DICGC increase the insurance coverage for depositors in all insured banks to ₹ 5 lakh

Pursuant to an announcement made by the Finance Minister Mrs.Nirmala Sitharaman in the Lokasabha while placing budget for the year 2020-21, the Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation (DICGC), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Reserve Bank of India, has raised the limit of insurance cover for depositors in insured banks from the present level of 1 lakh to5 lakh per depositor with effect from February 4, 2020.

The Reserve Bank notification in this regard on Tuesday mentioned that the above decision is taken with a view to providing a greater measure of protection to depositors in banks

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