SBI ladies Club has recently donated 500 blankets to Bharat Sewashram Sangh, Bhopal Branch, on behalf of State Bank of India. Subhashree Ghose, President, SBI ladies Club, Bhopal Circle handed over the blankets to the institution at a programme organised by Bharat Sewashram Sangh.
While some blankets were distributed amongst the needy persons living in slum areas at Bhopal during the function, the remaining blankets would be distributed to individuals suffering from leprosy, as they use blankets the whole year around.
Speaking on the occasion, Ghose stated that SBI ladies Club conducts hosts ofsocial activities on behalf of SBI like providing books and stationery, things of daily needs to the inmates of orphanages and juvenile homes, celebrating festivals with them, providing rations to leper homes, etc.
These activities are undertaken on a regular basis, stated Ghose. Also present on the occasion were, the Vice President of the Club, Sarita Panda and other members of the Club. In SBI, Corporate Social Responsibility activities have become a way of life.
One percent of the Bank's Net Profit is kept aside for donations to deserving NGOs and for donations at the time of natural calamities every year.n During the fiscal 2012-13, SBI's CSR spent was Rs 123 crore. Similarly, its Bhopal Circle (which covers the states of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh) spent Rs 9.27 crore on CSR activities.