Keeping in view the increase in influx of people depositing income tax dues at Reserve Bank of India counters, additional counters have been opened in the bank.

The deputy general manager (Banking) Rajeev Dwivedi said: "In order to obviate the inconvenience due to increase in the number of tax payers at the eleventh hour, they are requested to deposit their income tax dues sufficiently in advance well before the last date."

In addition to this, the bank has also opened the facility for depositing income tax by cash or cheque at 144 branches of public sector banks including State Bank of India and four other private sector banks.

Further, tax payers are therefore, requested to take advantage of these arrangements and to deposit taxes well before the last day, he added.