Early Times Report
JAMMU, June 4: Financial Inclusion & Insurance Department under the chairmanship of Janak Raj Angural organized sixty three Financial Literacy & Awareness programmes under RBI's promoted Financial Literacy Week- June 3-7, 2019. All the six Regional Offices of the Bank were involved in the conduction of these camps. Out of these sixty three camps; RO Jammu conducted 20, RO Kathua/Samba conducted 9, RO Rajouri/Poonch conducted 8, RO Bandipora conducted 10, RO Baramulla conducted 10 & RO Kupwara conducted 6, thereby, completing coverage of total 114 villages on the first two days of RBI's promoted Financial Literacy Week.
Safoora Begum, Sarpanch one of the chief guest at the camp held at village Draba under Branch office Dool, welcomed the gathering and impressed upon them to make best use of available credit services especially for rural sector like KCC crop loan, Dairy Loan, etc. in accordance to their need and requirement.
Chander Kumar, Branch Head (Dool) J&K Grameen Bank, welcomed the gathering and 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 also highlighted the benefits of digital banking and cash less economy. Representatives of Line Departments like KVIB, Animal Husbandry, Agriculture, Education and NRLM also attended the programme besides the huge gathering of students and farmers of the villages.
Other Branch Heads at their respective locations spread the message of financial literacy and awareness among the population of remote villages. |
