Various Drought Relief Measures to the Affected Farmers
various drought relief measures to the affected farmers. The Jansuraksha Schemes are launched by the Prime Minister of India on 1st June 2015. As on 31.03.2017, the enrollment count Regional Rural Banks under JanSuraksha and Atal Pension Yojana schemes are as Bank has sponsored two Regional Rural Banks viz., Pandyan follows: Grama Bank in Tamil Nadu and Odisha Gramya Bank in Odisha. Pandyan Grama Bank operates in 16 districts of Tamil Nadu with Jan Suraksha Schemes a branch network of 317 and staff strength of 1,277. As on 31st Status of Status of Enrolment March 2017 the RRB had a business mix of Rs. 10,064 crore Status of enrolment during the Year with a CD ratio of 81.61%. Odisha Gramya Bank has presence renewal Schemes as on 2016-2017 in 13 districts of Odisha with a network of 549 branches and staff as on 31.12.2016 (01.06.2016 - strength of 2,300 members. As on March 31, 2017, the RRBs had 30.06.2016 a business mix of Rs.14,008 crore with a CD ratio of 46.01%. (cumulative) 31.03.2017) Financial Inclusion PMJJBY 8,14,028 8,35,544 21,516 The Bank has engaged 2,751 Business Correspondents as per the guidelines of Reserve Bank of India for providing Banking PMSBY 26,37,866 26,80,411 42,545 facilities in un-banked villages to reach the unreached. BCs are also involved in collection of small value deposits, Personal Total 34,51,894 35,15,955 64,061 Accident Insurance under PMSBY, Life insurance under PMJJBY, recovery in loan accounts and assigned NPA accounts, Aadhaar Atal Pension Yojana seeding, third party deposit etc.Apart from carrying out regular Banking transactions, Business Correspondents also make 18,540 2015-2016 (cumulative) payments under Social Security Schemes of State/ Central Governments like Pension to Widows, Old age persons, Payment 60,084 under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee 2016- 2017 (cumulative) Scheme (MGNREGS), Cash Dole to Sri Lankan Tamil Refugees for which the credits were made directly to the SB accounts of 78,624 BeneÀ ciaries.
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