Banks to conduct customer outreach

Two-day event starts on October 29

October 26, 2019 12:01 am | Updated 12:01 am IST - PUDUCHERRY

The State Level Bankers’ Committee (SLBC) will organise a customer outreach initiative to facilitate credit across a spectrum of needs on October 29 and 30.

The programme is being conducted on directions from the Department of Financial Services to banks to provide access to credit Inter Alia for categories including retail, agriculture, vehicle, home, MSMEs, education and personal loans to capitalise on the festive season.

The two-day event will be held at the Jipmer auditorium.

All banks and government departments will be putting up stalls, sanctioning loans, facilitating Aadhaar enrolment, opening of accounts and enrolment under social security schemes.

The stalls set up by the banks at the Mudra Promotion Campaign would be providing a host of services such as information regarding various credit facilities available with the banks, opening Savings Bank and BSBD accounts, Aadhaar seeding and authentication with consent of the account-holder, mobile seeding, assistance for using BHIM app on individual mobiles.

Enrolment drive

Officials will also facilitate distribution of sanctioned Mudra and Stand Up India loans, enrolment for Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY), Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY) and Atal Pension Yojana (APY).

NABARD will put up a stall for awareness and facilitation regarding agricultural credit, credit through SHG etc. and its various other schemes.

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