Lok Sabha Question No. 5660 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-04-07
Subject: Savings and Current Bank Accounts
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: YERRAM VENKATA SUBBAREDDY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE

## DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.5660

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 7 th  April 2017/ Chaitra 17, 1939 (SAKA)

## Savings and Current Bank Accounts

## 5660.  SHRI Y.V. SUBBA REDDY:

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- (a) the  number  of  savings  and  current  bank  accounts  at  present  in  Public  Sector  Banks (PSBs) in the country, bank and State/UT-wise;
- (b) the number of accounts having net banking facility, bank and State/UT-wise; (c) whether  the  Government  mandates  that  all  bank  accounts  should  be  on  net  banking before 31 st March, 2017; and if so, the details thereof and reasons therefor and the manner in which the Government
- (d) intends to implement this in rural and remote areas?

## ANSWER

## The Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance (SHRI SANTOSH KUMAR GANGWAR)

- (a) & (b):  The total number of Saving Accounts and Current Accounts with Public Sector Banks as on 31.03.2015 given by Reserve Bank of India is at Annexure. The total number of accounts having net banking facility is 8,68,13,767 as on 31.03.2017.
- (c): No, Sir.
- (d): Does not arise.

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Lok Sabha USQ No.5660 for 07.04.2017 regarding 'Saving s and Current Bank Accounts.'

