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RBI/2021-22/04
FIDD.CO.LBS.BC.No.02/02.01.001/2021-22 April 01, 2021
The Chairmen/ Managing Directors/ Chief Executive Officers
SLBC/ UTLBC Convenor Banks / Lead Banks
Madam/ Dear Sir,
MASTER CIRCULAR – Lead Bank Scheme
The Reserve Bank of India has issued a number of guidelines/instructions on Lead
Bank Scheme from time to time. This Master Circular consolidates the relevant
guidelines/ instructions issued by Reserve Bank of India on Lead Bank Scheme up
to March 31, 2021 as listed in the Appendix.
2. This Master Circular has been placed on the RBI website https://www.rbi.org.in
Yours faithfully,
(Sonali Sen Gupta)
Chief General Manager-in-Charge
Encl.: As above
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Structure
1 Introduction
2 Fora under Lead Bank Scheme
2.1 Block Level Bankers’ Committee
2.2 District Consultative Committee (DCC)
2.2.1 Constitution of DCC
2.2.2 Conduct of DCC Meetings
2.2.3 Agenda for DCC Meetings
2.2.4 Role of LDMs
2.2.5 Quarterly Public Meeting and Grievance Redressal
2.2.6 District Level Review Committee (DLRC) Meetings
2.2.7 DCC/DLRC meetings – Annual Calendar of Meetings
2.3 State Level Bankers’ Committee (SLBC)
2.3.1 Constitution of SLBC
2.3.2 Conduct of SLBC Meetings
2.3.3 Revised Agenda for SLBC Meetings
2.3.4 SLBC – Yearly Calendar of Meetings
2.3.5 SLBC Website – Standardization of information/data
2.3.6 Liaison with State Government
2.3.7 Capacity Building/Training/Sensitization Programmes
3 Implementation of Lead Bank Scheme
3.1 Preparation of credit plans
3.2 Potential Linked Credit Plans (PLPs)
3.3 Monitoring the performance of credit plans
3.4 Revised mechanism of Data Flow for LBS fora meetings
4 Assignment of Lead Bank Responsibility
5 Banking Penetration
5.1 Roadmap for provision of banking services in unbanked villages
Roadmap for opening brick and mortar branches in villages with
5.2 population more than 5000 without a bank branch of a scheduled
commercial bank
Aligning roadmap for unbanked villages having population more than
5.3
5000 with revised guidelines on Branch Authorisation Policy
National Strategy for Financial Inclusion (NSFI): 2019-2024 –
5.4
Universal Access to Financial Services
6 Credit Deposit Ratio
6.1 CD Ratio of banks in Rural and Semi-Urban Areas
6.2 Implementation of the recommendations of Expert Group on CD Ratio
7 Direct Benefit Transfer
8 Service Area Approach (SAA)
8.1 Dispensing with ‘No Due Certificate’3
9 Doubling of Farmers’ Income by 2022
10 Expanding and Deepening of Digital Payments Ecosystem
11 References of Directions/Circulars relevant to Lead Bank Scheme4
Introduction
(i) The genesis of the Lead Bank Scheme (LBS) can be traced to the Study Group
headed by Prof. D. R. Gadgil (Gadgil Study Group) on the Organizational Framework
for the Implementation of the Social Objectives, which submitted its report in October
1969. The Study Group drew attention to the fact that commercial banks did not
have adequate presence in rural areas and also lacked the required rural orientation.
The Study Group, therefore, recommended the adoption of an 'Area Approach' to
evolve plans and programmes for the development of an adequate banking and
credit structure in the rural areas.
(ii) A Committee of Bankers on Branch Expansion Programme of Public Sector
Banks appointed by the Reserve Bank of India under the Chairmanship of Shri F. K.
F. Nariman (Nariman Committee) endorsed the idea of an ‘Area Approach’ in its
report (November 1969), recommending that in order to enable the Public Sector
Banks to discharge their social responsibilities, each bank should concentrate on
certain districts where it should act as a 'Lead Bank'.
(iii) Pursuant to the above recommendations, the Lead Bank Scheme was
introduced by the Reserve Bank of India in December 1969.The Scheme aims at
coordinating the activities of banks and other developmental agencies through
various fora in order to achieve the objective of enhancing the flow of bank finance to
the priority sector and other sectors and to promote banks' role in the overall
development of the rural sector. For coordinating the activities in the district, a
particular bank is assigned ‘Lead Bank’ responsibility of the district. The Lead Bank
is expected to assume a leadership role for coordinating the efforts of the credit
institutions and the Government.
(iv) In view of the several changes that had taken place in the financial sector, the
Lead Bank Scheme was last reviewed by the High Level Committee headed by Smt.
Usha Thorat, the then Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India in 2009.
(v) The High Level Committee held wide ranging discussions with various
stakeholders viz. State Governments, banks, development institutions,
academicians, NGOs, MFIs etc. and noted that the Scheme has been useful in
achieving its original objectives of improvement in branch expansion, deposit
mobilisation and lending to the priority sector, especially in rural/semi urban areas.5
There was overwhelming consensus that the Scheme needs to continue. Based on
the recommendations of the Committee, the guidelines were issued to SLBC
Convenor banks and Lead Banks for implementation.
(vi) Envisaging greater role for private sector banks, Lead Banks were advised to
ensure that private sector banks are more closely involved in the implementation of
the Lead Bank Scheme. Private sector banks should involve themselves more
actively by leveraging on Information Technology bringing in their expertise in
strategic planning. They should also involve themselves in the preparation as well as
implementation of the District Credit Plan.
(vii) In view of the changes that have taken place in the financial sector over the
years, the Reserve Bank of India had constituted a “Committee of Executive
Directors” of the Bank to study the efficacy of the Scheme and suggest measures for
its improvement. Based on the Committee’s recommendations and feedback
received from various stakeholders, certain ‘action points’ were issued to SLBC
Convenors/Lead Banks and NABARD on April 6, 2018.
2. Fora under Lead Bank Scheme
2.1 Block Level Bankers’ Committee (BLBC)
Block Level Bankers’ Committee (BLBC) is a forum for achieving coordination
between credit institutions and field level development agencies at the block level.
The forum prepares and reviews the implementation of the Block Credit Plan and
also resolves operational problems in the implementation of the credit programmes
of banks. The Lead District Manager (LDM) of the district is the Chairman of the
Block Level Bankers’ Committee. All the banks operating in the block including the
Small Finance Banks, Wholly Owned Subsidiaries (WOS) of Foreign Banks, RRBs,
the District Central Co-operative Banks, Block Development Officer, technical
officers in the block, such as extension officers for agriculture, industries and co-
operatives are members of the Committee. BLBC meetings are held at quarterly
intervals. To strengthen the BLBC forum which operates at the base level of the
Lead Bank Scheme, it is necessary that all branch managers attend BLBC meetings
and enrich the discussions with their valuable inputs. Controlling Heads of banks
may also attend a few of the BLBC meetings selectively. Participation by the District6
Development Manager (DDM) of NABARD in BLBCs would ensure better and more
meaningful discussions for the development of the Block. Therefore, NABARD has
been advised that DDMs should attend all Block Level Bankers’ Committee meetings
in their district and actively participate in the credit planning exercise and review
meetings at the block level. The Lead District Officer (LDO) of the Reserve Bank of
India (RBI) selectively attends the BLBC meetings. The representatives of
Panchayat Samitis are also invited to attend the meetings at half yearly intervals so
as to share their knowledge and experience on rural development in the credit
planning exercise. Payments Banks should also be invited to attend the meetings.
2.2 District Consultative Committee (DCC)
2.2.1 Constitution of DCC
The District Consultative Committees were constituted in the early seventies as a
common forum at the district level for bankers as well as Government
agencies/departments to facilitate coordination in implementing various
developmental activities under the Lead Bank Scheme. The District Collector is the
Chairman of the DCC meetings. Reserve Bank of India, NABARD, all the
commercial banks including Small Finance Banks, Wholly Owned Subsidiaries
(WOS) of Foreign Banks, RRBs, Payments Banks, Co-operative banks including the
District Central Cooperative Bank (DCCB), various State Government departments
and allied agencies are the members of the DCC. The Lead District Officer (LDO)
represents the Reserve Bank as a member of the DCC. The Lead District Manager
(LDM) convenes the DCC meetings. The Director of Micro, Small and Medium
Enterprises Development Institute (MSME-DI) in the district is an invitee in districts
where MSME clusters are located to discuss issues concerning MSMEs.
2.2.2 Conduct of DCC Meetings
i) DCC meetings should be convened by the Lead Banks at quarterly intervals.
ii) At the DCC level, sub-committees as appropriate, may be set up to work
intensively on specific issues and submit reports to the DCC for its consideration.
iii) DCC should give adequate feedback to the SLBC on various issues that need to
be discussed on a wider platform, so that these receive adequate attention at the
State Level.7
2.2.3 Agenda for DCC Meetings
While Lead Banks are expected to address the problems particular to the concerned
districts, some of the important areas which are common to all districts which the
lead banks should invariably discuss in the fora are as under:
i) Review of progress under Financial Inclusion Plan (FIP).
ii) The specific issues inhibiting and enabling IT enabled financial inclusion
iii) Issues to facilitate 'enablers' and remove/minimise 'impeders' for banking
development for inclusive growth
iv) Monitoring initiatives for providing 'Credit Plus' activities by banks and State
Governments such as setting up of Financial Literacy Centres (FLCs) and
RSETI# type Training Institutes for providing skills and capacity building to
manage businesses.
v) Scaling up financial literacy efforts to achieve financial inclusion.
vi) Review of performance of banks under District Credit Plan (DCP)
vii) Flow of credit to priority sector and weaker sections of the society
viii) Doubling of Farmers’ Income by 2022
ix) Assistance under Government sponsored schemes
x) Grant of educational loans
xi) Progress under SHG - bank linkage
xii) SME financing & bottlenecks thereof, if any
xiii) Timely submission of data by banks
xiv) Review of relief measures (in case of natural calamities wherever applicable)
The above list is illustrative and not exhaustive. The Lead Banks may include any
other agenda item considered necessary.
# Rural Self Employment Training Institutes (RSETIs) should be more actively
involved and monitored at various fora of LBS particularly at the DCC level. Focus
should be on development of skills to enhance the credit absorption capacity in the
area and renewing the training programmes towards sustainable micro enterprises.
RSETIs should design specific programmes for each district/ block, keeping in view
the skill mapping and the potential of the region for necessary skill training and skill
up gradation of the rural youth in the district.8
2.2.4 Role of LDMs
As the effectiveness of the Lead Bank Scheme depends on the dynamism of the
District Collectors and the Lead District Managers (LDMs), with supportive role of the
Regional/Zonal Office, the office of LDM should be sufficiently strengthened with
appropriate infrastructural support being the focal point for the successful
implementation of the Lead Bank Scheme. Apart from the provision of a separate
office space, technical infrastructure like computers, printer, data connectivity, etc.
which are basic necessities for LDMs to discharge their core responsibilities may be
provided to LDMs’ Office without exception. Officers of appropriate level, attitude
and possessing requisite leadership skills should be posted as LDMs. Additionally, it
is suggested that a dedicated vehicle may be provided to LDMs’ to facilitate closer
liaison with the bank officials, district administration officials as also to organise/
attend various financial literacy initiatives and meetings. The absence of a specialist
officer/assistant for data entry/analysis is a common and major issue faced by LDMs.
Liberty to hire the services of skilled computer operator may be given to the LDMs to
overcome the shortage of staff/ in case appropriate staff is not posted at LDM office.
