Deposit insurance
A Central Government scheme under which all deposits are insured up to ₹5 lakh per customer in that particular bank, so that even if a bank fails, the Government returns up to ₹5 lakh of the depositor's savings in that…
This one is not written up yet
The definition above is the short version. A full explanation — how it works, a worked example and the exam traps — is still being written. In the meantime the chapter below covers it in context.
Written up from the same chapter
- Know Your CustomerThe identity and address check every investor must clear before a bank, broker or depository participant will open an account — mandatory under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002.
- Monetary policyThe central bank's management of money supply and interest rates to promote growth and hold prices stable — expansionary when it wants to push the economy up, contractionary when it wants to cool it.
Where this is taught
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