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Topic: PMC Bank

Lok Sabha passes bill allowing depositors to get insurance money in 90 days

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the legislation will benefit small depositors, including those of the Punjab and Maharashtra Cooperative Bank.

Depositors can now get insurance money in 90 days if their bank is placed under moratorium

The Union cabinet has cleared changes in a decision that will help depositors in banks that have been placed under a moratorium by the RBI.

How did fintech start-up BharatPe manage to win a banking licence from RBI?

BharatPe’s unexpected bonanza could well set a template for post-Covid recapitalisation of Indian lenders.

RBI allows takeover of PMC bank by Centrum Financial Services to set up small finance bank

In September 2019, RBI had placed PMC under regulatory restrictions, including cap on withdrawals by its customers, after detection of certain financial irregularities.

Hope for troubled PMC Bank as 4 entities show interest in acquiring it

PMC Bank, put under restrictions in September 2019, had invited expressions of interest in November, and 4 entities — financial sector players and corporates — have come forward.

Delhi HC pulls up RBI for letting PMC Bank decide on depositors’ emergency money requests

The court said the RBI cannot act as a post office and has to be the one deciding which depositors can access money, and not PMC Bank.

Mumbai designer’s financial distress began before Arnab Goswami’s office contract

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Ray of hope for PMC Bank revival as investors show interest

Potential investors will have the option to convert PMC Bank into a small finance bank provided they meet the RBI’s licensing conditions.

Net worth wiped out, withdrawal restrictions, no resolution — PMC Bank’s worse off 1 year on

RBI’s process to fix the bank hasn’t yielded any results. The bank’s net worth is wiped out and its depositors are struggling with restrictions on withdrawal.

ED attaches 3 Delhi hotels worth Rs 100 crore in PMC Bank case

The hotels belonged to the Fab Hotels group. Last year, ED filed a PMLA case to probe into alleged loan fraud in the Punjab and Maharashtra Co-operative Bank.

On Camera

MBBS guidelines for students with disabilities reduce a life to a limb

The guidelines ask whether a student can climb stairs, but not whether the college has a ramp. They ask whether a student can bear weight, but not whether the system can bear the weight of its own prejudice.

How mining, manufacturing & power sectors weighed on India’s industrial output since January 2024

India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.

Legacy of Air Chief Marshal LM Katre, the man who flew Spitfires & ushered IAF into a modern era

ACM Katre was 2nd IAF chief to die in harness. It was at a memorial lecture in his honour where IAF chief AP Singh revealed that India shot down 6 Pakistani aircraft in Op Sindoor.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.