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Home / News / India News / PMC Bank crisis: RBI raises withdrawal limit to Rs. 50,000
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    PMC Bank crisis: RBI raises withdrawal limit to Rs. 50,000

    Siddhant Pandey
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    Last updated on Nov 05, 2019, 07:40 pm
    PMC Bank crisis: RBI raises withdrawal limit to Rs. 50,000
  • The withdrawal limit for account holders of the crisis-hit Punjab and Maharashtra Cooperative (PMC) Bank has been raised to Rs. 50,000, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said in a press release on Tuesday.

    The RBI had earlier imposed restrictions on the withdrawal after a Rs. 4,355-crore scam, involving Housing Development and Infrastructure Ltd (HDIL), came to the fore.

    Here are more details.

  • In this article
    RBI enhanced withdrawal limit after reviewing PMC's ability to pay PMC accountholders can also withdraw money from bank's ATMs RBI first imposed withdrawal cap in September Nine protesting PMC depositors taken into custody today What is the PMC Bank scam?
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    RBI enhanced withdrawal limit after reviewing PMC's ability to pay

    RBI enhanced withdrawal limit after reviewing PMC's ability to pay
  • The RBI raised the withdrawal limit from the previous Rs. 40,000 cap after reviewing the bank's liquidity position and its ability to pay its depositors, the bank stated in its press release.

    Further, the apex bank noted that with this enhanced withdrawal limit, over 78% of PMC Bank depositors will be able to withdraw their entire account balance.

  • Information

    PMC accountholders can also withdraw money from bank's ATMs

  • Adding that people PMC depositors can now withdraw money from the bank's own ATMs, the RBI reassured, "The Reserve Bank is closely monitoring the position and shall continue to take further steps as are necessary to safeguard the interest of the depositors of the bank."

  • History

    RBI first imposed withdrawal cap in September

    RBI first imposed withdrawal cap in September
  • In September, the RBI capped withdrawal at Rs. 1,000 under Section 35A of the Banking Regulation Act, taking cognizance of the PMC Bank scam. The limit was gradually increased to Rs. 40,000.

    Chaos ensued as depositors of the bank couldn't withdraw their money for daily expenditures.

    As of Tuesday, eight bank depositors have allegedly died due to issues arising from the withdrawal limit.

  • Information

    Nine protesting PMC depositors taken into custody today

  • PMC Bank depositors have also held protests against the withdrawal limit. In one such protest against Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman outside the RBI office in Mumbai's Bandra Kurla Complex, nine bank depositors were taken into custody by the police.

  • Scam

    What is the PMC Bank scam?

    What is the PMC Bank scam?
  • The PMC Bank secretly loaned 73% of its total loan book size (Rs. 8,880cr) to the realty developer HDIL and its related entity.

    Through specially-created dummy accounts, the bank made loans to HDIL despite non-payments, giving Rs. 6,500 crore to the company in loans. These transactions were also allegedly hidden from RBI's audit.

    Five persons including HDIL promoters have been arrested in the case.

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