Government clears bills to amend IBC and withdraw FRDI

The government is likely to withdraw the Financial Resolution and Deposit Insurance (FRDI) Bill, 2017 in the ongoing session of Parliament to calm jittery investors and avoid any popular backlash before the 2019 elections.

Introduced in Lok Sabha on August 11, 2017, the proposed bill had made depositors nervous due to a 'bail in' clause.

In a bid to prevent banks from going bankrupt, the draft bill proposed 'writing down of liabilities' (referred by many as a bail-in), which most thought had potential to harm deposits in savings bank accounts.


Authorities had also planned to raise security cover for bank deposits, amid fears over deposits being used to ‘bail in’ ailing banks in extreme situations.

At present, each depositor is protected only up to a limit of Rs 1 lakh by the Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee. Deposit beyond Rs 1 lakh does not have any protection and is treated at par with claims of unsecured creditors as of now.

The bill had proposed to set up a resolution corporation to monitor financial firms, anticipate the risk of their failure, take corrective action and work out a resolution plan. In case of a failure, the proposed corporation would also provide deposit insurance up to a certain limit, which was not specified.

The bill had also proposed that once a financial services company, including a bank, slips into critical category, the Resolution Corporation would take over the firm and prepare a resolution during a year, extendable by another 12 months.
government had assured depositors several times that it was committed to protecting the interest of them and financial institutions and had slammed opposition parties for triggering “a needless controversy.”


It had said that 70 per cent deposits are in public sector banks and most of the rest in well-capitalised private banks, so there's no likelihood of losing deposits for over 98 per cent depositors. The remaining will be subject to a 'bail in' only if the depositors consent.

“In an election year, the government does not want to do anything which appears to be anti-people,” said a source.
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Bank union coming down to field movement against FRDI


With the clamour over proposed Financial Resolution and Deposit Insurance (FRDI) Bill climbing higher in the decibel scale, while major employees associations in banking sector have started opposing it, the conglomeration of officers associations has also entered into the arena. They may even go on strike to oppose the bill. 


"We are considering the issue too seriously and determined to oppose the bill. Our opposition may even take the shape of nationwide strike if our apex organization United Federation of Bank Unions gives a call for that," said Soumya Dutta, National Joint General Secretary of All India Bank Officers Confederation and General Secretary of State Bank of India Officers Association(SBIOA), Bengal Circle. 
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New FRDI Bill won't take away your money in the bank says Finance Minister


The Financial Resolution and Deposit Insurance Bill, 2017 (FRDI Bill) goes beyond the current provisions to provide greater protection to depositors, the finance ministry has said defending the Bill that has raised apprehensions in some quarters. 



The statement follows concerns regarding "bail-in" provisions of the Bill. "The provisions contained in the FRDI Bill, as introduced in the Parliament, do not modify present protections to the depositors adversely at all. They provide rather additional protections to the depositors in a more transparent manner," the statement said clarifying the provisions. Introduced in the Lok Sabha on August 10, the Bill is presently under the consideration of a joint committee of Parliament, which is consulting all the stakeholders on the provisions of the proposed legislation. The claim of depositors will be further strengthened as the FRDI Bill raises the order of priority for uninsured deposits above than unsecured creditors, central and state governments, a government official told ET. 
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