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INDIA POST PAYMENTS BANK, A BOON FOR POOR

holders has reached over
2 crore. During COVID-19
pandemic, the bank is working
as a lifeline for the people
in the Rural areas. During
The Scheme| Anyone from
the rural area can avail
the bank facility from the
local post office through
ndia Post Payments Bank’s lockdown, Rs 1,500 crore was Aadhaar card. One can call
Iambitious scheme ‘Aapka disbursed to around 85 lakh the postman by sending a
Bank Aapke Dwar’, which beneficiaries. Due to this bank, phone message. India Post
was launched on September Rs 760 crore were paid through Payments Bank is available
1, 2018, has become a boon 75 lakh Money Orders and Rs in more than 1.36 lakh post
for the poor living in rural 1,100 crore were distributed offices across the country. n

areas. The number of account through DBT. n

1.22 CR KCC SANCTIONED; Rs 1.5 LAKH CR PORTABLE HOSPITAL

CREDIT PROVIDED UNDER ECLGS mediCAB IN TWO HOURS

n an effort to buffer the agricultural sector from
Ithe shock of COVID-19, a special saturation
drive is underway to provide concessional credit
to farmers through Kisan
Credit Card (KCC). As on
August 17, 2020, 1.22 crore
KCCs have been sanctioned
with credit limit of Rs 1.02
lakh crore. This will go a orona pandemic has set many examples
long way in reviving the rural Cof how crises can be turned into
economy and accelerating the opportunities; a portable hospital mediCAB is
agricultural growth. Providing one such example. This microstructure can
credit to different sectors, be set up in two hours at any geographical
especially MSMEs, under the location of the country that can withstand
100% Emergency Credit Line any weather and situation. Sree Chitra Tirunal
Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS). Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology,
Banks from Public & Private Thiruvananthapuram and IIT Madras have
Sectors have sanctioned jointly developed this to fight against Corona.
loans worth over Rs 1.5 lakh crore as on August A 30-bedded mediCAB hospital in Chengalpattu
18, 2020, of which more than Rs 1 lakh crore have in Chennai and 12-bedded in Wayanad in Kerala

already been disbursed. n are already functional. n

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