Abhyudaya Bank Under RBI Control: Is Your ₹5L Safe?

RBI has extended its direct control over Abhyudaya Co-operative Bank for another year. If you have savings there, your deposits are insured only up to ₹5 lakh under DICGC rules — anything above that is at risk until the bank is stabilised.

Here's what happened: RBI has extended its supersession of the Abhyudaya Co-operative Bank board by one additional year starting November 24, keeping an RBI-appointed administrator in charge.. Supersession means the elected board of directors has been removed; RBI directly governs the bank's operations until it is stabilised, merged, or wound up.. Abhyudaya Co-operative Bank is a multi-state urban co-operative bank with a significant depositor base, primarily in Maharashtra..

What you should do: Check your total balance (all accounts + FDs + RDs) at Abhyudaya Bank — if it exceeds ₹5 lakh, transfer the surplus to a scheduled commercial bank immediately.. Verify your DICGC insurance cover: visit dicgc.org.in to confirm your insured amount and understand that the ₹5 lakh limit applies per bank, not per account.. Avoid renewing or opening new fixed deposits at Abhyudaya Bank until RBI lifts the supersession and the bank returns to normal elected-board governance..

DICGC pays insurance claims only after a bank is officially liquidated or declared failed — during supersession, your money is frozen, not automatically paid out. Do not wait.

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