Banks starts 'Customer Outreach Programme' in Puducherry

Puducherry, Oct 31 (KNN) State Level Bankers’ Committee, Union Territory of Puducherry, in co-ordination with all the banks in the city, conducted a two-day 'customer outreach programme'.

In line with the directive of Ministry of Finance, Department of Financial Services, the  Outreach programme aims to provide access to credit for retail, agriculture, vehicle, home, MSME, education and personal loans in order to cash in on the festive season.

Stalls have been set up by the various banks at the JIPMER auditorium to extend various credit facilities.

Bank personnel are also assisting visitors to download and use the and BHIM app on mobiles.

A NABARD pavilion is providing awareness and facilitation regarding agricultural credit, credit through SHG etc while the SIDBI stall has information regarding MSME products.

Financial Literacy and Credit Counselling centre is rendering counselling services while INDSETI (Indian Bank Self Employment Training Institute) has set up a stall to provide information regarding training programmes and has displayed products manufactured by trainees of the institute.

The inaugural function was attended by K S Sudhakara Rao, General Manager, MSME, Indian Bank, Corporate Office, B. Veeraraghavan, convenor-SLBC, Indian Bank, R. Balaji, RM, SBI, Hari Madhu, CRM, IOB, S. Rajesh, RM, Canara Bank, Pulla Rao, RM, Union Bank of India, Uma Gurumurthy, DDM, NABARD, Margret Laetitia, chairperson, PBGB, V. Jothi, AGM, Bank of India, Edwin Paul, AGM, UCO Bank and A. Udayakumar, LDM, Puducherry.

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