Further, for successful functioning of the Lead Bank Scheme, we expect Lead Banks
to go the extra mile to provide facilities over and above the bare minimum to these
critical field functionaries. Apart from the usual role of LDMs like convening meetings
of the DCC/DLRC and periodical meetings of DDM/ LDO/ Government officials for
resolving outstanding issues etc., the new functions envisaged for LDMs include the
following:
i) Monitoring the implementation of the District Credit Plan
ii) Associate with the setting up of Financial Literacy Centres (FLCs), RSETIs by
banks
iii) Associate with organizing financial literacy camps by FLCs and rural branches
of banks.
iv) Holding annual sensitisation workshops for banks and Government officials
with participation by NGOs/Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs)
v) Arranging for quarterly awareness and feedback public meetings, grievance
redressal etc.9
2.2.5 Quarterly Public Meeting and Grievance Redressal
The Lead District Manager should convene a quarterly public meeting at various
locations in the district in coordination with the LDO of Reserve Bank, banks having
presence in the area and other stakeholders to generate awareness of the various
banking policies and regulations relating to the common person, obtain feedback
from the public and provide grievance redressal to the extent possible at such
meetings or facilitate approaching the appropriate machinery for such redressal.
2.2.6 District Level Review Committee (DLRC) Meetings
DLRC meetings are Chaired by the District Collector and attended by members of
the District Consultative Committee (DCC). Public Representatives i.e. Local
MPs/MLAs/ Zilla Parishad Chiefs are also invited to these meetings. The DLRC
meetings should be convened by the Lead Banks at least once in a quarter. The
DLRC is a forum to review the pace and quality of the implementation of various
programmes under the Lead Bank Scheme in the district. Hence, association of non-
officials is considered useful. Lead Banks are required to ensure the presence of
public representatives in DLRC meetings as far as possible. Therefore, Lead Banks
should fix the date of DLRC meetings with due regard to the convenience of the
representatives of the public i.e. MPs/MLAs etc. and invite and involve them in all
functions conducted by the banks in the districts, such as opening of new banking
outlets, distribution of Kisan Credit Cards, SHG credit linkage programmes, etc.
Responses to queries from public representatives need to be accorded highest
priority and attended to promptly. The follow up of the DLRC’s decisions is required
to be discussed in the DCC meetings.
2.2.7 DCC/DLRC meetings- Annual Calendar of Meetings
i) DCC and DLRC are the important fora facilitating coordination among commercial
banks, Government agencies and others at the district level to review and find
solutions to the problems hindering developmental activities. Therefore, it is
necessary that all the members participate and deliberate in these meetings. On a
review of the DCC/DLRC meetings, it was observed that late receipt/non-receipt of
intimation of the date of meetings, clash of dates with other events, commonality of
dates etc., hinder participation of members in these meetings, thus undermining the
prime objective of conducting the above meetings.10
ii) Lead Banks have, therefore, been advised to prepare an Annual Schedule of
DCC and DLRC meetings on Calendar year basis for all districts in consultation with
the Chairperson of the meetings, Lead District Officer of the RBI and Public
Representatives in case of DLRC. This yearly Calendar should be prepared in the
beginning of each year and circulated to all members as advance intimation for
blocking future dates to attend the DCC and DLRC meetings and the meetings
should be conducted as per the calendar. While preparing the Calendar, it should be
ensured that DCC and DLRC meetings are not held simultaneously.
2.3 State Level Bankers’ Committee (SLBC)
2.3.1 Constitution of SLBC
i) The State Level Bankers’ Committee (SLBC) was constituted in April 1977, as an
apex inter-institutional forum to create adequate coordination machinery in all States,
on a uniform basis for development of the State. SLBC is chaired by the Chairman/
Managing Director/ Executive Director of the Convenor Bank. It comprises
representatives of commercial banks including Small Finance Banks, Wholly Owned
Subsidiaries (WOS) of Foreign Banks, RRBs, Payments Banks, State Cooperative
Banks, RBI, NABARD, heads of Government departments including representatives
from National Commission for Scheduled Castes/Tribes, National Horticulture Board,
Khadi & Village Industries Commission etc. and representatives of financial
institutions operating in a State, who come together and sort out coordination
problems at the policy implementation level. Representatives of various
organizations from different sectors of the economy like industry bodies, retail
traders, exporters, farmers’ unions, etc. are special invitees in the SLBC meetings for
discussing their specific problems, if any. SLBC meetings are held on quarterly
basis. The responsibility for convening the SLBC meetings would be of the SLBC
Convenor Bank of the State.
ii) Recognising that SLBCs, primarily as a committee of bankers at the State level,
play an important role in the development of the State, illustrative guidelines on the
conduct of State Level Bankers’ Committee meetings have been issued.
2.3.2 Conduct of SLBC Meetings
i) SLBC meetings are required to be held regularly at quarterly intervals. The
meetings are chaired by the Chairman/ Managing Director/ Executive Director of the11
Convenor Bank and co-chaired by the Additional Chief Secretary or Development
Commissioner of the State concerned. In cases where the Managing Director/Chief
Executive Officer/Executive Director of the SLBC Convenor Bank is unable to attend
SLBC Meetings, the Regional Director of the RBI shall co-chair the meetings along
with the Additional Chief Secretary/Development Commissioner of the State
concerned. A High Level of participation in SLBC/UTLBC meetings ensures an
effective and desired outcome with meaningful discussion on issues of public policy
of both the Government of India and the Reserve Bank of India.
ii) The Chief Minister/Finance Minister and senior level officers of the State/RBI (of
the rank of Deputy Governor / Executive Director) may be invited to attend the SLBC
meetings. Further, the State Chief Ministers are encouraged to attend at least one
SLBC meeting in a year.
iii) State Level Bankers’ Committee meetings should primarily focus on policy issues
with participation of only the senior functionaries of the banks/ Government
Departments. All routine issues may be delegated to sub-committee(s) of the SLBC.
A Steering Sub-committee may be constituted in the SLBC to deliberate on agenda
proposals from different stakeholders and finalise a compact agenda for the SLBC
meetings. Typically, the Sub-Committee could consist of SLBC Convenor, RBI &
NABARD representatives & senior State Government representative from the
concerned department, e.g. Finance/ Institutional Finance and two to three banks
having major presence.
iv) Other issue-specific sub-committees may be constituted as required. The sub
committees may examine the specific issues relating to agriculture, micro,
small/medium industries/enterprises, handloom finance, export promotion and
financial inclusion, etc. in-depth and devise solutions/recommendations for adoption
by the full committee. They are expected to meet more frequently than the SLBC.
The composition of the sub-committees and subjects/ specific issues
impeding/enabling financial inclusion to be deliberated upon, may vary from State to
State depending on the specific problems/issues faced by the States.
v) The secretariat/offices of the SLBC should be sufficiently strengthened to enable
the SLBC Convenor Bank to effectively discharge its functions.12
vi) The various fora at lower levels may give adequate feedback to the SLBC on
issues that need to be discussed on a wider platform.
vii) Several institutions and academicians are engaged in research, studies etc. that
have implications for sustainable development in agriculture and MSME sector.
Engaging with such research institutions and academicians would be useful in
bringing in new ideas for furthering the objectives of the Lead Bank Scheme. The
SLBCs may, therefore, identify such academicians and researchers and invite them
as 'special invitees' to attend SLBC meetings occasionally both for adding value to
the discussions and also associate them with studies appropriate to the State. Other
'special invitees' may be invited to attend SLBC meetings depending on the agenda
items/issues to be discussed in the meetings.
viii) The activities of NGOs in facilitating and channelling credit to the low income
households are expected to increase in the coming years. Several corporate houses
are also engaged in corporate social responsibility activities for sustainable
development. A linkage with such NGOs/Corporate houses operating in the area to
ensure that the NGOs/corporates provide the necessary 'credit plus' services can
help leverage bank credit for inclusive growth. Success stories could be presented in
SLBC meetings to serve as models that could be replicated.
2.3.3 Revised Agenda for SLBC Meetings
1. Review of financial inclusion initiatives, expansion of banking network and
Financial Literacy:
a. Status of opening of banking outlets in unbanked villages, CBS-enabled
banking outlets at the unbanked rural centres (URCs)
b. Review of Operations of Business Correspondents – hurdles/issues involved
c. Progress in increasing digital modes of payment in the State, provision of
continuous connectivity with sufficient bandwidth, resolving connectivity
issues/ connectivity options (Bharat Net, VSAT, etc.), installation of ATMs and
PoS machines and status of implementation of e-receipts and e-payments in
the State
d. Status of rollout of Direct Benefit Transfer in the State, Aadhaar seeding and
authentication13
e. Review of inclusion of Financial Education in the School Curriculum, financial
literacy initiatives by banks (particularly digital financial literacy)
f. Creating awareness about various schemes, subsidies, facilities e.g. crop
insurance, renewable energy
g. Review of efforts towards end to end projects involving all stakeholders in the
supply chain.
2. Review of credit disbursement by banks:
a. Achievement under ACP of the State, Priority Sector Lending
b. Discussion on lending towards government sponsored schemes (DAY-NRLM,
DAY-NULM, MUDRA, Stand-Up India, PMEGP, etc.) and impact of these
schemes
c. Flow of credit to MSMEs and for affordable housing
d. KCC loan, crop insurance under PMFBY
e. Grant of Education Loans
f. Progress under SHG-bank linkage.
3. Doubling of Farmers’ Income by 2022.
4. CD Ratio, Review of Districts with CD Ratio below 40% and working of Special
Sub-Committees of the DCC (SSC).
5. Position of NPAs in respect of schematic lending, Certificate Cases and
Recovery of NPAs.
6. Review of restructuring of loans in natural calamity affected districts in the State,
if any.
7. Discussion on policy initiatives of the Central/State Government/RBI (Industrial
Policy, MSME Policy, Agriculture Policy, Start-Up Policy, etc.), and expected
involvement of banks.
8. Discussion on improving rural infrastructure/ credit absorption capacity:
a. Any large project conceived by the State Government to help improve C-D
Ratio14
b. Explore the scope of state-specific potential growth areas and the way
forward – choosing partner banks
c. Discussion on findings of region-focused studies, if any, and implementing the
suggested solutions
d. Identification of gaps in rural and agriculture infrastructure which need
financing (rural godowns, solar power, agro processing, horticulture, allied
activities, agri-marketing etc.)
e. Implementation of Model Land Leasing Act 2016 (exploring possibility).
9. Efforts towards skill development on mission mode partnering with Krishi Vigyan
Kendra (KVK), Horticulture Mission, National Skill Development Corporation,
Agriculture Skill Council of India (ASCI), etc. including a review of functioning of
RSETIs.
10. Steps taken for improving land record, progress in digitization of land records and
seamless loan disbursements.
11. Sharing of success stories and new initiatives at the district level that can be
replicated in other districts or across the State.
12. Discussion on Market Intelligence Issues e.g.:
a. Ponzi Schemes/ Illegal Activities of Unincorporated Bodies/ Firms/
Companies Soliciting Deposits from the Public
b. Banking Related Cyber Frauds, phishing, etc.
c. Instances of usurious activities by lending entities in the area, cases of over
indebtedness
d. Credit related frauds by borrower groups, etc.
13. Issues remaining unresolved at DCC/DLRC meeting.
14. Timely submission of data by banks, adhering to the schedule of SLBC meeting.
15. Any other item, with the permission of the Chair.
The above list is illustrative and not exhaustive. SLBC Convenor Banks may include
any other agenda item considered necessary.15
2.3.4 SLBC - Yearly Calendar of Meetings
i) To improve the effectiveness and streamline the functioning of SLBC/UTLBC
meetings, SLBC Convenor Banks have been advised to prepare a yearly calendar of
programmes (calendar year basis) in the beginning of the year itself, for conducting
the meetings. The calendar of programmes should clearly specify the cut off dates
for data submission to SLBC and acceptance thereof by the SLBC Convenor. This
yearly calendar should be circulated to all the concerned as an advance intimation
for blocking of future dates of senior functionaries of various agencies like Central
Government, State Governments, banks, RBI, etc. The SLBC/UTLBC meetings
should be conducted as per the calendar under all circumstances. The agenda
should also be circulated in advance without waiting for the data from defaulting
banks. The matter should, however, be taken up with the defaulting banks in the
SLBC meeting. In addition, the SLBC Convenor Bank should write a letter in this
regard to the controlling office of the defaulting banks under advice to the Regional
Office of RBI. The SLBC Convenor Bank will, however, continue to follow-up with
banks for timely data submission. Further, in case the Chief Minister, Finance
Minister or other very senior functionaries are not able to attend the SLBC on some
very rare occasion, then if so desired by them, a special SLBC meeting can be held.
