RBI issued a notification (RBI/2025-26/155, FIDD.CO.LBS.BC. No.09/02.08.001/2025-26) on December 18, 2025, to all Lead Banks, regarding the formation of a new district, Vav-Tharad, in Gujarat, based on Gujarat Gazette Notification No. GHM/2025/210/M/RD/RCO/e-file/15/2025/5360/L1 dated September 24, 2025. Bank of Baroda is assigned the Lead Bank responsibility for the new district, with District Working Code 02U. There is no change in the Lead Banks for other districts in Gujarat. Nisha Nambiar, Chief General Manager-in-Charge, can be contacted at cgmincfidd@rbi.org.in or by phone at 022-22601000. The office address is Financial Inclusion & Development Dept, Central Office, 10th Floor, Central Office Building, Shahid Bhagat Singh Marg, P.B.No.10014, Mumbai-400001.
Key Entities Referenced
Reserve Bank of India: The issuing authority for the letter, responsible for regulating banks and financial institutions in India.
Vav-Tharad: A newly created district in the state of Gujarat, which is the subject of the letter's assignment of Lead Bank responsibility.
Gujarat: The state where the new district is located and to which this assignment applies.
Bank of Baroda: The bank assigned Lead Bank responsibility for the newly created district of Vav-Tharad.
बेटी बचाओ
बेटी पढ़ाओ
भारतीय �रज़वर् बैंक
______________________ RESERVE BANK OF INDIA________________________
www.rbi.org.in
RBI/2025-26/155
FIDD.CO.LBS.BC. No.09/02.08.001/2025-26 December 18, 2025
The Chairman / Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer
Lead Banks Concerned
Madam/ Dear Sir,
Formation of new district in the State of Gujarat –
Assignment of Lead Bank Responsibility
The Government of Gujarat has notified formation of new district, viz., Vav-Tharad in the state of
Gujarat vide Gazette Notification No. GHM/2025/210/M/RD/RCO/e-file/15/2025/5360/L1 dated
September 24, 2025. Accordingly, it has been decided to designate the Lead Banks of the new
district as below:
Sr Newly Created Lead Bank Responsibility
District Working Code
No District assigned to
allotted to new district
02U
(to be read as ‘Numeral
1 Vav-Tharad Bank of Baroda
Zero, Numeral Two and
Alphabet U’)
2. There is no change in the Lead Banks of the other districts in the state of Gujarat.
Yours faithfully,
(Nisha Nambiar)
Chief General Manager-in-Charge
िवत् तीय समावेशन और िवकास िवभाग, के�ीय कायार्लय,10 वी मंिजल, केंद्रीय कायार्लय भवन, शहीद भगतिसंह मागर्,पो� बॉ� सं. 10014, मुंबई -400001
Financial Inclusion & Development Dept, Central Office,10th Floor, Central Office Building, Shahid Bhagat Singh Marg, P.B.No.10014, Mumbai-1
टेली Tel:022-22601000 फै�ः 91-22-22621011/22610943/22610948 ई -मेल : cgmincfidd@rbi.org.in
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