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Kotak Mahindra Bank NRO Fixed Deposit

Kotak's NRO fixed deposit for Indian-source NRI funds, using the current shared Domestic/NRO/NRE rupee rate schedule with NRO tax and repatriation treatment.

First-party evidencePublished researchReviewed September 10, 2026Active
Current rate evidenceThe current callable schedule effective 10 June 2026 peaks at 6.80% in the 2-year-to-under-3-year band below ₹3 crore; NRI deposits do not receive resident senior additions.
Currency / amount / tenureCurrent NRI deposits/booking material states ₹50,000 minimum, while a broad legacy FAQ listing still shows ₹5,000 for NRO FD. The engine therefore flags the conflict and treats the live booking flow as controlling.
Premature withdrawal / liquidityInterest is taxable in India; principal outward remittance follows the applicable NRO framework. Premature closure recalculates interest for the actual period and applies the bank’s current penalty structure.
Deposit-state / funding ruleNRO tax/repatriation state remains controlling even when its nominal rupee rate equals the bank’s Domestic/NRE table.
Research processPublished by littleden.blog

Structured from first-party bank/issuer evidence. This page does not claim personal hands-on product use unless that experience is explicitly stated.

3 first-party sourcesFirst-party conflict preserved
Last checkedSeptember 10, 2026

Recorded source review date, not a claim that the product changed that day.

Maintenance stateRecheck approaching

Target recheck: October 10, 2026.

Critical decision facts

Rate, tenure, liquidity and booking conditions belong together.

A headline deposit rate is incomplete without the dated schedule, tenure band, customer category and premature-withdrawal rules.

01 · Current rate evidenceThe current callable schedule effective 10 June 2026 peaks at 6.80% in the 2-year-to-under-3-year band below ₹3 crore; NRI deposits do not receive resident senior additions.
02 · Currency / amount / tenureCurrent NRI deposits/booking material states ₹50,000 minimum, while a broad legacy FAQ listing still shows ₹5,000 for NRO FD. The engine therefore flags the conflict and treats the live booking flow as controlling.
03 · Premature withdrawal / liquidityInterest is taxable in India; principal outward remittance follows the applicable NRO framework. Premature closure recalculates interest for the actual period and applies the bank’s current penalty structure.
04 · Deposit-state / funding ruleNRO tax/repatriation state remains controlling even when its nominal rupee rate equals the bank’s Domestic/NRE table.
Exact product-type evidence

Fixed deposit evidence stays in its own structure.

Specialist fields below remain source-scoped. Missing values stay missing; one banking product type is never used to manufacture facts for another.

Comparable tenure points

Rate anchors you can compare without reading a headline maximum.

Only tenure points directly represented by the reviewed bank schedule are stored. We do not interpolate a rate between published bands.

Research matrix: Tenure; General; Eligible senior
TenureGeneralEligible senior
1 year6.35%
15 months6.45%
18 months6.55%
2 years6.80%
3 years6.40%
4 years6.40%
5 years6.25%

Rate basis: Kotak Domestic/NRO/NRE callable fixed-deposit schedule below ₹3 crore effective 10 June 2026; NRO tax treatment separate. · Effective/reference date: June 10, 2026

Rate history

Dated deposit-rate snapshots.

Effective-date evidence is preserved instead of silently replacing an older rate when a bank reprices new deposits.

Observed September 12, 2026
Domestic/NRO/NRE callable schedule <₹3Cr effective 10 Jun 2026; reviewed NRO peak 6.80% in the 2y–<3y band.

Kotak Domestic/NRO/NRE callable fixed-deposit schedule below ₹3 crore effective 10 June 2026; NRO tax treatment separate.

Maintained terms

Fees, balances, benefits, limits and eligibility without a single-score shortcut.

These six fields are the cross-product layer. The specialist section above controls whenever a type-specific field is more precise.

Current rate evidenceThe current callable schedule effective 10 June 2026 peaks at 6.80% in the 2-year-to-under-3-year band below ₹3 crore; NRI deposits do not receive resident senior additions.
Currency / amount / tenureCurrent NRI deposits/booking material states ₹50,000 minimum, while a broad legacy FAQ listing still shows ₹5,000 for NRO FD. The engine therefore flags the conflict and treats the live booking flow as controlling.
Tax / repatriation / payoutAuto-renewal, joint holding with eligible NRI/PIO/resident holders and digital booking through Kotak channels.
Premature withdrawal / liquidityInterest is taxable in India; principal outward remittance follows the applicable NRO framework. Premature closure recalculates interest for the actual period and applies the bank’s current penalty structure.
NRI / PIO / OCI eligibilityEligible NRI/PIO customers under Kotak NRO/KYC rules.
Deposit-state / funding ruleNRO tax/repatriation state remains controlling even when its nominal rupee rate equals the bank’s Domestic/NRE table.
Fit & cautions

Who this record appears designed for—and what can break the fit.

Best-fit wording summarizes the published proposition. It is not individualized financial advice or an approval prediction.

Potential fit

Kotak NRI customers placing Indian-source rupee funds into a term deposit while retaining NRO-compliant repatriation.

Verify before relying
  • A first-party minimum-deposit conflict exists: current NRI booking material says ₹50,000 while a generic FAQ still says ₹5,000; verify the live booking screen.
  • NRO interest is taxable.
  • Premature closure can lower realised yield.
Maintained comparisons

Compare this product only where the pair is deliberately maintained.

Both sides keep independent review dates, exact conditions and first-party evidence. No winner score is generated.

First-party source ledger

Complete evidence set for this maintained profile.

Each source remains independent. A product page, tariff, KFS/MITC, rate schedule or programme document is not silently treated as interchangeable evidence.

Current-use rule

When the bank changes a term after the recorded review, the current agreement, tariff, KFS/MITC or effective rate table controls.

Research boundary

This page organizes dated public evidence; it does not guarantee eligibility, availability, approval, service quality or future pricing.