RBI cancels license of Maharashtra-based Laxmi Cooperative Bank

Mumbai: Reserve Bank of India has cancelled the licence of Maharashtra-based The Laxmi Co-operative Bank, citing a lack of adequate capital. Upon liquidation, every depositor would be entitled to receive a deposit insurance claim amount upto 5 lakh rupees. 

According to the RBI, the bank with its present financial position would be unable to pay its present depositors in full and public interest would be adversely affected if the bank is allowed to carry on. "The Reserve Bank cancelled the licence of the bank as the lender does not have adequate capital and earning prospects and the continuance of the bank is prejudicial to the interests of its depositors,"



the RBI said in a statement.

The Commissioner for Cooperation and Registrar of Cooperative Societies, Maharashtra has also been asked to issue an order to wind up the operations and appoint a liquidator for the bank.

Based on bank data, around 99 per cent of the depositors are entitled to receive the full amount of their deposits from the deposit insurance and credit guarantee corporation (DICGC). As of September 13, the Laxmi Co-operative Bank has already paid 193 crore rupees of the total insured deposits based on the willingness received from the concerned depositors of the bank.