Union minister for finance Nirmala Sitharaman, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor ShaktiKanta Das, and MoS will also be present at the event.
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address depositors on Sunday during a programme in Delhi, Prime Minister’s office said. As per an official statement from Prime Minsiter’s Office, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, MoS Finance and RBI Governor will also be present on the occasion.
The programme titled ‘Depositors First: Guaranteed Time-bound Deposit Insurance Payment up to ₹5 Lakh’ will be held at 12pm, according to the release by the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO).
“Deposit insurance covers all deposits such as savings, fixed, current, recurring deposits, etc. in all commercial banks, functioning in India. Deposits in State, Central and Primary cooperative banks, functioning in States/Union Territories are also covered,” the PMO stated.
“In a path-breaking reform, bank deposit insurance cover was enhanced from ₹1 lakh to ₹5 lakh,” it also said.
With deposit insurance coverage of ₹5 lakh per depositor per bank, the number of fully protected accounts at the end of the previous financial year constituted 98.1 per cent of the total number of accounts, as against the international benchmark of 80 per cent, as per the statement.
The first tranche of interim payments has been released by the Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation recently, against claims received from depositors of 16 Urban Cooperative Banks which are under restrictions by RBI.
Payout of over ₹1,300 crore has been made to alternate bank accounts of over 1 lakh depositors against their claims, the PMO also said in the statement.
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