In a bid to make people aware about the cashless economy, district cooperative banks would organize camps in villages under the banner of digital literacy campaign.
They will install micro ATMs in cooperative committees. Giving these instructions, secretary cooperative Vijay Kumar Dhondiyal asked them to ensure delivery of Kissan Credit Cards (KCC) Rupay Cards among 2.56 lakh farmers by January 15, 2017.
In a bid to review the situation after demonetization, district cooperative banks are facing inconvenience, he said, adding that he had asked the officers to open 100 percent account of all cooperative committee members in the branches of the district cooperative banks by December 25 and disburse KCC Rupay Cards by January 15, 2017.
Each bank will install 10 each micro ATMs in each committee so that farmers or committee members can do business through cards. Each district cooperative bank will organize 30 camps each in their district under digital literacy campaign, he stressed.
During the meeting, he also enquired into the facilities provided by the banks to their customers and the technique as well. Officials apprised that 2.56 lakh farmers, who were taking primary agriculture loan through cooperative banks for their crop, not in the banking system. “Now, we have opened one lakh bank accounts of the farmers in different district cooperative banks so far,” Dhondiyal said.
During the meeting, technical experts of Punjab state cooperative banks shared their experiences related to micro ATMs and Rupay cards, now functional in Punjab, with their Uttarakhand counterparts.
During the meeting, deputy registrar Anand AD Shukla, district assistant registrar Rajesh Chouhan, managing director Rajendra Sharma, general manager state cooperative banks NPS Dhakka were present.