District administration, Bageshwar has launched a campaign to open bank accounts of the people, including the beneficiaries of different popular schemes like pensions for the elderly, widows and physically handicapped in CBS- equipped banks across the district from Monday.
Such camps were oganised at Primary School, Patli in Garur block, Junior High School, Amsarkot in Bageshwar block and Junior High School, Jagthana, in Kapkot block on Monday, while people from Bageshwar’s Vijaypur Kanda area may have their bank accounts opened at such a camp at Vijaypur Kanda Inter College slated on December 16, informed the officials concerned of the Bageshwar district administration.
Camps will be organsised at Kapkot block’s Shama Inter College on December 17, while the same will be held at Kapkot block’s Karmi Inter College on December 19, added the officials concerned.
Similarly, bank account opening camp will be organised at Garur block’s Salani Inter College on December 20, while the same will be held at Kapkot block’s loharkhet guesthouse on December 22 and at Syakot Inter College of the same block on December 24, the officials concerned of the Bageshwar district administration further said.
It has also asked the respective area bank officials to be present in these camps in maximum number as per time schedule to open the bank accounts of the needy.
Notably, with the State Government’s decision to make online payments of different schemes, it has become necessary for all the beneficiaries of different Government- run popular schemes to have bank accounts in CBS- equipped banks.