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With reference to Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Insurance Corporation, which of the following statements is/are correct?1. A subsidy of Reserve Bank of India2. Deposit upto Rs. 5 lakh are insured by it.Select the correct answer using the codes given below:Codes:

A.
Only 1
B.
Only 2
C.
Both 1 and 2
D.
Neither 1 nor 2

Solution:

The correct answer is Both 1 and 2. Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation (DICGC) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Reserve Bank of India. A maximum of Rs. 5,00,000 (after the budget of 2020-21) is insured for each user for both principal and interest amount. Hence options 1 and 2 are correct. Additional InformationDICGC came into existence in 1978 after the merger of Deposit Insurance Corporation (DIC) and Credit Guarantee Corporation of India Ltd (CGCI) after passing of the Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation Act, 1961 by the Parliament. DICGC insures all bank deposits, such as saving, fixed, current, recurring deposit for up to the limit of Rs. 500,000 of each deposit in a bank. It serves as a deposit insurance and credit guarantee for banks in India. Banks, including regional rural banks, local area banks, foreign banks with branches in India, and cooperative banks, are mandated to take deposit insurance cover with the DICGC. DICGC charges 10 paise per Rs. 100 of deposits held by a bank. The premium paid by the insured banks to the Corporation is paid by the banks and is not to be passed on to depositors.

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