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RBI Plans ₹25,000 Compensation for Cyber Fraud Victims

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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has proposed a new compensation framework to provide relief to victims of small-value online frauds, with compensation up to ₹25,000.

Key Features of the Proposed Framework

  • Maximum compensation:
    • Up to ₹25,000 per victim
  • Coverage:
    • Applicable to small-value cyber frauds (below ₹50,000)
    • Such cases constitute around 65% of online fraud incidents by number
  • Compensation sharing mechanism (Skin in the game):
    • Victim: 15% of transaction value
    • Bank: 15% of transaction value
    • RBI: 85% of transaction value or ₹25,000 (whichever is lower)
  • Funding source:
    • RBI’s Depositor Education and Awareness (DEA) Fund, corpus ≈ ₹85,000 crore
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