Following broad guidelines should be used for preparation of the calendar of
programmes:
Activity To be completed by (Date)
Preparation of calendar of SLBC/UTLBC 15th January every year
meetings and intimation to all the concerned of
the cut-off dates for submission of data and dates
of meetings as per the dateline given below.
Reminder regarding the exact date of meeting 15 days before end of the quarter
and submission of data by banks to SLBC
Dead line for receipt of information/data by SLBC 15 days from the end of the quarter
Convenor Bank
Distribution of agenda cum background papers 20 days from the end of the quarter
Holding of the meeting Within 45 days from the end of the
quarter
Forwarding the minutes of the meeting to all Within 10 days from holding the
stakeholders meeting
Follow-up of the action points emerged from the To be completed within 30 days of
meeting forwarding the minutes (for review in
the next meeting)16
ii) The objective of preparing the calendar of meetings in the beginning of the year
is to ensure adequate notice of these meetings and timely compilation and dispatch
of agenda papers to all stakeholders. It also ensures clear cut guidelines for the
submission of data to SLBC Convenors by participating banks & Government
Departments. It is expected to save precious time of SLBC Convenors otherwise
spent in taking dates from various senior functionaries attending these SLBC
meetings.
iii) SLBC Convenor Banks need to appreciate the advantages of ensuring
adherence to the yearly calendars. SLBC Convenor Banks have therefore been
advised to give wide publicity to the annual calendar at the beginning of the year and
ensure that dates of senior functionaries expected to attend the meetings are
blocked for all meetings by their offices. In case, despite blocking dates, if for some
reason, the senior functionary is not able to attend the meeting, the meeting should
be held as planned in the calendar. More importantly, the data for review in these
meetings should be received as per deadlines set in the calendar and those who do
not submit the data in time should be asked to explain the reasons for delay in
sending the data that may be recorded in the minutes of the meeting. Under no
circumstance, should the preparation of the agenda be delayed beyond the dates
stipulated as per the calendar.
2.3.5 SLBC Website – Standardisation of information /data
SLBC Convenor Banks are required to maintain the SLBC websites where all
instructions pertaining to LBS and Government Sponsored Schemes are made
available and are accessible to the common man desiring any information relating to
the conduct of meetings or State-wise data/bank-wise performance. In order to
standardize the information and data that is to be made available on the SLBC
website, an indicative list of the information & data is given in the Annex II. SLBCs
should arrange to place the prescribed minimum information on the websites of
SLBCs of their bank and keep it updated regularly, at least on quarterly basis. Banks
may note that the list is only indicative and SLBCs are free to put any additional
information considered relevant for the State.17
2.3.6 Liaison with State Government
SLBC Convenor Banks are expected to co-ordinate the activities of all banks in the
State, discuss with State Government officials, the operational problems in lending,
extending necessary support for banking development and to achieve the objective
of financial inclusion.
2.3.7 Capacity Building/Training/Sensitization Programmes
i) There is a need for sensitising the District Collectors and CEOs of Zilla Parishads
on banks and banking in general as also on the specific scope and role of the Lead
Bank Scheme. In each State, a full day ‘Sensitisation Workshop’ may be convened
by the SLBC Convenor Bank every year, preferably in April/May. Such sensitisation
should form part of the probationary training of such officers. Further, as soon as
they are posted in a district, the SLBC may arrange for exposure visits for the District
Collectors to the SLBC Convenor’s office for sensitisation and understanding of the
Lead Bank Scheme.
ii) Staff at the operational level of banks and government agencies associated with
implementation of the Lead Bank Scheme need to be aware of the latest
developments and emerging opportunities. There is need for staff sensitisation/
training/seminars, etc. at periodic intervals on an ongoing basis.
3. Implementation of Lead Bank Scheme
3.1 Preparation of credit plans
Planning plays an important role in the implementation of the Lead Bank Scheme
and a bottom-up approach is adopted to map the existing potential for development.
Under LBS, planning starts with identifying block-wise/ activity-wise potential
estimated for various sectors.
3.2 Potential Linked Credit Plans (PLPs)
i) Potential Linked Credit Plans (PLPs) are a step towards decentralized credit
planning with the basic objective of mapping the existing potential for development
through bank credit. PLPs take into account the long term physical potential,
availability of infrastructure support, marketing facilities, and policies/programmes of18
Government etc. NABARD to take measures to ensure that PLPs should be more
focussed and implementable so that banks can utilize them more gainfully while
preparing the Branch Credit Plan. PLPs should emphasise on promotion of
sustainable agricultural practices suitable to local conditions. While preparing the
PLPs, the focus must be on identifying processes and projects that:
a. reduce the carbon foot-print,
b. prevent the overuse of fertilizers,
c. ensure efficient utilisation of water and
d. address agricultural pollution issues.
The plans must also focus on promoting innovative farming systems such as organic
farming, bio dynamic farming, permaculture and sustainable small-scale farming, as
also promoting Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs) and Farmers’ Markets. Such
initiatives must be supported by appropriate investments and project finance
frameworks.
ii) A pre-PLP meeting is convened by LDM during June every year to be attended by
banks, Government agencies, etc., to reflect their views and concerns regarding
credit potential (sector/activity-wise) and deliberate on major financial and socio-
economic developments in the district in the last one year and priorities to be set out
for inclusion in the PLP. The DDM of NABARD makes a presentation in this meeting
outlining the major requirements of information for preparing the PLP for the
following year. The preparation of PLP for the next year is to be completed by
August every year to enable the State Government to factor in the PLP projections.
iii) The procedure for preparing the District Credit Plan is as follows:
a) Controlling Offices of commercial banks including Small Finance Banks,
Wholly Owned Subsidiaries (WOS) of Foreign Banks and Head Office of RRB
and DCCB/LDB circulate the accepted block-wise/activity-wise potential to all
their branches for preparing the Branch Credit Plans (BCP) by their respective
branch managers. Banks should ensure that the exercise of preparation of
branch/block plans is completed in time by all branches so that the Credit
Plans become operational on time.19
b) A special Block Level Bankers' Committee (BLBC) meeting is convened for
each block where the Branch Credit Plans are discussed and aggregated to
form the Block Credit Plan. The DDM and the LDM guide the BLBC in
finalizing the plan, ensuring that the Block Credit Plan is in tune with the
potentials identified activity-wise including in respect of Government
Sponsored Schemes.
c) All the Block Credit Plans of the district are aggregated by the LDM to form
the District Credit Plan (DCP). This plan indicates an analytical assessment of
the credit needs of the district to be deployed by all the financial institutions
operating in the district and the total quantum of funds to be earmarked as
credit by all the financial institutions for a new financial year. The
Zonal/Controlling Offices of banks, while finalizing their business plans for the
year, should take into account the commitments made in the DCP which
should be ready well in time before the performance budgets are finalized.
d) The District Credit Plan is then placed before the DCC by the Lead District
Manager for final acceptance/approval. All the District Credit Plans are
eventually aggregated into a State Level Credit Plan to be prepared by SLBC
Convenor Bank and launched by the 1st of April every year.
e) The corporate business targets for branches, blocks, districts and states may
be aligned with the Annual Credit Plans (ACP) to ensure better
implementation. The Controlling Offices of the banks in each state should
synchronize their internal business plans with the ACP.
3.3 Monitoring the Performance of Credit Plans
The performance of the credit plans is reviewed in the various fora created under the
Lead Bank Scheme as shown below:
At Block Level Block Level Bankers’ Committee (BLBC)
At District Level District Consultative Committee (DCC) & District
Level Review Committee (DLRC)
At State Level State Level Bankers’ Committee (SLBC)20
Monitoring of LBS by RBI - Monitoring Information System (MIS)
i) Data on Annual Credit Plan (ACP) is an important element to review the flow of
credit in the State. ACP formats are aligned with the extant reporting guidelines on
priority sector lending. Accordingly, the ACP is to be prepared considering the
categories of priority sector that would include Agriculture, Micro, Small and Medium
Enterprises, Export Credit, Education, Housing, Social Infrastructure, Renewable
Energy and Others. Further, it has been decided that bank loans to Micro/Small and
Medium Enterprises (Services), engaged in providing or rendering of services as
defined in terms of investment in equipment under MSMED Act, 2006, shall qualify
under priority sector without any credit cap. The reporting statement for ACP target
is LBS-MIS-I (Annex IV), statement for disbursement and outstanding LBS-MIS-II
(Annex V) and ACP achievement vis-à-vis ACP target, LBS-MIS-III (Annex VI).
SLBC Convenor Banks/ Lead Banks have been advised to prepare the statements
LBS MIS I, II and III as per the revised formats starting from the financial year 2018-
19. They should prepare the bank group wise statements of LBS-MIS-I, II and III as
per the prescribed formats and also place these statements for meaningful review in
all DCC and SLBC meetings.
ii) In order to maintain consistency and integrity of data with the All-India data of
scheduled commercial banks and facilitate a meaningful review/analysis of data, the
ACP data needs to be grouped separately for scheduled commercial banks and
other banks like State Cooperative Banks, DCCBs, etc. while presenting in the
DCC/SLBC meetings and submitting to our Regional Offices. The data pertaining to
scheduled commercial banks needs to be further grouped into public sector banks,
private sector banks, Regional Rural Banks, Small Finance Banks and Wholly
Owned Subsidiaries (WOS) of Foreign Banks to know the bank group wise position.
3.4 Revised mechanism of Data Flow for LBS fora meetings
At present, discussions at the quarterly meetings of the various LBS fora viz. State
Level Bankers’ Committee (SLBC), District level Consultative Committee (DCC) and
Block Level Bankers’ Committee (BLBC) primarily focus on the performance of
banks in the disbursement of loans vis-a-vis the allocated target under the Annual
Credit Plan. The integrity & timeliness of the data submitted by banks for the purpose
has been an issue as a significant portion of this data is manually compiled and
entered into the Data Management Systems of the SLBC Convenor Banks. The21
extent to which this data corresponds with the data present in the Core Banking
Solution (CBS) of the respective banks also varies significantly. Therefore, there is
need of a standardized system to be developed on the website maintained by each
SLBC to enable uploading and downloading of the data pertaining to the Block,
District as well as the State. The relevant data must also be directly downloadable
from the CBS and/ or MIS of the banks with a view to keeping manual intervention to
a minimal level in the process. The procedure relating to the envisaged intervention
in this area is given below:
Management of Data Flow at LBS Fora – Procedure
i. Each bank’s CBS should have a provision to generate a report pertaining to all
LBS related data/ tables to Excel. This data should have information pertaining to
all the branches operating in the state including fields/ columns for District &
Block name. Access to Download & Export this data from the bank’s CBS should
be given to the Controlling Offices of the banks who would be solely responsible
for the process of ‘Data Feeding’ for all districts/ blocks within their jurisdiction.
ii. The ‘Data Feeding’ process is the process of uploading this Excel file
(downloaded in step (i) above) on the SLBC websites. SLBC websites should
have a provision to ‘Import/ Upload’ all the data present in the Excel Sheet on the
database of the SLBC website. This would obviate any manual ‘data entry’ at the
SLBC/ Controlling Office level.
iii. To facilitate the above functionality, each SLBC Convenor Bank would have to
add this ‘Import/ Upload’ functionality to their SLBC website along with the
requisite capabilities at the back-end.
iv. The SLBC website would, thus, effectively work as a data aggregation platform.
