GOVERNMENT OF INDIA FINANCE LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO:2718 ANSWERED ON:08.08.2003 RRBs SPONSORED BY SBI AVSM, BRIG.(RETD.) KAMAKHYA PRASAD SINGH DEO

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

(a) the names of Regional Rural Banks sponsored by State Bank of India in the country, State-wise; and

(b) the number of such banks proposed to be opened in the near future, State- wise? Answer

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE (SHRI ANANDRAO.V. ADSUL)

(a) : The names of Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) sponsored by State Bank of India (SBI) are as under : Name of the State Name of the RRB

Andhra Pradesh (1) Sangameshwra Grameena Bank (2) Manjira Grameena Bank (3) Kakathiya Grameena Bank (4) Nagarjuna Grameena Bank (5) Sri Visakha Grameena Bank Arunachal Pradesh (6) Arunachal Pradesh Rural Bank Assam (7) Langpi Dehangi Rural Bank Bihar (8) Samastipur Kshetriya Gramin Bank Jharkand (9) Santhal Parganas Gramin Bank (10) Palamau Kshetriya Gramin Bank Himachal Pradesh (11) Parvatiya Gramin Bank Jammu & Kashmir (12) Ellaquai Dehati Bank Karnataka (13) Krishna Grameena Bank Chattisgarh (14) Bilaspur Raipur Kshetriya Gramin Bank (15) Raigarh Kshetriya Gramin Bank (16) Bastar Kshetriya Gramin Bank. Madhya Pradesh (17) Bundelkhand Kshetriya Gramin Bank (18) Shivpuri Guna Kshetriya Gramin Bank (19) Damoh-Panna Sagar Kshetriya Gramin Bank. Meghalaya (20) Ka Bank Nongkyn Ri Khasi Jaintia Mizoram (21) Mizoram Rural Bank Nagaland (22) Nagaland Rural Bank Orissa (23) Koraput Panchabati Gramya Bank (24) Kalahandi Anchalik Gramya Bank (25) Bolangir Anchalik Grameen Bank Uttar Pradesh (26) Gorakhpur Kshetriya Gramin Bank (27) Basti Gramin Bank Uttaranchal (28) Pithoragarh Kshetriya Gramin Bank (29) Ganga- Yamuna Gramin Bank (30) Alaknanda Gramin Bank.

(b) : Government has not received any proposal from SBI or any other Sponsor Bank for opening new RRBs.