Deposit
Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation is a 100% subsidiary of Reserve
Bank of India. It was established on July 15, 1978 under Deposit Insurance and
Credit Guarantee Corporation Act, 1961 for the purpose of providing insurance
of deposits and guaranteeing of credit facilities. It insures all bank
deposits, such as saving, fixed, current, recurring deposits for up to the
limit of Rs. 100,000 of each deposits in a bank.
Commercial
Banks: All commercial banks including branches of foreign banks functioning in
India, local area banks and regional rural banks are insured by the DICGC.
DICGC insured?
In the event of a bank failure, DICGC protects bank deposits that
are payable in India. The DICGC insures all deposits such as savings, fixed,
current, recurring, etc. except the following types of deposits.
(i)
Deposits of foreign Governments;
(ii) Deposits
of Central/State Governments;
(iii)Inter-bank
deposits;
(iv) Deposits
of the State Land Development Banks with the State co-operative bank;
(v) Any amount
due on account of any deposit received outside India
(vi) Any
amount, which has been specifically exempted by the corporation with the
previous approval of Reserve Bank of India.
Maximum deposit
amount insured by the DICGC:
Each depositor
in a bank is insured upto a maximum of Rs.1,00,000 (Rupees One Lakh) for both
principal and interest amount held by him in the same capacity.
Does the DICGC
insure just the principal on an account or both principal and accrued interest?
The DICGC
insures principal and interest upto a maximum amount of Rs. One lakh.
Are deposits in
different banks separately insured?
Yes. If you
have deposits with more than one bank, deposit insurance coverage limit is
applied separately to the deposits in each bank.
Can the bank
deduct the amount of dues payable by the depositor?
Yes. Banks have
the right to set off their dues from the amount of deposits. The deposit
insurance is available after netting of such dues.
Can any insured
bank withdraw from the DICGC coverage?
No. The deposit insurance scheme is compulsory and no bank can
withdraw from it.
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