A state-wide campaign will run until 31 December, with enrolment camps promoting bank accounts, insurance, pensions and farm credit across Sikkim’s gram panchayats and urban local bodies.
Sikkim’s banking network has begun a state-wide financial inclusion drive designed to bring banking, pension and insurance services to residents in every part of the Himalayan state by December 31. According to a press statement from the State Bank of India, the campaign was launched by the State Level Bankers’ Committee at Chintan Bhawan in Gangtok and will reach all 197 gram panchayat units and urban local bodies across Sikkim. At the launch, Sikkim Health and Family Welfare and Culture Minister G T Dhungel urged people to sign up for government schemes and make use of the protections already available to them. Officials from the state government, the Reserve Bank of India and Nabard also used the event to highlight safe banking, fraud prevention and the need to keep account and identity records up to date. The programme focused on enrolment in schemes including Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana, Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana, Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana and Atal Pension Yojana, while Nabard outlined support available through the Kisan Credit Card and the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana for farmers. RBI officials also stressed timely re-KYC updates and the formal channels available for reporting financial fraud, as the campaign continues through the end of the year with camps planned in every local body.
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