State Government determined to give benefits of cooperative sector to the villagers, farmers and common man, decided to open 26 new branches of District Cooperative Central Bank in the State soon.
Officials of the cooperative department informed on Thursday that CM Raman Singh has given nod to the proposal of opening up of these new branches of the Bank.
Including these new branches the number of branches being operated by District Cooperative Central Bank would reach up to 234.
After reaching to the consensus in State level task force meeting and got approval from Chief Minister, Registrar of the cooperative institutions issued permission from his office to start new branches.
According to the officials these new branches will be opened up at village Tundra of Balodabazar-Bhatapara district, Palari in Balod district, Balsamund in Bemetara district, Parpodi in Durg district, Tumdibod, Mohara, Bundeli and Bazarataria in Rajnandgaon district, Birkunda, kona, pandatarai and Rampur (Thathpur) in Kabirdham district, Balrampur in Balrampur-Ramanujganj district, Premnagar of Surajpur district, at Dhaniya, Pendra and Malhar of Bilaspur district, at Chndrapur, Hasod, Chhapora and Nariyara of Janjgir-Champa district, at Podiuproda of Korba district, at Bhanpuri and Nagarnar in Bastar (Jagdalpur), at Sarona and Badekapsi of north Bastar (Kanker).
A circular of permission has been issued by the registrar cooperative institution to District Cooperative Central banks - Raipur, Durg, Rajnandgaon, Surguja, Bilaspur and Jagdalpur.
Officials informed referring to the directives of the circular that in all the new branches facility of core banking would be provided from the date of inception of the branches.
Concerned district Cooperative Central Banks are being instructed to make arrangements of computer hardware, software and connectivity for respective new branches of the banks. This is also instructed that as per the consent given by the District Cooperative Central Bank the new branches will be operated by the existing staff of the concerned Banks. Also said, permission would remain effective for only one year from the date of its issuance. Information of opening up new branches should be given to the Krishi sakh sahakari samitis , farmers and villagers also.
Total of 23 lakhs fifty thousand account holders are there in all the 208 branches of the District Cooperatives Central Banks being operated in all over the State, Among them 15 lakh seventy five thousand farmers are Kisan credit cards holder . Roughly more than ten lakhs farmers are frequently using credit cards to take loans for requisite seeds and fertilisers.