Cooperative Banks Update: Union Cooperative Minister Amit Shah has said that in order to reach the benefits of government welfare schemes to the customers of cooperative banks, they will be connected with Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) soon. That is, now they will also get the benefit of all the welfare schemes of the government.
Cooperative Banks Update: Now the customers of the cooperative bank will get the benefit of all the welfare schemes of the government. For this, cooperative banks will be linked with Direct Bank Transfer (DBT). Union Cooperation Minister Amit Shah said this while addressing a program through video conferencing. At present, the benefits of 300 schemes run by 52 ministries of the government are being passed on to the beneficiaries through DBT, that is, now the customers of cooperative banks will get the benefit of all these schemes.
Amit Shah gave big information
Amit Shah said that there has been a lot of improvement in the banking sector than before. Due to this the citizens of the country are getting the benefit of banking services. Apart from this, the bank account of 45 crore new people has also been opened due to Jan Dhan Yojana. Such 32 crore people have also got the benefit of RuPay debit card. Amit Shah said that all this has happened due to PM Modi’s ‘Sankalp from Sahakar to Prosperity’.
Amit Shah said, ‘The cooperative sector will have an important contribution in the prosperity and economic upliftment of the country. Digital transactions of crores of new accounts opened under PM Jan Dhan Yojana have also crossed one trillion dollars. In comparison to the digital transactions of the year 2017-18, there has been an increase of 50 times. With the joining of cooperative banks with DBT, more connectivity with citizens will increase and the cooperative sector will be strengthened.
Remarkable performance of Kheti Bank
The Union Minister talked about the bank while congratulating the Gujarat State Co-operative Agriculture and Rural Development Bank i.e. Kheti Bank on its entry into the 71st year. This bank has played a great role in saving it from the clutches of moneylenders.
cheap to take loan
Amit Shah said that the agriculture bank has proved itself on all those parameters which have been made by RBI and NABARD for banking. Earlier, the loan was available from the bank at 12 to 15 percent interest, which has now come down to 10 percent. Not only this, a concession of two percent is also given to the beneficiaries who repay the loan.
