Good news for Indian webmasters. Google may soon introduce EFT payments for Adsense publishers in India. Source: http://webtrickz.com/google-adsense-to-introduce-eft-payments-for-indian-publishers-soon/ UPDATE (March 5, 2014) - Google has Finally Introduced EFT Payments for Adsense Publishers in India via Wire Transfer. Everything you need to know! http://webtrickz.com/google-adsense-publishers-in-india-can-now-receive-payments-via-wire-transfer/
I am thinking to contact them. Did anyone already contacted them regarding this issue?, if yes then what was their reply.
But in that period no AdSense pro made comment on this. This topic is hot now because of this: http://productforums.google.com/forum/#!msg/adsense/v7AiOAXG8XM/UlDLoWgQ-i0J
Read there that they are working to remove that $25 fee from EFT transfers. Also someone said its expected in Feb 2014.
That $25 is intermediate bank fees for wire transfer. If Google uses existing NEFT/RTGS infrastructure the fees is Rs.2.50 (~$0.05) which has to be paid by the sender. And BTW: the post you are talking about is irrelevant as I donot think the publisher actually got payment via EFT (as Google haven't implemented this in India yet). Even though there is a $25 fee, I will not have an issue with it, as I will get the payment in my account within 2-3 days.
I think Google needs some time to forward the data and process the payment even after PI appeared in AdSense dashboard. That's why I said 2-3 days. And yes after initiation of NEFT transfer it takes around 2-5 hours to credit in the beneficiary account.
Finally, the EFT has been officially announced in India - http://trak.in/tags/business/2014/03/05/google-adsense-india-eft-payments/
UPDATE - Google has Finally Introduced EFT Payments for Adsense Publishers in India via Wire Transfer. Everything you need to know! webtrickz.com/google-adsense-publishers-in-india-can-now-receive-payments-via-wire-transfer
That's in beta, and I am a part of that beta testing. Last month Google made that testing with limited 15 publishers, this month they are expanding this test to more users. Officially : EFT is still not available for all Indian publishers.
I got an email from adsense team regarding this payment upgrade and other updates to payment settings, I have one question to OP, Can we have more then one bank account in payment profile? and withdraw money selectively? Thanks