AHMEDABAD: The tribal other people, who are typically on the margins of the financial device, will quickly have easy get right of entry to to ATM products and services in Gujarat.
Around 40 locations were known in Gujarat's tribal belt where ATMs (computerized teller machines) shall be installed via banks in the coming months, state tribal development department secretary Ramesh Chand Meena instructed PTI.
"Our aim is to provide the basic banking facilities to thoseliving in some of the most remote pockets of the tribal-dominated districts, where ATMs are not available. A large population is these areas is forced to travel a great distance to deposit or withdraw cash," he stated.
The state government has signed memorandums of understanding (MoUs) with leadingbanks to arrange ATMs at 40 locations in far off places of the tribal belt, which stretches from Tapi district in south Gujarat to Sabarkantha district in the north, Meena stated.
"We conducted a survey and found that one ATM can serve a population living in its vicinity of around 20 km. This way, these 40 ATMs would cover a large population. The ATMs will solve their problem of getting instant cash and also allow them to deposit cash," he stated.
These ATMs, he stated, shall be located close to 'haats', thetraditional marketplace places thronged via tribals ceaselessly.
Sincewages underneath the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA) and different subsidies are deposited immediately inbank accounts via the government, the tribals will quickly have the ability to withdraw itdirectly thru ATMs without visiting banks, the legit stated.
One of the important thing options of this financial inclusion initiative is the overdraft facility of Rs 2,000, through which the tribal account holders can withdraw that a lot money more than the true deposits in their account, he stated.
For this Rs 10 crore mission, the state and the Centre have allocated Rs five crore each and every, he stated, adding that tribals in the far off pockets were recentlyimparted training via banks on function ATMs.
"As per our agreements with banks, the state governmentwill bear 50 per cent infrastructure cost of setting upthe ATMs. The government will also support banks inmaintaining these devices for five years," he stated.
The government will also supply space to open ATM centres at state-run schools or panchayat workplaces, thus saving banks from the hassles of finding locations in the far off pockets, Meena stated.
Some of the far off talukas and cities in Sabarkantha, Dahod, Chhota Udepur, Narmada, Tapi and Dangdistricts shall be a number of the places covered underneath the mission, he added.
Around 40 locations were known in Gujarat's tribal belt where ATMs (computerized teller machines) shall be installed via banks in the coming months, state tribal development department secretary Ramesh Chand Meena instructed PTI.
"Our aim is to provide the basic banking facilities to thoseliving in some of the most remote pockets of the tribal-dominated districts, where ATMs are not available. A large population is these areas is forced to travel a great distance to deposit or withdraw cash," he stated.
The state government has signed memorandums of understanding (MoUs) with leadingbanks to arrange ATMs at 40 locations in far off places of the tribal belt, which stretches from Tapi district in south Gujarat to Sabarkantha district in the north, Meena stated.
"We conducted a survey and found that one ATM can serve a population living in its vicinity of around 20 km. This way, these 40 ATMs would cover a large population. The ATMs will solve their problem of getting instant cash and also allow them to deposit cash," he stated.
These ATMs, he stated, shall be located close to 'haats', thetraditional marketplace places thronged via tribals ceaselessly.
Sincewages underneath the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA) and different subsidies are deposited immediately inbank accounts via the government, the tribals will quickly have the ability to withdraw itdirectly thru ATMs without visiting banks, the legit stated.
One of the important thing options of this financial inclusion initiative is the overdraft facility of Rs 2,000, through which the tribal account holders can withdraw that a lot money more than the true deposits in their account, he stated.
For this Rs 10 crore mission, the state and the Centre have allocated Rs five crore each and every, he stated, adding that tribals in the far off pockets were recentlyimparted training via banks on function ATMs.
"As per our agreements with banks, the state governmentwill bear 50 per cent infrastructure cost of setting upthe ATMs. The government will also support banks inmaintaining these devices for five years," he stated.
The government will also supply space to open ATM centres at state-run schools or panchayat workplaces, thus saving banks from the hassles of finding locations in the far off pockets, Meena stated.
Some of the far off talukas and cities in Sabarkantha, Dahod, Chhota Udepur, Narmada, Tapi and Dangdistricts shall be a number of the places covered underneath the mission, he added.
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