My experience with Indian banks has been great albeit some unnecessary fees once in a while. I opened the non resident account in SBI when I visited last time a

My experience with Indian banks has been great albeit some unnecessary fees once in a while. I opened the non resident account in SBI when I visited last time and was able to get the account number, passbook and checkbook on the next day. They shipped the debit card and the pin to my home address. The online banking details were not handed to my parents so I visited again when I went earlier last month and was able to get the online bank details right there. The account activated later that evening and I was able to transfer money the next day. When I stayed there, I had similar experience wrt opening of accounts as Indian residents with Axis, Kotak and even ICICI. So this treatment is not new or limited to just NRI accounts.