Deposit insurance, as we know it today, was introduced in India in 1962. India was the second country in the world to introduce such a scheme, the first being the US in 1933. Banking crises and bank failures worldwide underscored the need for depositor protection.
Asserting that full insurance coverage for all depositors appears somewhat financially non-viable, RBI Deputy Governor M. Rajeshwar Rao suggested that if this could be given to certain sections of the customers -- small depositors, senior citizens, or pools deposits of smaller depositors