Saturday, February 26, 2011

RBI to hold financial outreach programme

VILLUPURAM: The Rural Planning and Credit Department (RPCD) of the Reserve Bank of India will organise a “financial outreach programme” at Karuvachi near here on Saturday. A statement from the Chennai RPCD said during the current financial year (2010—2011), RBI has proposed to conduct the programme in four villages in Tamil Nadu and one in Puducherry. Of these, already two in Tamil Nadu, including Paluvanchi in Tiruchi and Seelapandiankalam in Dindigul, and, Mangalam in Puducherry, had been covered. The objectives of the programme are to create awareness among rural people about RBI in general and banking activity in particular so as to include them in the mainstream financial system by opening no frills or savings accounts, extending small credit and issuing smart cards. At the Karuvachi programme, Principal Secretary to Tamil Nadu Finance Department K.Shanmugam, Collector R. Palanisamy, Indian Bank executive director Rajeev Rishi, General Manager (RPCD) M.M.Majhi, deputy general manager S.Selvarajan and assistant general manager M.A. Nasser will participate

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