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Haryana to set up financial literacy centres

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Press Trust of India Chandigarh
Haryana Finance Minister Abhimanyu has asked all deputy commissioners to set up financial literacy centres in the newly created 14 blocks on a priority basis to provide people access to financial institutions.

"Besides, they should hold meetings with representatives of the lead bank in the district and ask them to appoint their retired employees as consultants in their centres," said Abhimanyu, who was presiding over a review meeting of the state level banker's committee with deputy commissioners of all districts in the state, through video-conferencing, here today.

Abhimanyu said under the Pradhan Mantri Rozgar Srijan Karyakram Yojana and the Livelihood Mission, "All banks, whether in public or private sector, would have to mandatorily extend loan facilities to the needy people."
 

Principal Secretary, Electronics and Information Technology, Devender Singh, said a 'State Resident Database' was being created to link each person with IT. A survey is being conducted at the divisional level for this purpose, he said.

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First Published: Jul 18 2017 | 7:42 PM IST

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