Shimla: To enable easy credit and debit facilities for the farming community, Himachal Pradesh State Cooperative Bank (HPSCB) today launched the RuPay Kisan Credit cum Debit card.
Bank authorities claimed that HPSCB had become the first cooperative bank in the country to introduce the service for its largely rural customers.
Launched by chief minister Virbhadra Singh, on the occasion he said, “HPSCB having kept pace with the changing times in banking services like introducing core banking solutions and now launching of RuPay credit debit card would go a long way in providing efficient services to farmers and other customers.”
Chairman HPSCB Harsh Mahajan informed that the Bank through its more than 207 online branches and extension counters was extending prompt and uninterrupted services, particularly to the farming and horticulturalist communities.
Being one of the first cooperative banks in the country to introduce ATM services, the management plans to open four new branches at Golthai in Bilaspur, Gattadhar in Sirmaur, Rajnagar in Chamba and Mandal in Shimla soon.
Besides licenses for starting nine extension counters at Kudu in Shimla, Nanawan and Kothipura in Bilaspur, Bir Road Ahju and Ropri in Mandi, at Obri and Sarol in Chamba, Kamlanagar and Matiana in Shimla have also been granted by Reserve Bank of India, said Mahajan.
Talking about the RuPay credit-debit card, Amitabh Awasthi, managing director HPSCB said that it would facilitate farmers to use their own money or the money loaned from the bank with ease for undertaking seamless transactions for buying agricultural inputs, such as fertilizers, pesticides or mechanized tools such as spray pumps, when required.
Earlier, Harsh Mahajan presented a cheque of Rs. 21,65,760 as dividend for the year 2012-13 and contributed a Rs 51 lakh cheque towards the Chief Ministers Relief Fund to Virbhadra Singh.
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Provided there is an equal no. of increase in ‘Working ATM’s’ in rural area’s and awareness programmes to have maximum impact. But who cares about that, its launched and that is it.
Couldn’t agree more.
Government feels that it is only responsible for launching new schemes; but implementing them is a different story altogether.
How to ATM activity pls tell me.