The banks should contribute in wholesome development of the district by playing their role in increasing the credit deposit ratio, said the Chief Development Officer (CDO) of Haridwar, Sonika during a district level review meeting of banks at regional office of Punjab National Bank on Friday.
She said that all banks should expedite the pending loan applications. The CDO said that those banks which have not achieved their targets should work hard to achieve them. She said that the benefit of crop insurance scheme should be extended to all farmers of the district.
Sonika said that special effort should be made to link all bank accounts with AADHAR number. She assured full support to the banks in the cases of NPA and recovery of loans. The CDO said that the banks should work in tandem with the SDMs of their tehsils in this regard.
She appealed all bankers to work with spirit of co-operation and co-ordination among themselves. Sonika said that the banks should take part in Janta darbars, set up camps in the rural areas and provide
agricultural loans to the farmers.
The meeting was attended by the Regional manager of PNB Kuldeep Sharma, Somya Shivshankaran from RBI, DDM, NABARD Amit Bhandari , Deputy General Manager A K Sharma, Chief Agriculture Officer J P Tiwari and bank managers of all banks of the district.