Lok Sabha Question No. 3294 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-08-04
Subject: Road Map for Bank Branches
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: PROF. RAM SHANKAR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 3294

## Road Map for Bank Branches

## 3294. DR RAM SHANKAR KATHERIA:

Will the Minister of FINANCE be   pleased to state:

- Committee to prepare a roadmap to set up bank branches in all villages having the population more than two thousand people;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the roadmap has been prepared and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the number of villages having the population of more than two thousand people where the bank branches have been opened during the last three years, Statel UT-wise?

## Answer The Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance

## (SHRI SANTOSH KUMAR GANGWAR)

- a) to (c) Vide letter dated 8.6.2017, regarding roadmap for unbanked villages having population more than 5,000, RBI has asked State Level Bankers Committee Convener Banks to identify unbanked rural centres in such villages and to ensure that Core Banking System enabled Banking Outlets are opened there by 31.12.2017.
2. (d) Information is at Annex:

## Annexure to Lok Sabha Unstarred question No. 3294 for 4.8.2017

State/ Union Territory-wise number of rural centres (population more than 2000) having functional branches of Scheduled Commercial Banks as on March 3]

| State/ Union Territory    | 2015   | 2016   | 2017   |
|---------------------------|--------|--------|--------|
| Andaman & Nicobar Islands |        |        |        |
| Andhra Pradesh            | 1,521  | 1,580  | 1,638  |
| Arunachal Pradesh         | 21     | 21     | 21     |
| Assam                     | 414    | 436    | 437    |
| Bihar                     | 2,028  | 2,105  | 2,151  |
| garh                      | 7      | 7      | 7      |
| Chhattisgarh              | 487    | 509    | 527    |
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli      | 6      | 7      | 8      |
| Daman & Diu               | 2      |        | 2      |
| Goa                       | 119    | 119    | 120    |
| Gujarat                   | 1,614  | 1,672  | 1,694  |
| Haryana                   | 970    | 1,000  | 1,027  |
| Himachal Pradesh          | 133    | 135    | 138    |
| Jammu & Kashmir           | 381    | 390    | 392    |
| Jharkhand                 | 529    | 543    | 570    |
| Karnataka                 | 1,906  | 1,970  | 2.004  |
| Kerala                    | 190    | 201    | 207    |
| Lakshadweep               |        |        |        |
| Madhya Pradesh            | 1,278  | 1,321  |        |
| Maharashtra               | 2,002  | 2,075  | 2,109  |
| Manipur                   | 35     | 35     | 35     |
| Meghalaya                 | 12     | 12     | 12     |
| Mizoram                   | 34     | 35     | 38     |
| Nagaland                  | 31     | 32     | 32     |
| Delhi                     | 52     | 52     | 52     |
| Odisha                    | 908    | 938    | 960    |
| Puducherry                | 33     | 33     | 34     |
| Punjab                    | 1,135  | 1,81   | 1,209  |
| Rajasthan                 | 1,738  | 1,845  | 1,907  |
| Sikkim                    | 15     | 15     | 15     |
| Tamil Nadu                | 1,739  |        | 1,861  |
| Telangana                 | 997    | 1.037  | 1,072  |
| Tripura                   | 119    | 127    | 127    |
| Uttar Pradesh             | 4,313  | 4,446  | 4,534  |
| Uttarakhand               | 184    | 185    | 188    |
| West Bengal               | 1,713  | 1,792  | 1,817  |
| Total                     | 26,683 | 27.672 | 28.312 |

Source: Reserve Bank of India