Further, data analysis capabilities could also be added to the SLBC websites
depending on the available resources.
v. The SLBC websites should provide access to LDMs to download district and
block specific data directly from this website thus ensuring integrity and timely
availability of data.
vi. There could still be some data pertaining to State Government Schemes/ other
data that is not available on the CBS or MIS of the banks. This would have to be22
collated at the Controlling Office level as is done now. At the SLBC website,
functionalities could be provided to enter this data too. This could then be
downloaded by the LDMs for district/ block level reports. Banks may also add
Open Format fields like ‘text boxes’ for data or information that is special or is
entered/ used once in a while.
vii. Such a system ensures that LDMs & SLBC Convenor Banks have to do zero or
minimal data entry/ feeding and all data is entered by a single ‘custodian of data’
which is the Controlling Office of each bank. Any information to be provided by
Government extension agencies could also be similarly uploaded.
Necessary modifications may be made on the SLBC websites and to the CBS & MIS
systems of all banks to implement the envisaged data flow mechanism.
A Working Group of select SLBC Convenor banks and NABARD was constituted by
RBI to work out a standardised system for collection, storage, presentation and
management of data on the SLBC/ UTLBC website. A Standard Operating
Procedure (SOP), which may be followed by SLBC/ UTLBC Convenor Banks,
member banks and LDMs, as suggested by the Working Group for management of
the data flow is given at Annex III.
4. Assignment of Lead Bank Responsibility
i) Lead Bank Scheme is administered by the Reserve Bank of India since 1969. The
assignment of Lead Bank responsibility to designated banks in every district is done
by the Reserve Bank of India following a detailed procedure formulated for this
purpose. As on March 31, 2021, 12 public sector banks and one private sector bank
have been assigned Lead Bank responsibility in 730 districts of the country.
ii) State Level Bankers’ Committee (SLBC)/Union Territory Level Bankers'
Committee (UTLBC), as an apex level forum at the State/Union Territory (UT) level,
coordinates the activities of the financial institutions and Government departments in
the State/Union Territory under the Lead Bank Scheme. SLBC/UTLBC Convenorship
is assigned to banks for this purpose. As on March 31, 2021, the SLBC/ UTLBC
convenorship of 28 States and 8 Union Territories has been assigned to 11 public
sector banks and one private sector bank. A List of State/UT wise SLBC/UTLBC
Convenor Banks and district wise Lead Banks is given in Annex I.23
iii) The Lead Bank Scheme (LBS) has been extended to the districts in the
metropolitan areas, thus bringing the entire country under the fold of the Lead Bank
Scheme.
5. Banking Penetration
i) Over the years, the focus of the Lead Bank Scheme has shifted to inclusive
growth and financial inclusion. The use of Information Technology (IT) and
intermediaries has enabled banks to increase the outreach, scale and depth of
banking services at affordable cost.
ii) SLBC Convenor Banks / Lead Banks are advised to focus attention on the need
for achieving 100% financial inclusion through penetration of banking services in the
rural areas. Upon issuance of DoR revised guidelines on ‘Rationalisation of Branch
Authorisation Policy’ on May 18, 2017 clarifying on ‘Banking Outlet’, banks were
advised to consider opening of a CBS-enabled banking outlet or a part time banking
outlet, as the case may be, in unbanked rural centres.
iii) SLBC Convenor Banks should take up with the State Governments, impeders
such as issues of road/digital connectivity, conducive law and order situation,
uninterrupted power supply, adequate security, etc. for ensuring banking expansion
at all centres where penetration by the formal banking system is required. However,
these impeders should not inhibit the scaling up of financial inclusion initiatives.
5.1 Roadmap for providing banking services in unbanked villages
In November 2009, a roadmap to provide banking services in villages with population
more than 2000 was rolled out. All the identified villages have been provided with
banking services through branches, business correspondents or through other
modes such as ATMs and mobile vans. Later, in June 2012, a roadmap to provide
banking services in unbanked villages with less than 2,000 population was rolled out.
SLBC Convenor Banks and Lead Banks were advised to complete the process of
providing banking services in unbanked villages with population below 2000 by
August 14, 2015.24
5.2 Roadmap for opening brick and mortar branches in villages with
population more than 5000 without a bank branch of a scheduled commercial
bank
As brick and mortar branches are an integral component of financial inclusion, it was
decided to focus on villages with population above 5000 without a bank branch of a
scheduled commercial bank. This was to enable banks to provide quality financial
services and timely support to BC outlets that would help in sustaining and
strengthening the services provided through BCs and also ensuring close
supervision of BC operations. Accordingly, SLBC Convenor Banks were advised to
identify villages with population above 5000 without a bank branch of a scheduled
commercial bank in their State and allot these villages among scheduled commercial
banks (including Regional Rural Banks) for opening of branches.
5.3 Aligning roadmap for unbanked villages having population more than
5000 with revised Guidelines on Branch Authorisation Policy
In terms of circular DBR.No.BAPD.BC.69/22.01.001/2016-17 dated May 18, 2017
issued by DoR on ‘Rationalisation of Branch Authorisation Policy - Revision of
Guidelines’, final guidelines on ‘Banking Outlets’ have been issued with a view to
facilitate financial inclusion as also to provide flexibility to banks on the choice of
delivery channel. Accordingly, SLBC Convenor Banks have been advised to identify
all unbanked rural centres (URCs) in the State, compile and maintain an updated list
of all such centres. The updated list should be displayed on the website of each
SLBC to facilitate banks to choose/indicate the place/centre where they wish to open
a ‘banking outlet’.
ii) Further, SLBC Convenor Banks have been advised that in order to comply with
the criteria of opening at least 25 percent of the total banking outlets in unbanked
rural centres in Tier 5 & 6 centres, as prescribed vide DoR circular dated May 18,
2017, banks should give priority to villages without a banking outlet having
population more than 5000 (i.e. Tier 5 centres) and ensure that all such villages
under their jurisdiction are covered with a CBS-enabled Banking Outlet on priority
basis.
iii) The updated list of unbanked rural centres should be tabled in all SLBC meetings
during discussions on the progress of providing banking services in unbanked rural
centres.25
5.4 National Strategy for Financial Inclusion (NSFI): 2019-2024 – Universal
Access to Financial Services
Providing banking access to every village within a 5 KM radius / hamlet of 500
households in hilly areas has been one of the key objectives of the National Strategy
for Financial Inclusion (NSFI): 2019-2024. Accordingly, SLBC/ UTLBC Convenor
banks have been advised to review the presence of banking outlets of Scheduled
Commercial Banks (SCBs), Regional Rural Banks (RRBs), Small Finance Banks
(SFBs) and Payments Banks (PBs) in every village within a 5 KM radius / hamlet of
500 households in hilly areas under their jurisdiction(s) and ensure that universal
access to financial services are provided to all such villages.
6. Credit Deposit Ratio (CD Ratio)
6.1 CD Ratio of Banks in Rural and Semi-Urban Areas
Banks have been advised to achieve a CD Ratio of 60 percent in respect of their
rural and semi-urban branches separately on an All-India basis. While it is not
necessary that this ratio should be achieved separately, branch-wise, district-wise or
region-wise, the banks should, nevertheless, ensure that wide disparity in the ratios
between different States / Regions is avoided in order to minimise regional
imbalance in credit deployment. The credit dispensation in certain districts is very
low, as a result of various factors such as lack of necessary infrastructure, varying
ability of different regions to absorb credit, etc. Banks may review the performance of
their bank branches in such areas and take necessary steps to augment the credit
flow. The Lead Banks may discuss the problem in all its aspects with the other
financial institutions in the district and also in the DCC forum.
6.2 Implementation of the Recommendations of the Expert Group on CD
Ratio
i) An Expert Group was constituted by the Government of India to go into the nature
and magnitude of the problem of low CD Ratio across States / Regions and to
suggest steps to overcome the problem. The Expert Group examined the problems
and causes of low CD Ratio and made recommendations. As per the
recommendations, the CD Ratio of banks should be monitored at different levels
based on the following parameters –26
Institution / Level Indicator
Individual Banks at Head Office Cu + RIDF
State Level (SLBC) Cu + RIDF
District Level Cs
Where:
Cu = Credit as per place of Utilization
Cs = Credit as per place of Sanction
RIDF = Total Resource support provided to States under RIDF
Further, banks are advised that:
• In the districts having CD Ratio less than 40 percent, Special Sub-Committees
(SSCs) of the DCC shall be set up to monitor the CD Ratio.
• Districts having CD Ratio between 40 and 60 percent, shall be monitored
under the existing system by the DCC, and
• The district with CD Ratio of less than 20 percent need to be treated on a
special footing.
ii) Special Sub-Committees (SSCs) of the DCC should be set up in the districts
having CD Ratio less than 40 percent, in order to monitor the CD Ratio and to draw
up Monitorable Action Plans (MAPs) to increase the CD Ratio. The Lead District
Manager (LDM) is designated as the Convenor of the SSC which, in addition to the
District Co-ordinators of banks functioning in the area, should comprise of the LDO
of RBI, the DDM of NABARD, the District Planning Officer or a representative of the
Collector duly empowered to take decisions on behalf of the district administration.
The functions of the Special Sub-Committee are as under:
• The SSCs should draw up Monitorable Action Plans (MAPs) for improving the
CD Ratio in their districts on a self-set graduated basis.
• For this purpose, the SSC should hold a special meeting immediately after its
constitution and on the basis of the various ground level parameters, set for
itself, a target for increasing the CD Ratio initially for the current year. It will
also, at the same meeting, set a definite time frame to achieve a CD Ratio
more than 60 percent in annual increments.
• Consequent to the completion of this process, the target and time frame self-
set by the SSC should be placed before the DCC for approval.
• The plans for implementation must then be taken up by the SSC and
monitored assiduously once in two months.27
• The SSC should report the progress on the implementation of the plan to the
DCC on a quarterly basis and through them to the Convenor of the SLBC.
• On the basis of the feedback received from the DCC regarding the progress in
the implementation of the Monitorable Action Plans (MAPs), a consolidated
report should be prepared by the SSC and tabled at all SLBC meetings for
discussion / information.
iii) As regards the districts with a CD Ratio less than 20 percent, these are generally
located in hilly, desert or inaccessible terrains and / or those dependent solely on the
primary sector and/ or characterized by a breakdown of the law and order
machinery. In such areas, conventional methods are not likely to work unless the
banking system and the State Government come together in a specially meaningful
way.
iv) While the framework for implementation for raising the CD Ratio in these districts
will be the same as in the case of districts with CD Ratio below 40 percent (i.e.
setting up of SSC etc.), the focus of attention and the level of efforts should be of a
much higher scale.
For this,
• All such districts should first be placed in a special category.
• Thereafter, the responsibility for increasing their CD Ratio should be taken by
banks and State Governments and the districts should be "adopted" by the
District Administration and the Lead Bank jointly.
• While banks would be responsible for credit disbursement, the State
Government would be required to give an upfront commitment regarding its
responsibilities for creation of identified rural infrastructure together with
support in creating an enabling environment for banks to lend and to recover
their dues.
• Progress in the special category districts should be monitored at the district
level and reported to the corporate offices of the concerned banks.
• The Chairmen/ Managing Directors of banks should give special attention to
the CD Ratio in such districts.28
7. Direct Benefit Transfer
Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) was rolled out by the Government of India in selected
districts in January 2013. It was expanded to other districts subsequently. SLBC
Convenor Banks were advised to co-ordinate with the Government authorities to
implement DBT. Banks were advised to include the status of the roll-out of DBT as a
regular agenda item for discussion in SLBC meetings as part of Financial
Inclusion/Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) implementation. As a prerequisite to the
implementation of the DBT, every eligible individual should have a bank account.
Further, to make disbursements at the doorstep through the ICT-based BC model,
banking outlets either through brick & mortar branches or the branchless mode is
needed in all villages across the country. Hence, banks have been advised to:
• take steps to complete the opening of bank accounts and seeding of Aadhaar
numbers in all bank accounts.
• closely monitor the progress in seeding of Aadhaar number with the bank
accounts of beneficiaries.
• put in place a system to provide the beneficiary of the seeding request an
acknowledgement and also send a confirmation of the seeding of Aadhaar
number.
