The Nainital district cooperative bank (NDCB) opened its 30th branch here on Wednesday. State Cooperative Minister Yashpal Arya inaugurated the branch at Donahriya, Haldwani.
Speaking on the occasion, Arya said that the State Government is planning to open more such branches in the remote areas of the hill State so as to enable the people living in these areas to avail themselves of banking services .At the same time, the Minister exhorted the officials concerned of the cooperative bank to help the people avail of different schemes being provided by the bank.In his address, RS Negi, chairman of the NDCB, informed that the new branch at Donahriya was opened at a cost of Rs50 lakh.
Hopefully, with the cooperation of the people of this area, the newly-opened branch would scale new heights in the days to come, he said. The fact is that the cooperative banks play a significant role in bringing people in the baking mainstream, further said Negi.As the officials concerned informed, the Nainital district cooperative bank has already started ATM service. More so, all branches of this bank have also been equipped with core- banking service, they added.