PALAKKAD: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has deputed a team to study the mobile banking scheme of the Palakkad District Cooperative Bank, introduced last year, to take banking to the remote tribal villages of Attappady. The scheme is part of financial-inclusion programmes of the bank. In the Agali-Attappady area, banking facility is available only at the Agali town now. The mobile bank visits each village once in a week. The people living in the 187 tribal hamlets had no option but walk 20-30 km to reach Agali. Those employed under the MGNREGS in Attappady have benefitted (from the scheme) as the payment is made only through bank, District Cooperative Bank president K.V. Ramakrishnan said.
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