• form a DBT Implementation Co-ordination Committee, along with the State
Government department concerned, at district level and review the seeding of
Aadhaar numbers in bank accounts.
• ensure that district and village wise names and other details of business
correspondents (BCs) engaged/other arrangements made by the bank are
displayed on the SLBC website.
• set up a Complaint Grievance Redressal mechanism in each bank and
nominate a Complaint Redressal Officer in each district, to redress the
grievances related to ‘seeding of Aadhaar number in bank accounts'.
Banks were further advised to ensure that opening of bank accounts and seeding of
Aadhaar numbers with existing or new accounts of eligible beneficiaries opened for
the purpose of Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) under social welfare schemes, was in
conformity with the provisions listed under Section 16 of the Master Direction - Know29
Your Customer (KYC) Direction, 2016 (updated as on May 29, 2019) and extant
provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering (PML) Rules.
8. Service Area Approach (SAA)
i) The Service Area Approach (SAA), introduced in April 1989 for planned and
orderly development of rural and semi-urban areas was applicable to all scheduled
commercial banks including Regional Rural Banks. Under SAA, each bank branch
in a rural or semi-urban area was designated to serve an area of 15 to 25 villages
and the branch was responsible for meeting the needs of bank credit of its service
area. The primary objective of SAA was to increase productive lending and forge
effective linkages between bank credit, production, productivity and increase in
income levels.
ii) The Service Area Approach scheme was reviewed in December 2004 and it was
decided to dispense with the restrictive provisions of the scheme while retaining the
positive features of the SAA such as credit planning and monitoring of the credit
purveyance. Accordingly, under SAA, the allocation of villages among the rural and
semi-urban branches of banks were made not applicable for lending except under
Government Sponsored Schemes. Thus, while the commercial banks and RRBs are
free to lend in any rural and semi-urban area, the borrowers have the choice of
approaching any branch for their credit requirements.
8.1 Dispensing with ‘No Due Certificate’
In order to ensure hassle free credit to all borrowers, especially in rural and semi-
urban areas and keeping in view the technological developments and the different
ways available with banks to avoid multiple financing, banks have been advised to
dispense with obtaining a ‘No Due Certificate’ from the individual borrowers
(including SHGs & JLGs) in rural and semi-urban areas for all types of loans
including loans under Government Sponsored Schemes, irrespective of the amount
involved unless the Government Sponsored Scheme itself provides for obtention of a
‘No Due Certificate’. Further, it has been clarified that the policy of dispensing with a
‘No Due Certificate’ for lending by banks is also applicable to urban areas including
metropolitan cities.30
ii) Banks are encouraged to use an alternative framework of due diligence as part
of the credit appraisal exercise other than the ‘No Due Certificate’ which could,
among others, consist of one or more of the following:
• Credit history check through Credit Information Companies (CICs)
• Self-declaration or an affidavit from the borrower
• CERSAI registration
• Peer monitoring
• Information sharing among lenders
• Information search (writing to other lenders with an auto deadline)
iii) Banks are also advised to submit information/data to all Credit Information
Companies (CICs), as required in terms of extant instructions issued by RBI.
9. Doubling of Farmers’ Income by 2022
i) The Government of India, in the Union Budget 2016-17, had announced its
resolve to double the income of farmers by 2022. Several steps have been taken
towards attaining this objective including setting up of an inter-ministerial committee
for preparation of a blue print for the same. This agenda has also been reiterated by
the government in several fora and has acquired primacy from the point of view of
rural and agricultural development.
ii) The strategy to achieve this goal, inter-alia, includes,
• Focus on irrigation with large budgets, with the aim of "per drop, more crop"
• Provision of quality seeds and nutrients based on soil health of each field
• Investments in warehousing and cold chains to prevent post-harvest crop
losses
• Promotion of value addition through food processing
• Creation of a national farm market, removing distortions and development of
infrastructure such as e-platform across 585 stations
• Strengthening of the crop insurance scheme to mitigate risks at affordable
cost
• Promotion of ancillary activities like poultry, bee-keeping and fisheries31
iii. Needless to emphasize that acceleration in income generation is significantly
dependent on better capital formation in agriculture. Towards this, banks should
revisit their documentation for crop loans, simplify them where required and ensure
speedy sanctioning and disbursal of loans within specified time limits.
iv. The Lead Bank Scheme, which ensures inter-departmental/governmental
coordination in the financial sector, should, therefore, be leveraged to further the
objective of doubling farmers’ income by 2022. Lead Banks are accordingly advised
to ensure the following:
a. Work closely with NABARD in the preparation of Potential Linked Credit Plans
(PLPs) & Annual Credit Plans (ACPs) keeping the above strategy in
consideration
b. Include ‘Doubling of Farmers’ Income by 2022’ as a regular agenda under the
Lead Bank Scheme in various fora such as SLBC, DCC, DLRC and BLBC
c. For the purpose of monitoring and reviewing the progress, Lead Banks may
use the benchmarks as may be provided by NABARD
d. Map the overall strategy as given in para 9 (ii) above to the agriculture/agro-
ancillary lending plan of the bank.
10. Expanding and Deepening of Digital Payments Ecosystem
With a view to expanding and deepening the digital payments ecosystem, the
SLBCs/UTLBCs were advised to identify one district in their respective States/UTs
on a pilot basis in consultation with banks and stakeholders and allocate it to a bank
with significant footprint which will endeavour to make the district 100% digitally
enabled within one year, in order to enable every individual in the district to make/
receive payments digitally in a safe, secure, quick, affordable and convenient
manner. SLBC/ UTLBC Convenor Banks were also advised to devise a time bound
roadmap to all branches of member banks (Public Sector Banks, Private Sector
Banks, Regional Rural Banks, Small Finance Banks and Payments Banks) located in
the identified district(s) for on-boarding merchants/ traders/ businesses/ utility service
providers to facilitate fully digital transactions. Further, SLBC/ UTLBC Convenor
Banks were advised to constitute a Sub-Committee on Digital Payments at SLBC/
UTLBC level.32
11. References of Directions / Circulars Relevant to Lead Bank Scheme
Sr.
Reference No Date Subject
No.
Master Directions - Priority
Sector Lending (PSL) – Targets
and Classification [All
Commercial Banks including
FIDD.CO.Plan.BC.5/
1 September 04, 2020 Regional Rural Banks, Small
04.09.01/2020-21
Finance Banks, Local Area
Banks and Primary (Urban) Co-
operative Banks other than
Salary Earners’ Banks]
Master Direction – Reserve Bank
of India (Relief Measures by
FIDD.CO.FSD.BC
Banks in Areas affected by
2 No.9/05.10.001/201 October 17, 2018
Natural Calamities) Directions
8-19
2018 – SCBs (including SFBs
and excluding RRBs)
Master Direction – Reserve Bank
FIDD.CO.FSD.BC. of India (Relief Measures by
3 No.10/05.10.001/20 October 17, 2018 Banks in Areas affected by
18-19 Natural Calamities) Directions
2018 – RRBs
Master Direction - Lending to
FIDD.MSME & NFS. July 24, 2017
Micro, Small & Medium
4 12/06.02.31/2017- (updated as on April
Enterprises (MSME) Sector
18 25, 2018)
[SCBs (excluding RRBs)]
Master Circular - Credit Facilities
FIDD.GSSD.BC.No. to Minority Communities [All
5 04/09.10.01/2019- July 01, 2019 SCBs & SFBs (excluding RRBs
20 and Foreign banks with less than
20 branches)]
Master Circular - Credit Facilities
FIDD.CO.GSSD.BC.
to Scheduled Castes (SCs) &
6 No.03/09.09.001/20 July 01, 2019
Scheduled Tribes (STs) [All
19-20
SCBs & SFBs]
Master Circular –Deendayal
FIDD.GSSD.CO.BC.
Antyodaya Yojana - National
7 No.01/09.16.03/201 July 01, 2019
Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-
9-20
NULM) [All SCBs & SFBs]
Master Circular – Deendayal
FIDD.GSSD.CO.BC.
Antyodaya Yojana - National
8 No.06/09.01.01/202 September 18, 2020
Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-
0-21
NRLM) [Public Sector Banks,33
Sr.
Reference No Date Subject
No.
Private Sector Banks (including
Small Finance Banks)]
FIDD.FID.BC.No.02/ Master Circular on SHG-Bank
9 12.01.033/2020-21 July 01, 2020 Linkage Programme [All SCBs]
Financial Literacy by FLCs
(Financial Literacy Centres) and
rural branches - Revision in
FIDD.FLC.BC.No.
funding limits, Audio-visual
10 11/12.01.018/2017- July 13, 2017
content and provision of hand
18
held projectors [Scheduled
Commercial Banks (Including
RRBs & Small Finance Banks)]
FIDD.FLC.BC. Financial Literacy Centres -
11 No.12/12.01.018/20 August 25, 2016 Revised reporting formats [SCBs
16-17 including RRBs]
Small Finance Banks –
FIDD.CO.SFB.No.9/ Compendium of Guidelines on
12 July 06, 2017
04.09.001/2017-18 Financial Inclusion and
Development.
Rationalisation of Branch
Authorisation Policy- Revision of
DBR.No.
Guidelines [All Domestic SCBs
BAPD.BC.69/22.01. May 18, 2017
13
(excluding RRBs), SFBs
001/2016-17
Payments Banks and LABs]
Rationalisation of Branch
DBR.RRB.BL.BC.
