GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

GK

BANKING AWARENESS AND SEBI

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
In order to provide protection to the deposits held with banks and insurance for a minimum of their deposits with Banks, the following Institution was established ____?
A
State Bank of India
B
Reserve Bank of India
C
Life Insurance Corporation of India
D
Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -What is DICGC? Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation (DICGC) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). It provides deposit insurance that works as a protection cover for bank deposit holders when the bank fails to pay its depositors.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) was established in 1933 to try to reduce the occurrence of bank runs.

Detailed explanation-3: -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.

Detailed explanation-4: -The DICGC insures all deposits such as savings, fixed, current, recurring, etc. Deposits of foreign Governments; Deposits of Central/State Governments; Inter-bank deposits; Deposits of the State Land Development Banks with the State co-operative bank; Any amount due on account of and deposit received outside India. More items

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