Thursday, October 31, 2013

Hapless depositors of urban co-operative banks

..........First, and foremost, there is an urgent need to force the liquidators to do their primary job of submitting the claim to DICGC, get the amount due and disburse the same to the depositors of failed banks without any further delay. If the liquidators are not amenable to the directions they should be replaced without any fear or favour and steps should be taken to appoint liquidators who comply with the orders of the authorities concerned. The DICGC should not only pay the amount of insured deposits against such a claim, but also pay interest at the bank rate on these deposits over and above the insured deposit amount, as the delay is only due to the failure of the government appointed liquidators.........

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