Port Blair, Dec. 13: The District Consultative Committee and District Level Review Meeting of South Andaman District for the quarter September 2022 was held today under the Chairmanship of Shri Suneel Anchipaka, Deputy Commissioner, South Andaman in the Conference Hall, District Office to review the performance of Banks under Annual Credit Plan, Government Sponsored Schemes and Flagship Schemes launched by Hon’ble Prime Minister.
The Deputy Commissioner advised the banks to give more focus on Flagship Schemes and Jan Suraksha like Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojna (PMSBY), Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojna(PMJJBY), Atal Pension Yojna (APY), Stand up India and PMEGP. He also instructed to achieve the targets allotted to banks in time. He advised the banks to conduct financial literacy camps in coordination with PRIs and ULBs. He also advised Canara Bank and Andaman & Nicobar State Co-operative Bank to cover the unbanked villages by 15th January 2023. The CD Ratio of the District has improved by 3.88% and stands at 60.87%.
Shri C Raj, Chief Manager, SBI, welcomed the Chairman and informed that Banks had organized 58 Digital Awareness Camp and 104 Financial Literacy Camps during the quarter in South Andaman District. Under Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojna banks enrolled 6617 and in PMJJBY 3357 beneficiaries upto the quarter in South Andaman Districts. 1372 beneficiaries enrolled under APY. South Andaman District achieved 44.27% of the Priority Sector Lending Targets as on 30.09.2022.
The meeting was attended by Shri Debajyoti Datta, AGM, RBI, Shri P K Ummer Farooq, Lead Bank Manager, SBI, Ms Swathi, AGM, NABARD Senior Officials of the Banks and Govt. Department, a press release from DC (SA) said.