Chief Minister Raghubar Das called for a greater cooperation from State Bank of India (SBI) in skill development programmes being conducted in Jharkhand. The CM raised the point during a meeting with Chairperson of the largest bank in India, Arundhati Bhattacharya when the latter had called upon the CM. He said State Government wants to speed up development of areas untouched by growth and districts lagging behind on the parameters of development.
Notably, the CM stated that the Government will constitute a trust to enumerate priorities under Corporate Social Responsibility. The trust will comprise government functionaries, representatives of private companies, bank and Chief Secretary will be nodal officer of the trust. The trust is likely to begin with arranging toilets, drinking water and electricity in the most backward areas of Jharkhand.
The SBI chairperson welcomed the decision to setup a trust to coordinate CSR activities and assured that SBI will take initiative in the direction. Chief Secretary, Rajiv Gauba; Principal Secretary to CM, Sanjay Kumar and Chief General Manager of SBI, Rajneesh Kumar were present in the meeting.