit the form.
  3. Return home and wait.

The bank will process your account closure form and will refund the money you deposited under APY to you provided savings account number. You will get a notification when the money from your APY account hits your preferred savings bank account.

Once the bank processes the closure application form, here is what the bank will do:

  1. Bank will first calculate the amount of money you have contributed to your account and the amount of money that has been contributed by the government.
  2. Bank will then calculate the amount of interest earned by your deposited money and the interest earned by government’s deposited money.
  3. Once these calculations are done, the bank will set aside the government contribution and the interest earned on government’s contribution.
  4. Once that amount is separated, the remaining amount is your money (which includes the amount you deposited and the interest earned by that deposited amount).
  5. Once the bank has calculated the money it owes to you, the bank will then calculate the amount of money that has been spent on maintaining your account under APY. This maintenance amount will be deducted from your money (your deposited amount and your interest earnings).
  6. The remaining balance will be refunded to your savings bank account and you will be notified that your APY account has been closed.

The aforementioned procedure is known as voluntary exit. However, there is another condition under which your APY account will be closed prematurely. This is known as involuntary exit. What happens here?

Well, under involuntary exit, there will be two conditions under which premature account closure is allowed:

  1. You suddenly fall ill and it is not just any illness. You need to be critically ill or terminally ill. In either case, a huge amount of money is required for medical expenses. If you can show proper evidence of the same, the account will be closed. However, the process followed by the bank for closing the account will be exactly the same as described earlier.
  2. In case of unforeseen death, APY account is closed. One of the family members of the APY account holder needs to provide the details of death to the bank and the bank will carry forward the necessary actions and refund the money, which will include both the amount deposited by the account holder and the amount of interest earned by the deposited amount.

That’s all! There are no further steps to follow. It is pretty simple but the only problem is that in case you want to close your APY account, you will have physically visit the bank branch. There is online option available.

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  38 Responses to “How Can I Close Atal Pension Yojana Account?”

  1. I wan to closed my Atal Pension yojana account. so therefore requested to please provide me clouser form.

  2. I want to close my APY account please provide it online.


  4. i want to close my AYP account but pnb bank is saying there is no procedure to close d account.

  5. I went to my sbi bank for closing atal pension yojna but bank staff told me there is no policy to closing it until i reach i reach the age of 60 even they don’t have closing form please tell me where i am going to get closing form

    • So was happened when My wife had a talk with SBT officials in Nilambur branch, malappuram District, Kerala. They told ,no forms in this regard have got there, and the applicants got to download it from concerned sites.

  6. how can I close the APY account the bank is not providing the closure forms can you please place the cancellation letter format

  7. I want to close my ATAL pension yojna account,therefore I request you please provide me for closing of account. So I shall be thankful to you.

    • I want to close my Atal pension Yojna account, therefore I request you please provide me for closing of account .So i shall be thankfull to you.

  8. i want to close apy account from icici bank but they refused and suggest see online, please send closure form on my email

  9. mai apna atal pension yojana ko account closed karna chahata hu please help me.iske pahle bhi mai union bank of india me application form and application bhar ke de chuka hu fhir bhi 6 mahina ke bad mera a/c closed nahi huya hai isaka jalda upaya batai nahi to ubi ka a/c bhi lock ho jayega

  10. atal pension yojana me rupaya jama kiya hai wah kaise milega.
    thank u

  11. Sir I want to close my APY account. How can I get the closer form for the same. My banks SBI told me that no information available with them

  12. I want to close my APY account.so kindly its close and further refund my deducting amount

  13. I have applied for 5 thousand per month scheme but the bank by mistake done it 1 thousand per month, so now I want to close do cancelled ,but bank is saying that there is no process for cancellation, thn I have called the PNB customer care, but they don’t know about the cancellation process of APY, now plz tell me what to do????

    • please note down the complaint id of PNB and forward it to RBI. The process in tedious but effective.

  14. i want to cancel my APY please help me, i asked SBI to close it but they told me that its not possible to close APY account..i am from Odisha, and Dist:- Ganjam, Place :- Berhampur.

  15. I didnt open the account,in PNB peenya branch automatically my amount is getting deducted for last 2 months,Hence I want to close the APY account.Plz suggest me the procedure & provide me the closure form.I had already given a letter for closure of APY account to the branch managar.He also doesn’t have any idea about this,He told me that this is happening from central so,we cant do anything,or he suggested me to close the savings bank account & open a new SB account.

  16. want to cancel my APY please help me, i

  17. where is going money bank ya govrment after close

  18. I went to the bank several times and asked APY Account closure form. Met the BM also . BM said they have not heard of such forms, so kindly forward the link of such form if at all there is any.

  19. Pls close my apy account

  20. How many days does it take to refund money into a/c,once apy closure is initiated

  21. I want to close my Atal Pension Yojna account please help me.

  22. I have applied for invallentory exit to APY in Aug. 2016. my account of APY in the post office at Paratwada tq. Achapur Dist Amravati. refund is not received till. what can i do?

  23. Sir Mene APY Bandh Karadi he 5 Month Ho gaye lekin aabhi Refund Pisa Nahi Mila Kabtak milega

  24. Sir,
    Kindly request to you please close my APY account.And Refund my money it is very emergency.

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