J&K Bank opens business unit in Jammu, conducts camps in Valley

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Mar 2: J&K Bank today commissioned one more business unit at Jammu in Block Bhawal.
The bank’s Vice-President and Zonal Head Jammu (C) Arvind Gupta inaugurated the business unit at Nardani Raipur in presence of Cluster Head Rajesh Gupta, Head Business Unit Suresh Kumar Gupta along with valuable customers, senior citizens and other local residents. Meanwhile, making people aware about the basics of banking and finance J&K Bank conducted various financial literacy camps, which were financially supported by NABARD in Shopian, Kulgam and Ganderbal districts.
In collaboration with the Lead Bank Office and B.U Batpora Shopian, the bank’s FLCC Centre Shopian organized an awareness programme in Zoura village which was attended by a large gathering comprising of local residents and those from adjoining areas.
Facilitator FLCC Shopian M A Jan informed the audience about financial planning, advantages of saving with banks and better ways of managing expenditures.
Similar camps were conducted at Kharwara and Nildora villages in collaboration by B.U Herman, LBO Shopian and FLCC Shopian.
The bank’s B U Devsar conducted an awareness camp at Town Hall Devsar in collaboration with FLCC Center Kulgam and NABARD wherein a large number of gathering, mostly farmers and artisans from village Akhall, Dardgund and Devsar villages participated.
LDM Kulgam G N Dar, Cluster Head Malik Shabir Ahmad and Head B.U Devsar educated the audience about basics of budgeting, how to make savings and its related schemes like PMJDY besides basics of finance and related schemes like PM’s Mudra Yojana and other Government sponsored schemes.
The bank’s B.U Tullamulla organized financial literacy camp at Theeru village (RBI adopted) in Ganderbal in collaboration with LBO Ganderbal, RBI and NABARD Srinagar.
Senior officer of RBI Anil Reshi, In-charge LDM Ganderbal Shafat Maqbool Kitab and Facilitator FLCC Ganderbal Reyaz Ahmad Kawoosa attended the camp wherein a large number of local residents including women participated.