Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Feb 28: J&K Grameen Bank (JKGB) organized 17 village level programmes at unbanked villages in Jammu, Kathua, Kupwara, Rajouri and Samba districts.
The programmes were organized by Financial Inclusion & Insurance Department of JKGB under the chairmanship of Janak Raj Angural and in collaboration with NABARD, under branch offices Chogul, Kanthipora, Khumriyal, Lalapora, Yunisoo, Batera, Bhoond, Hatli, Jakhbar, Mahanpur, Nagri Parole, Bawani, Lam, Chingus, Doongi Brahmana, Bagnoti & Ramgarh.
With the culmination of these camps, J&K Grameen Bank completed coverage of 276 villages under village level programmes in the current financial year 2018-19.
Abdul Khaliq Malik, Regional Manager Kupwara, JKGB, who was one of the chief guest at the camp held at village Chogul impressed upon the gathering to make best use of available banking services in accordance to their need and requirement. He assured of the full cooperation and support from Grameen Bank for a remarkable turnaround in the rural economy.
Besides talking over major social security schemes, he also spread awareness about various types of fraudulent activities prevalent in the market to dupe innocent people of their hard earned money. He encouraged the gathering to approach the Grameen bank and avail hassle free and reasonable loans under various schemes like KCC, PMEGP, etc. for their overall growth & development.
Harbans Singh, Branch Head (Chogul) JKGB talked in brief about various social security schemes like APY, PMSBY, PMJJBY, etc and the positive change these have brought in our day to day lives. He highlighted the benefits of digital banking and cash less economy. He gave a detailed overview of various lending and deposit schemes of the Bank offered at lucrative interest rates.
Other Branch Heads at their respective locations spread the message of financial literacy and awareness among the population of remote villages. The staff members of all these branches enlightened people about uses of Bank cheques, Use of POS Machine, RuPay Debit card, KCC RuPay Debit Card, Net Banking, Mobile Banking Services, IMPS, and Aadhaar based transactions etc.
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