Finance minister had announced hiking the deposit insurance limit to Rs 5 lakh for each bank depositor
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said the government has permitted DICGC to raise deposit insurance coverage by five times to Rs 5 lakh. Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation (DICGC), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Reserve Bank of India, provides insurance cover on bank deposits. Deposit insurance coverage will be enhanced from Rs 1 lakh to 5 lakh per depositor, the Finance Minister said her Budget speech in Lok Sabha. At present, the DICGC provides Rs 1 lakh insurance to a depositor regardless of deposit in case the lender fails or liquidated.
Ideally, you have only three accounts. One for salary and other two for investment and expenses
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Mechanism should be economically viable
On the telecom sector, the minister said the Centre wanted all companies to flourish and be able to grow their businesses in India
The crisis began after an alleged Rs 4,355-crore scam came to light and the RBI capped withdrawals at Rs 1,000 per customer from September 24
Non-food credit climbed Rs 214.40 billion to Rs 97.28 trillion, while food credit rose Rs 2.05 billion to Rs 602.90 billion
Deposit insurance was last revised on May 1, 1993, after the collapse of the Bank of Karad
Under 'Operation Clean Money' where 18 lakh people were contacted by the taxman