Also launches Nabakalebar special loan schemes
The State Bank of India (SBI) on Thursday launched Nabakalebar schemes and opened 15 online branches with Chief Secretary GC Pati inaugurating the facilities at the SBI local Head Office here. Regional Director of the Reserve Bank of India PK Jena was the guest of honour.
Anticipating more than 40 lakh visitors to Puri during Nabakalebar of lord Jagannath in June next year, the SBI has specially designed two loan products on relaxed terms, one under the SME segment to meet the requirements of hotel and restaurant owners and the other for the personal segment customers to take care of the house repairs and renovation needs of the people during this holy period.
On the eve of Nabakalebar festival, the launching of new schemes under the Pradhan Mantri Jan-Dhan Yojana (PMJDY), donation for sanitary units to schools, sanction letters to the beneficiaries of the of the schemes and donation of an ambulance to the Prajnana Mission took place in the presence of SBI Chief General Manager Krishna Mohan Trivedi .Ten kits of PMJDY and Pehla Kadam were handed over to the accountholders.
The SBI’s efforts of opening online branches and launching the Nabakalebar products were highly appreciated by the Chief Secretary. Trivedi enlightened on the ideas of the new services of the SBI which would be part of development of the State.
PK Jena stated that this initiative should be an example for other banks. While SBI General Manager Pulak Kumar Sinha delivered the welcome address, the programme ended with a vote of thanks by SBI Network-II General Manager PVSlN Murty and the flagging off of the ambulance donated to the Prajnana Mission.