Authorisation Policy – Revision
No.40/31.01.002/20 May 31, 2019
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of Guidelines (RRBs)
18-1934
Annex I
List of State/ UT-wise SLBC/ UTLBC Convenor Banks and district-wise Lead Banks
Sr. State / Union SLBC/UTLBC District District lead
No. Territory Convenor bank bank
1 Andhra Union Bank of India 1. Anantapur Canara Bank
Pradesh 2. Chittoor Indian Bank
3. East Godavari Union Bank of
India
4. Guntur Union Bank of
India
5. Kadapa Canara Bank
6. Krishna Indian Bank
7. Kurnool Canara Bank
8. Nellore Canara Bank
9. Prakasam Canara Bank
10. Srikakulam Union Bank of
India
11. Visakhapatnam State Bank of
India
12. Vizianagaram State Bank of
India
13. West Godavari Union Bank of
India
2 Arunachal State Bank of India 1. Anjaw State Bank of
Pradesh India
2. Changlang State Bank of
India
3. Dibang Valley State Bank of
India
4. East Kameng State Bank of
India
5. East Siang State Bank of
India
6. Kamle State Bank of
India
7. Kra Daadi State Bank of
India
8. Kurung Kumey State Bank of
India
9. Lohit State Bank of
India
10. Longding State Bank of
India
11. Lower Dibang Valley State Bank of
India
12. Lower Subansiri State Bank of
India
13. Namsai State Bank of35
India
14. Pakke Kessang State Bank of
India
15. Papum Pare State Bank of
India
16. Shi-Yomi State Bank of
India
17. Siang State Bank of
India
18. Tawang State Bank of
India
19. Tirap State Bank of
India
20. Upper Siang State Bank of
India
21. Upper Subansiri State Bank of
India
22. West Kameng State Bank of
India
23. West Siang State Bank of
India
3 Assam State Bank of India 1. Baksa State Bank of
India
2. Barpeta UCO Bank
3. Biswanath Punjab National
Bank
4. Bongaigaon State Bank of
India
5. Cachar Punjab National
Bank
6. Charaideo Punjab National
Bank
7. Chirang State Bank of
India
8. Darrang UCO Bank
9. Dhemaji Punjab National
Bank
10. Dhubri UCO Bank
11. Dibrugarh Punjab National
Bank
12. Goalpara UCO Bank
13. Golaghat Punjab National
Bank
14. Hailakandi Punjab National
Bank
15. Hojai Punjab National
Bank
16. Jorhat Punjab National
Bank
17. Kamrup UCO Bank36
18. Kamrup Metro UCO Bank
19. Karbi Anglong State Bank of
India
20. Karimganj Punjab National
Bank
21. Kokrajhar UCO Bank
22. Lakhimpur Punjab National
Bank
23. Majuli Punjab National
Bank
24. Morigaon Punjab National
Bank
25. Nagaon Punjab National
Bank
26. Nalbari UCO Bank
27. North Cachar Hills State Bank of
India
28. Sivasagar Punjab National
Bank
29. Sonitpur UCO Bank
30. South Salmara- UCO Bank
Mankachar
31. Tinsukia Punjab National
Bank
32. Udalguri State Bank of
India
33. West Karbi Anglong State Bank of
India
4 Bihar State Bank of India 1. Araria State Bank of
India
2. Arwal Punjab National
Bank
3. Aurangabad Punjab National
Bank
4. Banka UCO Bank
5. Begusarai UCO Bank
6. Bhabua (Kaimur) Punjab National
Bank
7. Bhagalpur UCO Bank
8. Bhojpur (Arrah) Punjab National
Bank
9. Buxar Punjab National
Bank
10. Darbhanga Central Bank of
India
11. East Champaran Central Bank of
India
12. Gaya Punjab National
Bank
13. Gopalgunj Central Bank of37
India
14. Jamui State Bank of
India
15. Jehanabad Punjab National
Bank
16. Katihar Central Bank of
India
17. Khagaria Union Bank of
India
18. Kishanganj State Bank of
India
19. Lakhisarai Punjab National
Bank
20. Madhepura State Bank of
India
21. Madhubani Central Bank of
India
22. Monghyr UCO Bank
23. Muzaffarpur Central Bank of
India
24. Nalanda Punjab National
Bank
25. Nawada Punjab National
Bank
26. Patna Punjab National
Bank
27. Purnea State Bank of
India
28. Rohtas (Sasaram) Punjab National
Bank
29. Saharsa State Bank of
India
30. Samastipur Union Bank of
India
31. Saran Central Bank of
India
32. Sheikhpura Canara Bank
33. Sheohar Bank of Baroda
34. Sitamarhi Bank of Baroda
35. Siwan Central Bank of
India
36. Supaul State Bank of
India
37. Vaishali Central Bank of
India
38. West Champaran Central Bank of
India
5 Chhattisgarh State Bank of India 1. Balod Bank of Baroda
2. Baloda bazar State Bank of
India38
3. Balrampur Central Bank of
India
4. Bastar State Bank of
India
5. Bemetara State Bank of
India
6. Bijapur State Bank of
India
7. Bilaspur State Bank of
India
8. Dantewada State Bank of
India
9. Dhamtari Bank of Baroda
10. Durg Bank of Baroda
11. Gariaband Bank of Baroda
12. Gaurela-Pendra- S t a t e Bank of
Marwahi India
13. Janjgir Champa State Bank of
India
14. Jashpur State Bank of
India
15. Kabirdham State Bank of
India
16. Kanker State Bank of
India
17. Kondagaon State Bank of
India
18. Korba State Bank of
India
19. Korea Central Bank of
India
20. Mahasamund Bank of Baroda
21. Mungeli State Bank of
India
22. Narayanpur State Bank of
India
23. Raigarh State Bank of
India
24. Raipur Bank of Baroda
25. Rajnandgaon Bank of Baroda
26. Sukma State Bank of
India
27. Surajpur Central Bank of
India
28. Surguja Central Bank of
India
6 Goa State Bank of India 1. North Goa State Bank of
India
2. South Goa State Bank of
India39
7 Gujarat Bank of Baroda 1. Ahmedabad State Bank of
India
2. Amreli State Bank of
India
3. Anand Bank of Baroda
4. Aravalli Bank of Baroda
5. Banaskantha Bank of Baroda
6. Bharuch Bank of Baroda
7. Bhavnagar State Bank of
India
8. Botad Bank of Baroda
9. Chhota Udaipur Bank of Baroda
10. Dohad Bank of Baroda
11. Dangs Bank of Baroda
12. Devbhumi Dwarka Bank of Baroda
13. Gandhinagar State Bank of
India
State Bank of
14. Gir Somnath India
15. Godhra Bank of Baroda
(PanchMahal)
16. Jamnagar State Bank of
India
17. Junagadh State Bank of
India
18. Kheda Bank of Baroda
19. Kutch (Bhuj) Bank of Baroda
20. Mahisagar Bank of Baroda
21. Mehsana Bank of Baroda
22. Morbi State Bank of
India
23. Narmada Bank of Baroda
24. Navsari Bank of Baroda
25. Patan Bank of Baroda
26. Porbandar State Bank of
India
27. Rajkot State Bank of
India
28. Sabarkantha Bank of Baroda
29. Surat Bank of Baroda
30. Surendranagar State Bank of
India
31. Tapi Bank of Baroda
32. Vadodara Bank of Baroda
33. Valsad Bank of Baroda
8 Haryana Punjab National 1. Ambala Punjab National
Bank Bank
2. Bhiwani Punjab National
Bank40
3. Charki Dadri Punjab National
Bank
4. Faridabad Canara Bank
5. Fatehabad Punjab National
Bank
6. Gurgaon Canara Bank
7. Hisar Punjab National
Bank
8. Jhajjar Punjab National
Bank
9. Jind Punjab National
Bank
10. Kaithal Punjab National
Bank
11. Karnal Punjab National
Bank
12. Kurukshetra Punjab National
Bank
13. Mahendragarh Punjab National
Bank
14. Mewat Canara Bank
15. Palwal Punjab National
Bank
16. Panchkula Punjab National
Bank
17. Panipat Punjab National
Bank
18. Rewari Punjab National
Bank
19. Rohtak Punjab National
Bank
20. Sirsa Punjab National
Bank
21. Sonepat Punjab National
Bank
22. Yamunanagar Punjab National
Bank
9 Himachal UCO Bank 1. Bilaspur UCO Bank
Pradesh 2. Chamba State Bank of
India
3. Hamirpur Punjab National
Bank
4. Kangra Punjab National
(Dharamshala) Bank
5. Kinnaur (Peo) Punjab National
Bank
6. Kullu Punjab National
Bank
7. Lahaul & Spiti State Bank of
(Kelyong) India41
8. Mandi Punjab National
Bank
9. Shimla UCO Bank
10. Sirmaur UCO Bank
11. Solan UCO Bank
12. Una Punjab National
Bank
10 Jharkhand Bank of India 1. Bokaro Bank of India
2. Chatra Bank of India
3. Deoghar State Bank of
India
4. Dhanbad Bank of India
5. Dumka Indian Bank
6. East Singhbhum Bank of India
7. Garhwa State Bank of
India
8. Giridih Bank of India
9. Godda Indian Bank
10. Gumla Bank of India
11. Hazaribag Bank of India
12. Jamtara State Bank of
India
13. Khunti Bank of India
14. Koderma Bank of India
15. Letehar State Bank of
India
16. Lohardaga Bank of India
17. Pakur State Bank of
India
18. Palamu State Bank of
India
19. Ramgarh Bank of India
20. Ranchi Bank of India
21. Sahibganj State Bank of
India
22. Seraikela- Bank of India
Kharsawan
23. Simdega Bank of India
24. West Singhbhum Bank of India
11 Karnataka Canara Bank 1. Bagalkot Canara Bank
2. Bangalore (Rural) Canara Bank
3. Bangalore (Urban) Canara Bank
4. Belgaum Canara Bank
5. Bellary Canara Bank
6. Bidar State Bank of
India
7. Bijapur Canara Bank
8. Chamrajanagar State Bank of
India42
9. Chikballapur Canara Bank
10. Chickmagalur Union Bank of
India
11. Chitradurga Canara Bank
12. Dakshin Canara Canara Bank
13. Davangere Canara Bank
14. Dharwad Bank of Baroda
15. Gadag State Bank of
India
16. Gulbarga State Bank of
India
17. Hassan Canara Bank
18. Haveri Bank of Baroda
19. Kodagu Union Bank of
India
20. Kolar Canara Bank
21. Koppal State Bank of
India
22. Mandya Bank of Baroda
23. Mysore State Bank of
India
24. Raichur State Bank of
India
25. Ramanagara Union Bank of
India
26. Shivmoga Canara Bank
27. Tumkur State Bank of
India
28. Udupi Canara Bank
29. Uttar Canara Canara Bank
30. Yadgir State Bank of
India
12 Kerala Canara Bank 1. Alappuzha State Bank of
India
2. Ernakulam Union Bank of
India
3. Idukki Union Bank of
India
4. Kannur Canara Bank
5. Kasaragod Canara Bank
6. Kollam Indian Bank
7. Kottayam State Bank of
India
8. Kozhikode Canara Bank
9. Malappuram Canara Bank
10. Palakkad Canara Bank
11. Pathanamthitta State Bank of
India
12. Thiruvananthapuram Indian Overseas43
Bank
13. Thrissur Canara Bank
14. Wayanad Canara Bank
(Kalepetta)
13 Madhya Central Bank of 1. Agar-Malwa Bank of India
Pradesh India 2. Alirajpur Bank of Baroda
3. Anuppur Central Bank of
India
4. Ashoknagar State Bank of
India
5. Balaghat Central Bank of
India
6. Barwani Bank of India
7. Betul Central Bank of
India
8. Bhind Central Bank of
India
9. Bhopal Bank of India
10. Burhanpur Bank of India
11. Chhatarpur State Bank of
India
12. Chhindwara Central Bank of
India
13. Damoh State Bank of
India
14. Datia Punjab National
Bank
15. Dewas Bank of India
16. Dhar Bank of India
17. Dindori Central Bank of
India
18. East Nimar Bank of India
(Khandwa)
19. Guna State Bank of
India
20. Gwalior Central Bank of
India
21. Harda State Bank of
India
22. Hoshangabad Central Bank of
India
23. Indore Bank of India
24. Jabalpur Central Bank of
India
25. Jhabua Bank of Baroda
26. Katni State Bank of
India
27. Mandla Central Bank of
India
28. Mandsaur Central Bank of44
India
29. Morena Central Bank of
India
30. Narsinghpur Central Bank of
India
31. Neemuch State Bank of
India
32. Niwari State Bank of
India
33. Panna State Bank of
India
34. Raisen Central Bank of
India
35. Rajgarh Bank of India
36. Ratlam Central Bank of
India
37. Rewa Union Bank of
India
38. Sagar Central Bank of
India
39. Satna Indian Bank
40. Seoni Central Bank of
India
41. Shahdol Central Bank of
India
42. Shajapur Bank of India
43. Sheopur Kala State Bank of
India
44. Shivpuri State Bank of
India
45. Sidhi Union Bank of
India
46. Sihore Bank of India
47. Singrauli Union Bank of
India
48. Tikamgarh State Bank of