| Annexure.                                                            | Annexure.                                                            | Annexure.                                                            | Annexure.                                                            | Annexure.                                                            | Annexure.                                                            | Annexure.                                                            | Annexure.                                                            |
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| Number of Current and Savings Accounts in PSBs as on 31 March, 2015. | Number of Current and Savings Accounts in PSBs as on 31 March, 2015. | Number of Current and Savings Accounts in PSBs as on 31 March, 2015. | Number of Current and Savings Accounts in PSBs as on 31 March, 2015. | Number of Current and Savings Accounts in PSBs as on 31 March, 2015. | Number of Current and Savings Accounts in PSBs as on 31 March, 2015. | Number of Current and Savings Accounts in PSBs as on 31 March, 2015. | Number of Current and Savings Accounts in PSBs as on 31 March, 2015. |
| Bank Group Name                                                      | REGION / STATE / UNION                                               | CURRENT                                                              | SAVINGS                                                              | Bank Group Name                                                      | REGION / STATE / UNION                                               | CURRENT                                                              | SAVINGS                                                              |
| Bank Group Name                                                      | TERRITORY                                                            | No. of Accounts                                                      | No. of Accounts                                                      | Bank Group Name                                                      | TERRITORY                                                            | No. of Accounts                                                      | No. of Accounts                                                      |
| STATE BANK OF INDIA AND ITS ASSOCIATES                               | NORTHERN REGION                                                      | 684204                                                               | 43475850                                                             | NATIONALISED BANKS 5999815                                           | NORTHERN REGION                                                      | 10725642                                                             | 76761468                                                             |
|                                                                      | Haryana                                                              | 83846                                                                | 6475651                                                              |                                                                      | Haryana                                                              | 2127251                                                              | 14648191                                                             |
|                                                                      | Himachal                                                             | 31492                                                                | 2415530                                                              |                                                                      | Himachal                                                             | 713597                                                               | 3674025                                                              |
|                                                                      | Pradesh Jammu &                                                      |                                                                      | 1616310                                                              |                                                                      | Pradesh Jammu &                                                      |                                                                      | 903895                                                               |
|                                                                      | Kashmir                                                              | 28875                                                                |                                                                      |                                                                      | Kashmir                                                              | 292516                                                               |                                                                      |
|                                                                      | Punjab                                                               | 124662                                                               | 9395396                                                              |                                                                      | Punjab                                                               | 3424828                                                              | 19315800                                                             |
|                                                                      | Rajasthan                                                            | 282938                                                               | 16944034                                                             |                                                                      | Rajasthan                                                            | 1904008                                                              | 20471285                                                             |
|                                                                      | Chandigarh                                                           | 13507 118884                                                         | 629114                                                               |                                                                      | Chandigarh                                                           | 182189 2081253                                                       | 1145170 16603102                                                     |
|                                                                      | Nct Of Delhi NORTH-                                                  |                                                                      | 12173489                                                             |                                                                      | Nct Of Delhi NORTH- EASTERN                                          | 563403                                                               | 10348325                                                             |
|                                                                      | EASTERN REGION                                                       | 146308                                                               |                                                                      |                                                                      | REGION                                                               |                                                                      | 139159                                                               |
|                                                                      | Arunachal Pradesh                                                    | 15151                                                                | 643898                                                               |                                                                      | Arunachal Pradesh                                                    | 10454                                                                |                                                                      |
|                                                                      | Assam                                                                | 80931                                                                | 7963314                                                              |                                                                      | Assam Manipur                                                        | 440196                                                               | 8020446                                                              |
|                                                                      | Manipur Meghalaya                                                    | 6746 19819                                                           | 740006 1011230                                                       |                                                                      | Meghalaya                                                            | 25814 28933                                                          | 649377 302303                                                        |
|                                                                      | Mizoram                                                              | 3941                                                                 | 292816                                                               |                                                                      | Mizoram                                                              | 6292                                                                 | 65299                                                                |
|                                                                      |                                                                      | 11243                                                                | 662180                                                               |                                                                      | Nagaland                                                             | 11616                                                                | 211515                                                               |
|                                                                      | Nagaland Tripura                                                     | 8477                                                                 | 860045                                                               |                                                                      | Tripura                                                              | 40098                                                                | 960226                                                               |
|                                                                      | EASTERN                                                              | 682122                                                               |                                                                      |                                                                      | EASTERN                                                              | 5345213                                                              | 91185075                                                             |
|                                                                      | REGION                                                               |                                                                      | 64975975                                                             |                                                                      | REGION                                                               | 2258853                                                              | 25193648                                                             |
|                                                                      | Bihar                                                                | 186536                                                               | 16507787                                                             |                                                                      | Bihar                                                                |                                                                      | 12672283                                                             |
|                                                                      | Jharkhand Odisha                                                     | 87961 146862                                                         | 8206337                                                              |                                                                      | Jharkhand Odisha                                                     | 567090 587561                                                        | 14053869                                                             |
|                                                                      | Sikkim                                                               | 2552                                                                 | 14769948 268571                                                      |                                                                      | Sikkim                                                               | 7431                                                                 | 282542                                                               |
|                                                                      | West Bengal                                                          | 253636                                                               | 24939770                                                             |                                                                      | West Bengal                                                          | 1911743                                                              | 38856889                                                             |
|                                                                      | Andaman & Nicobar Islands                                            | 4575                                                                 | 283562                                                               |                                                                      | Andaman & Nicobar Islands                                            | 12535                                                                | 125844                                                               |
|                                                                      | CENTRAL                                                              | 775803                                                               | 72899414                                                             |                                                                      | CENTRAL                                                              | 8706909                                                              | 118030647                                                            |
|                                                                      | REGION Chhattisgarh                                                  | 99335                                                                | 7133061                                                              |                                                                      | REGION Chhattisgarh                                                  | 457333                                                               | 7610385                                                              |
|                                                                      | Madhya                                                               | 230579                                                               | 24747790                                                             |                                                                      | Madhya Pradesh                                                       | 1441382                                                              | 24838197                                                             |
|                                                                      | Pradesh                                                              | 403186                                                               |                                                                      |                                                                      |                                                                      | 6100932                                                              | 80696329                                                             |
|                                                                      | Uttar Pradesh                                                        | 42703                                                                | 36982698 4035865                                                     |                                                                      | Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand                                            | 707262                                                               | 4885736                                                              |
|                                                                      | Uttarakhand                                                          |                                                                      |                                                                      |                                                                      |                                                                      |                                                                      |                                                                      |
|                                                                      | WESTERN REGION                                                       | 773899                                                               | 41358266                                                             |                                                                      | WESTERN REGION                                                       | 4630201                                                              | 96874842                                                             |
|                                                                      | Goa                                                                  | 11910                                                                | 694357                                                               |                                                                      | Goa                                                                  | 109576                                                               | 2173004                                                              |
|                                                                      | Gujarat                                                              | 289001                                                               | 13894701                                                             |                                                                      | Gujarat                                                              | 1497300                                                              | 32998837                                                             |
|                                                                      | Maharashtra                                                          | 469936                                                               | 26586486                                                             |                                                                      | Maharashtra                                                          | 2999496                                                              | 61215100                                                             |
|                                                                      | Dadra & Nagar Haveli                                                 | 786                                                                  | 49226                                                                |                                                                      | Dadra & Nagar Haveli                                                 | 16725                                                                | 356147                                                               |
|                                                                      | Daman & Diu                                                          | 2266                                                                 |                                                                      |                                                                      | Daman & Diu                                                          | 7104                                                                 | 131754                                                               |
|                                                                      | SOUTHERN                                                             | 1403493                                                              | 133496 94461910                                                      |                                                                      | SOUTHERN                                                             | 6177724                                                              | 161346324                                                            |
|                                                                      | REGION Andhra Pradesh                                                | 252072                                                               | 22362692                                                             |                                                                      | REGION Andhra Pradesh                                                | 1271710                                                              | 32552883                                                             |
|                                                                      | Karnataka                                                            | 344781                                                               | 17749308                                                             |                                                                      | Karnataka                                                            | 1412864                                                              | 37091833                                                             |
|                                                                      | Kerala                                                               | 298092                                                               | 17929907                                                             |                                                                      | Kerala Tamil Nadu                                                    | 765386 1945929                                                       | 15889570 57189895                                                    |
|                                                                      | Tamil Nadu                                                           | 248751                                                               | 18497206                                                             |                                                                      |                                                                      |                                                                      |                                                                      |
|                                                                      | Lakshadweep                                                          | 192                                                                  | 10981                                                                |                                                                      | Lakshadweep                                                          | 2219                                                                 | 70494                                                                |
|                                                                      | Puducherry                                                           | 7211                                                                 | 422765                                                               |                                                                      | Puducherry                                                           | 44065                                                                | 1094175                                                              |
|                                                                      | Telangana ALL INDIA                                                  | 252394 4465829                                                       | 17489051 329344904                                                   |                                                                      | Telangana ALL INDIA                                                  | 735551 36149092                                                      | 17457474 554546681                                                   |

Source: Reserve Bank of India.

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