SLBC to hold spl drives across 4,345 panchayats in state
Santosh Kumar Sinha, deputy general manager (DGM) of SLBC, said a statewide campaign in this regard has started from July 1 and would continue till September 30. "Camps were held in 768 panchayats as on Sunday," he said.
The DGM said that the camps are being organized to open new accounts under Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojna, enrol people under Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojna, Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojna and Atal Pension Yojana.
The banks are conducting a rerun of Know Your Customer (KYC) process for the inoperative accounts and spreading awareness against cybercrime. The claims related to insurance are also being settled in the camps.
The SLBC has issued instructions to all the banks and the lead district managers to carry out extensive awareness about the bank programme and reach out all the gram panchayats.
The SLBC is appealing to the people to take part in the special campaign in order to benefit from the government schemes. The drive would also enable eligible people get the benefits of government's social welfare scheme like the Maiyyan Samman Yojana, he added.
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