India
49. Ujjain Bank of India
50. Umaria State Bank of
India
51. Vidisha State Bank of
India
52. West Nimar Bank of India
(Khargone)
14 Maharashtra Bank of 1. Ahmednagar Central Bank of
Maharashtra India
2. Akola Central Bank of
India
3. Amravati Central Bank of
India45
4. Aurangabad Bank of
Maharashtra
5. Beed State Bank of
India
6. Bhandara Bank of India
7. Buldhana Central Bank of
India
8. Chandrapur Bank of India
9. Dhule Central Bank of
India
10. Gadchiroli Bank of India
11. Gondia Bank of India
12. Hingoli State Bank of
India
13. Jalgaon Central Bank of
India
14. Jalna Bank of
Maharashtra
15. Kolhapur Bank of India
16. Latur State Bank of
India
17. Mumbai Bank of India
18. Mumbai Suburban Bank of India
19. Nagpur Bank of India
20. Nanded State Bank of
India
21. Nandurbar State Bank of
India
22. Nashik Bank of
Maharashtra
23. Osmanabad State Bank of
India
24. Palghar Bank of
Maharashtra
25. Parbhani State Bank of
India
26. Pune Bank of
Maharashtra
27. Raigad Bank of India
28. Ratnagiri Bank of India
29. Sangli Bank of India
30. Satara Bank of
Maharashtra
31. Sindhudurg Bank of India
32. Solapur Bank of India
33. Thane Bank of
Maharashtra
34. Wardha Bank of India
35. Washim State Bank of
India46
36. Yavatmal Central Bank of
India
15 Manipur State Bank of India 1. Bishnupur Punjab National
Bank
2. Chandel State Bank of
India
3. Churachandpur State Bank of
India
4. Imphal East Punjab National
Bank
5. Imphal West State Bank of
India
6. Jiribam Punjab National
Bank
7. Kakching State Bank of
India
8. Kamjong Punjab National
Bank
9. Kangpokpi State Bank of
India
10. Noney Punjab National
Bank
11. Pherzawal State Bank of
India
12. Senapati State Bank of
India
13. Temenglong Punjab National
Bank
14. Tengnoupal Punjab National
Bank
15. Thoubal State Bank of
India
16. Ukhrul Punjab National
Bank
16 Meghalaya State Bank of India 1. East Garo hills State Bank of
India
2. East Jaintia Hills State Bank of
India
3. East Khasi Hills State Bank of
India
4. West Jaintia Hills State Bank of
India
5. North Garo Hills State Bank of
India
6. Ri Bhoi State Bank of
India
7. South Garo Hills State Bank of
India
8. South West Garo S tate Bank of
Hills India47
9. South West Khasi State Bank of
Hills India
10. West Garo hills State Bank of
India
11. West Khasi Hills State Bank of
India
17 Mizoram State Bank of India 1. Aizawal State Bank of
India
2. Champhai State Bank of
India
3. Chhimtuipui Saiha State Bank of
India
4. Hnahthial State Bank of
India
5. Khawzawl State Bank of
India
6. Kolasib State Bank of
India
7. Lawngtlai State Bank of
India
8. Lunglei State Bank of
India
9. Mamit State Bank of
India
10. Saitual State Bank of
India
11. Serchhip State Bank of
India
18 Nagaland State Bank of India 1. Dimapur State Bank of
India
2. Kiphire State Bank of
India
3. Kohima State Bank of
India
4. Longleng State Bank of
India
5. Mokokchung State Bank of
India
6. Mon State Bank of
India
7. Noklak State Bank of
India
8. Peren State Bank of
India
9. Phek State Bank of
India
10. Tuensang State Bank of
India
11. Wokha State Bank of
India48
12. Zunheboto State Bank of
India
19 Odisha UCO Bank 1. Angul UCO Bank
2. Balasore UCO Bank
3. Bargah State Bank of
India
4. Bhadrak UCO Bank
5. Bolangir (Balangir) State Bank of
India
6. Boudh State Bank of
India
7. Cuttack UCO Bank
8. Deogarh State Bank of
India
9. Dhenkanal UCO Bank
10. Gajapati Union Bank of
India
11. Ganjam Union Bank of
India
12. Jagatsinghpur UCO Bank
13. Jajpur State Bank of
India
14. Jharsuguda State Bank of
India
15. Kalahandi State Bank of
India
16. Kandhamal State Bank of
India
17. Kendrapara State Bank of
India
18. Keonjhar Bank of India
19. Khurda State Bank of
India
20. Koraput State Bank of
India
21. Malkangiri State Bank of
India
22. Mayurbhanj Bank of India
23. Nabarangpur State Bank of
India
24. Nayagarh State Bank of
India
25. Nuapada State Bank of
India
26. Puri UCO Bank
27. Rayagada State Bank of
India
28. Sambalpur State Bank of
India
29. Sonepur State Bank of49
India
30. Sundargarh State Bank of
India
20 Punjab Punjab National 1. Amritsar Punjab National
Bank Bank
2. Barnala State Bank of
India
3. Bhatinda State Bank of
India
4. Faridkot Punjab & Sind
Bank
5. Fategarh Sahib State Bank of
India
6. Fazilka Punjab National
Bank
7. Ferozepur Punjab National
Bank
8. Gurdaspur Punjab National
Bank
9. Hoshiarpur Punjab National
Bank
10. Jalandhar UCO Bank
11. Kapurthala Punjab National
Bank
12. Ludhiana Punjab & Sind
Bank
13. Mansa State Bank of
India
14. Moga Punjab & Sind
Bank
15. Muktsar State Bank of
India
16. Nawanshahr Punjab National
Bank
17. Pathankot Punjab National
Bank
18. Patiala State Bank of
India
19. Ropar UCO Bank
20. Sahibzada Ajit Singh Punjab National
Nagar (Mohali) Bank
21. Sangrur State Bank of
India
22. Tarn Taran Punjab National
Bank
21 Rajasthan Bank of Baroda 1. Ajmer Bank of Baroda
2. Alwar Punjab National
Bank
3. Banswara Bank of Baroda
4. Baran Central Bank of50
India
5. Barmer State Bank of
India
6. Bharatpur Punjab National
Bank
7. Bhilwara Bank of Baroda
8. Bikaner State Bank of
India
9. Bundi Bank of Baroda
10. Chittorgarh Bank of Baroda
11. Churu Bank of Baroda
12. Dausa UCO Bank
13. Dholpur Punjab National
Bank
14. Dungarpur Bank of Baroda
15. Hanumangarh State Bank of
India
16. Jaipur UCO Bank
17. Jaisalmer State Bank of
India
18. Jalore State Bank of
India
19. Jhalawar Central Bank of
India
20. Jhunjhunu Bank of Baroda
21. Jodhpur UCO Bank
22. Kirauli Bank of Baroda
23. Kota Central Bank of
India
24. Nagaur UCO Bank
25. Pali State Bank of
India
26. Pratapgarh Bank of Baroda
27. Rajsamand State Bank of
India
28. Sawai Madhopur Bank of Baroda
29. Sikar Punjab National
Bank
30. Sirohi State Bank of
India
31. Sri Ganganagar Punjab National
Bank
32. Tonk Bank of Baroda
33. Udaipur State Bank of
India
22 Sikkim State Bank of India 1. East Sikkim State Bank of
India
2. North Sikkim State Bank of
India
3. South Sikkim State Bank of51
India
4. West Sikkim State Bank of
India
23 Tamil Nadu Indian Overseas 1. Ariyalur State Bank of
Bank India
2. Chengalpattu Indian Bank
3. Chennai Indian Overseas
Bank
4. Coimbatore Canara Bank
5. Cuddalore Indian Bank
6. Dharmapuri Indian Bank
7. Dindigul Canara Bank
8. Erode Canara Bank
9. Kallakurichi Indian Bank
10. Kanchipuram Indian Bank
11. Kanyakumari Indian Overseas
Bank
12. Karur Indian Overseas
Bank
13. Krishnagiri Indian Bank
14. Madurai Canara Bank
15. Nagapattinam Indian Overseas
Bank
16. Namakkal Indian Bank
17. Nilgiris Canara Bank
18. Perambalur Indian Overseas
Bank
19. Puddukottai Indian Overseas
Bank
20. Ramanathapuram Indian Overseas
Bank
21. Ranipet Indian Bank
22. Salem Indian Bank
23. Sivaganga Indian Overseas
Bank
24. Tenkasi Indian Overseas
Bank
25. Thanjavur Indian Overseas
Bank
26. Theni Canara Bank
27. Tiruchirapalli Indian Overseas
Bank
28. Tirunelveli Indian Overseas
Bank
29. Tirupathur Indian Bank
30. Tiruppur Canara Bank
31. Tiruvallur Indian Bank
32. Tiruvannamalai Indian Bank
33. Tiruvarur Indian Overseas52
Bank
34. Tuticorin State Bank of
India
35. Vellore Indian Bank
36. Viluppuram Indian Bank
37. Virudhunagar Indian Overseas
Bank
24 Telangana State Bank of India 1. Adilabad State Bank of
India
2. Bhadradri State Bank of
India
3. Hyderabad State Bank of
India
4. Jagitial Union Bank of
India
5. Jangaon (New) State Bank of
India
6. Jayashankar State Bank of
India
7. Jogulamba Union Bank of
India
8. Kamaraeddy Canara Bank
9. Karimnagar State Bank of
India
10. Khammam State Bank of
India
11. Komram Bheem State Bank of
India
12. Mahabubabad State Bank of
India
13. Mahabubnagar State Bank of
India
14. Mancherial Union Bank of
India
15. Medak State Bank of
India
16. Medchal- Malkajgiri Canara Bank
17. Mulugu State Bank of
India
18. Nagarkurnool Union Bank of
India
19. Nalgonda State Bank of
India
20. Narayanpet State Bank of
India
21. Nirmal State Bank of
India
22. Nizamabad State Bank of
India
23. Peddapalli Union Bank of53
India
24. Rajanna Union Bank of
India
25. Ranga Reddy State Bank of
India
26. Sangareddy Canara Bank
27. Siddipet Union Bank of
India
28. Suryapet State Bank of
India
29. Vikarabad State Bank of
India
30. Wanaparthy Union Bank of
India
31. Warangal (Rural) Union Bank of
India
32. Warangal (Urban) State Bank of
India
33. Yadadri Canara Bank
25 Tripura Punjab National 1. Dhalai Punjab National
Bank Bank
2. Gomati Punjab National
Bank
3. Khowai Punjab National
Bank
4. North Tripura Punjab National
Bank
5. Sepahijala Punjab National
Bank
6. South Tripura Punjab National
Bank
7. Unakoti Punjab National
Bank
8. West Tripura Punjab National
Bank
26 Uttarakhand State Bank of India 1. Almora State Bank of
India
2. Bageshwar State Bank of
India
3. Chamoli State Bank of
India
4. Champawat State Bank of
India
5. Dehradun Punjab National
Bank
6. Haridwar Punjab National
Bank
7. Nainital Bank of Baroda
8. Pauri Garwal State Bank of
India54
9. Pithoragarh State Bank of
India
10. Rudraprayag State Bank of
India
11. Tehri Garhwal (New State Bank of
Tehri) India
12. Udham Singh Nagar Bank of Baroda
13. Uttar Kashi State Bank of
India
27 Uttar Pradesh Bank of Baroda 1. Agra Canara Bank
2. Aligarh Canara Bank
3. Allahabad Bank of Baroda
4. Ambedkar Nagar Bank of Baroda
5. Auraiya Central Bank of
India
6. Azamgarh Union Bank of
India
7. Baghpat Canara Bank
8. Bahraich Indian Bank
9. Ballia Central Bank of
India
10. Balrampur Indian Bank
11. Banda Indian Bank
12. Barabanki Bank of India
13. Bareilly Bank of Baroda
14. Basti State Bank of
India
15. Bhim Nagar Canara Bank
16. Bijnor Punjab National
Bank
17. Budaun Punjab National
Bank
18. Bulandshahr Punjab National
Bank
19. Chandauli Union Bank of
India
20. Chhtrapati Sahuji Bank of Baroda
Maharaj Nagar
21. Chitrakoot Indian Bank
22. Deoria Central Bank of
India
23. Etah Canara Bank
24. Etawah Central Bank of
India
25. Faizabad Bank of Baroda
26. Farukhabad Bank of India
27. Fatehpur Bank of Baroda
28. Firozabad State Bank of
India55
29. Gautam Buddha Canara Bank
Nagar
30. Ghaziabad Canara Bank
31. Ghazipur Union Bank of
India
32. Gonda Indian Bank
33. Gorakhpur State Bank of
India
34. Hamirpur Indian Bank
35. Hardoi Bank of India
36. Jalaun Indian Bank
37. Jaunpur Union Bank of
India
38. Jhansi Punjab National
Bank
39. Jyotiba Phule Nagar Canara Bank
(Amroha)
40. Kannauj Bank of India
41. Kanpur Dehat-Rural Bank of Baroda
42. Kanpur Nagar- Bank of Baroda
Urban
43. Kansi Ram Nagar Canara Bank
(Kasganj)
44. Kaushambi Bank of Baroda
45. Kushi Nagar Central Bank of
(Padrauna) India
46. Lakhimpur-Kheri Indian Bank
47. Lalitpur Punjab National
Bank
48. Lucknow Bank of India
49. Mahamaya Nagar Canara Bank
(Hathras)
