Banks should push financial inclusion – Ms. Suma Verma, Regional Director, RBI

Ms Suma Verma, Regional Director, Reserve Bank of India, Thiruvananthapuram has urged banks to extend more facilities to the rural population for making the concept of financial inclusion meaningful and fruitful.  Ms Verma said this while inaugurating ‘Sneha,' the Financial Literacy and Credit Counselling Centre (FLCC) established by Indian Overseas Bank (IOB), Lead Bank for Thiruvananthapuram, on Thursday. Delivering the keynote address, Mr K.C.Shashidhar, Chief General Manager, National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard), too, urged banks to reach out to the rural population to push financial inclusion. Ms Indira Padmini, Convenor, District Consultative Committee for Banking Development and Chief Regional Manager, IOB, spoke on the occasion. Among others who spoke were Mr K. Sudhir, General Manager, District Industries Centre; Mr K.S.Sasidharan, Principal Agricultural Officer; Ms J.Prasanna Kumari, Project Officer, Khadi and Village Industries Board; Ms Nalinakumar Ghosh, District Employment Officer; and Mr K. Sasikumar, Counsellor, FLCC.