State Level Bankers Committee

Kerala government has asked the State Level Bankers Committee to ensure availability of currency stock at respective ATMs in the wake of five continuous bank holidays in the state.

At a time when the country is reeling under the pressure of a weak rupee, non-resident Keralites are laughing their way to the banks with remittance inflows crossing the year-end target of Rs 75,000 crore in just six months of 2013.

Surprising it may sound, but while 60% of the state's population has mobile phones, a whopping 45% does not have bank accounts. To tap this segment of the population, banks in Gujarat have come up with a new scheme -- the financial inclusion scheme.In the next two years, all banks in the state will cover more than 3,500 villages, each with a popula...

Kerala government has asked the State Level Bankers Committee to ensure availability of currency stock at respective ATMs in the wake of five continuous bank holidays in the state.

At a time when the country is reeling under the pressure of a weak rupee, non-resident Keralites are laughing their way to the banks with remittance inflows crossing the year-end target of Rs 75,000 crore in just six months of 2013.

Surprising it may sound, but while 60% of the state's population has mobile phones, a whopping 45% does not have bank accounts. To tap this segment of the population, banks in Gujarat have come up with a new scheme -- the financial inclusion scheme.In the next two years, all banks in the state will cover more than 3,500 villages, each with a popula...