Cooperative Banks Update: Now the customers of the cooperative bank will be given the benefit of all the welfare schemes of the government. For this, the government will connect cooperative banks with Direct Bank Transfer (DBT). Union Cooperation Minister Amit Shah gave this information. The Union Minister said, 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 also informed that there has been a lot of improvement in the banking sector than before and 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 Se Samridhi’.
Bank customers Good News
Amit Shah said, ‘The cooperative sector will have an important contribution in the prosperity and economic upliftment of the country. The digital transactions of crores of new accounts opened under PM Jan Dhan Yojana have also crossed one trillion dollars. These have increased by 50 times as compared to the digital transactions of the year 2017-18. With the joining of cooperative banks with DBT, more connectivity with citizens will increase and the cooperative sector will be strengthened. The Union Minister said that this bank has played a great role in saving it from the clutches of moneylenders.
Now it is cheaper to take a 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, loans were available from the bank at an interest of 12 to 15 percent, 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.