50. Maharajganj State Bank of
India
51. Mahoba Indian Bank
52. Mainpuri Bank of India
53. Mathura Canara Bank
54. Mau (Mau Nath Union Bank of
Bahnjan) India
55. Meerut Canara Bank
56. Mirzapur Indian Bank
57. Moradabad Canara Bank
58. Muzaffarnagar Punjab National
Bank
59. Panchsheel Nagar Canara Bank
60. Pilibhit Bank of Baroda
61. Prabudh Nagar Punjab National
(Shamli) Bank
62. Pratapgarh Bank of Baroda56
63. Rae Bareli Bank of Baroda
64. Rampur Bank of Baroda
65. Saharanpur Punjab National
Bank
66. Sant Kabir Nagar State Bank of
India
67. Sant Ravidas Nagar Union Bank of
(Bhadohi) India
68. Shahjahanpur Bank of Baroda
69. Shravasti Indian Bank
70. Siddharth nagar State Bank of
India
71. Sitapur Indian Bank
72. Sonbhadra Indian Bank
73. Sultanpur Bank of Baroda
74. Unnao Bank of India
75. Varanasi Union Bank of
India
28 West Bengal Punjab National 1. Alipurduar Central Bank of
Bank India
2. Bankura Punjab National
Bank
3. Birbhum UCO Bank
4. Cooch Behar Central Bank of
India
5. Dakshin Dinajpur Punjab National
Bank
6. Darjeeling Central Bank of
India
7. Hooghly UCO Bank
8. Howrah UCO Bank
9. Jalpaiguri Central Bank of
India
10. Jhargram Punjab National
Bank
11. Kalimpong State Bank of
India
12. Kolkata State Bank of
India
13. Malda Punjab National
Bank
14. Murshidabad Punjab National
Bank
15. Nadia Punjab National
Bank
16. North 24 Parganas Indian Bank
17. Pashchim Punjab National
Medinapur Bank
18. Paschim State Bank of
Bardhaman India57
19. Purba Bardhaman UCO Bank
20. Purba Medinapur Punjab National
Bank
21. Purulia Punjab National
Bank
22. South 24 Parganas Punjab National
Bank
23. Uttar Dinajpur Punjab National
Bank
29 Andaman & State Bank of India 1. Nicobar Islands State Bank of
Nicobar India
Islands 2. North & Middle State Bank of
Andaman India
3. South Andaman State Bank of
India
30 Chandigarh Punjab National 1. Chandigarh (Rural) Punjab National
Bank Bank
31 Dadra and Bank of Baroda 1. Dadra and Nagar Bank of Baroda
Nagar Haveli Haveli
and Daman 2. Daman State Bank of
and Diu India
3. Diu State Bank of
India
32 Delhi Punjab National 1. Central Delhi Canara Bank
Bank 2. East Delhi Punjab National
Bank
3. New Delhi Canara Bank
4. North Delhi Punjab National
Bank
5. North East Delhi Punjab National
Bank
6. North West Delhi Punjab National
Bank
7. Shahdara Bank of Baroda
8. South Delhi State Bank of
India
9. South East Delhi State Bank of
India
10.South West Delhi State Bank of
India
11. West Delhi Canara Bank
33. Jammu and The Jammu & 1. Anantnag J & K Bank Ltd.
Kashmir Kashmir Bank Ltd. 2. Bandipora J & K Bank Ltd.
3. Baramulla J & K Bank Ltd.
4. Budgam J & K Bank Ltd.
5. Doda State Bank of
India
6. Ganderbal J & K Bank Ltd.
7. Jammu State Bank of
India58
8. Kathua State Bank of
India
9. Kishtwar State Bank of
India
10. Kulgam J & K Bank Ltd.
11. Kupwara J & K Bank Ltd.
12. Poonch J & K Bank Ltd.
13. Pulwama J & K Bank Ltd.
14. Rajouri J & K Bank Ltd.
15. Ramban State Bank of
India
16. Reasi State Bank of
India
17. Samba State Bank of
India
18. Shopian J & K Bank Ltd.
19. Srinagar J & K Bank Ltd.
20. Udhampur State Bank of
India
34. Ladakh State Bank of India 1. Kargil State Bank of
India
2. Leh State Bank of
India
35 Lakshadweep Canara Bank 1. Lakshadweep Canara Bank
36 Puducherry Indian Bank 1. Puducherry Indian Bank59
Annex II
SLBC/UTLBC Website- Indicative List of contents
Menu item Sub Menu Contents Annex
SLBC as a coordinating forum for the
About us Background development of the state and its functioning
- Brief write up
SLBC members with their names and
SLBC-Members II-1
contact details
Each district may be linked to the respective
State Geographical district website of GOI at NIC portal so as to
Profile Map get district details on clicking the respective
district name
Infrastructure Power, Transport, Roads & Rail etc
Acreage under cultivation, Cropping pattern,
Irrigation facilities, Farm mechanisation,
Agriculture
allied activities, Dairy, Fisheries, Plantation,
Horticulture etc,
Industrialisation, Status of MSME, Sickness
Industries
of MSME, Reasons, Rehabilitation
Position of banked villages as compared to
Banking II-2
total villages in each of the districts
SLBC Calendar of Schedule of SLBC meetings for the current
II-3
meetings meetings calendar year
SLBC-Meetings Details of SLBC meetings held with agenda
II-4
held and minutes
Lead Bank Lead Banks- Details of Lead banks with names of LDM
II-5
Scheme District wise and their contact details
ACP-Targets Annual Credit Plan - Targets for the year II-6
ACP- Annual Credit Plan - Sector wise
II-7
Achievements achievement
CD Ratio Position of district wise CD ratio II-8
Govt Central Brief description of each Central
Sponsored Government Government sponsored programme. The
Programm Sponsored Central Government sponsored scheme is
es programmes to be linked to RBI/GoI guidelines
State
Government Brief description of each State Government
Sponsored sponsored programme.
programmes
Banking Banking Network-
Mode of Banking Services II-9
Network Summary
Banking outlets-
District wise particulars of branches II-10
Branches-details
Banking outlets-
District wise particulars of BC outlets II-11
BCs-details
Particulars of
Banking Services District wise banking services provided
II-12
through Other through Other Modes
Modes60
Financial Bank wise position of savings and credit
SHG bank linkage II-13
Inclusion linked number of SHGs
FLCs Database on FLCs II-14
RSETIs District wise position of RSETIs II-15
Submissio Web based Submission of data by Lead Banks and
n of data interface controlling office of banks to SLBC
Link to RBI, NABARD, respective State
Links to related
Links Government, IBA, Banking Ombudsman,
website
Banks and other related websites61
Annex II-1
SLBC-List of Members
Updated as on -----
SR Name Designation Organisation Contact Details Remarks
Tel email Address
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
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Annex II-2
Banking services-Villages covered
Quarter ended -----
SR District District Total no. of Villages No. of villages which Remarks
Name Code(BSR) are having banking
outlets(BR/BC/Other)
1 >2000 <2000 >5000 >2000 <2000 >5000
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
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20
21
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27
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30
TOTAL63
Annex II-3
SLBC -Calendar of meetings for the calendar year --------
SR Year Quarter Scheduled Date of Remarks
meeting
1 dd.mm.yyyy
2
3
464
Annex II-4
SLBC - Details of meetings held
SR SLBC Date of Attended by (Name & Minutes Schedule Rema
meeting meeting- Designation) of the d date of rks
no.* Agenda meeting meeting
linked as per
calendar
RBI Convenor GOI State
Bank Govt
dd.mm.y dd.mm.yy
1 yyy minutes yy
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
* SLBC me etings held after A pril 201065
Annex II-5
Details of Lead Banks
Quarter ended -----
SR District District Name Name Designation Contact Details Rem
Name code of Lead of arks
(BSR) Bank LDM
Tel email Address
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
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Annex II-6
Annual Credit Plan-Targets for the year --------
District Name (Amount in thousands)
S Bank Ag M Exp Ed Ho Social Rene O Priorit Non- Total
R Name ric S ort uca usi Infras wable th y- Prio
ult M Cre tion ng tructu Energ er Subto rity
ure E dit re y s tal
1
2
3
4
5
6
Commer
cial
Banks-
Sub Total
1
2
3
RRBs-
Sub Total
1
2
3
Cooperat
ive
Banks-
Sub Total
1
2
Small
Finance
Banks-
Sub Total
1
2
Wholly
Owned
Subsidiar
ies
(WOS) of
Foreign
Banks-
Sub-
Total
All
banks-
Total67
Annex II-7
Annual Credit Plan - Achievement
Quarter ended ----- (Amount in thousands)
S Bank Agri M Ex Edu Ho So Ren Ot Pri No Tot
R Name cultu S por cati usi cial ewa he orit n- al
re M t on ng Infr ble rs y- Pri
E Cre ast Ene Su orit
dit ruc rgy bto y -
tur tal
e
1
2
3
4
5
6
Commerci
al Banks-
Sub Total
1
2
3
RRBs-Sub
Total
1
2
3
Cooperativ
e Banks-
Sub Total
1
2
Small
Finance
Banks-Sub
Total
1
2
Wholly
Owned
Subsidiarie
s (WOS) of
Foreign
Banks-Sub
Total
All banks-
Total68
Annex II-8
Credit Deposit Ratio
Quarter ended ------- (Amount in thousands)
SR District District Deposit Credit CD Ratio Remarks
Name code
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
1469
Annex II-9
Banking Network-Summary
Quarter ended -----
SR Bank Name Mode of Banking Services Remarks
Other
1 Branch BC Modes Total
2
3
4
5
6
Commercial
Banks-Sub Total
1
2
3
RRBs-Sub Total
1
2
3
4
5
Cooperative
Banks-Sub Total
1
2
3
Small Finance
Banks-Sub Total
1
2
Wholly Owned
Subsidiaries
(WOS) of
Foreign Banks-
Sub Total
1
2
Payments
Banks-Sub Total
All banks-Total70
Annex II-10
Particulars of Banking outlets- Branches
Quarter ended -----
S Distri Distri Bloc Locali Populatio Bank Branc Date Conta Ad R
R ct ct k ty/Vill n Nam h of ct dr e
Name Code age classifica e Name openi Detail es m
(BSR tion ng s s ar
) (M/U/SU/ k
R) s
dd.m
m.yyy
1 y
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
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Annex II-11
Particulars of Banking outlets- BCs
Quarter ended -----
S District Blo Local Populat Bank Base Date Na Tel no. Rem
R Name ck ity/ ion Name Branch of me of BC arks
Villa classifi Name openi of
ge cation ng of BC
(M/U/S BC
U/R) outlet
dd.mm
1 .yyyy
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
1772
Annex II-12
Particulars of Banking Services provided through Other Modes
Quarter ended -----
S Distri Block Loc Populati Bank Specify Date Name of Tel no. Rema
R ct ality on Name Type of of Contact of rks
Name / classific mode o p e n i Official Contact
Villa ation (Rural ng Official
ge (M/U/SU/ ATM/
R) Mobile
van/
Other
dd.m
m.yyy
1 y
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
1773
Annex II-13
SHG bank linkage programme
Quarter ended ----- (No. in actuals, Amount in thousands)
SR Bank Name Savings linked Credit Linked
No. of Amount No. of Amount
SHGs outstanding SHGs outstanding
1
2
3
4
5
6
Commercial Banks-Sub Total
1
2
3
RRBs-Sub Total
1
2
3
4
5
Cooperative Banks-Sub
Total
1
2
Small Finance Banks-Sub
Total
1
2
Wholly Owned Subsidiaries
(WOS) of Foreign Banks-Sub
Total
All banks-Total74
Annex II-14
Database on FLCs
Whet
her
Locati Premis
Run
on es
by
(Metro (Bank Spo
FL Date Addr Trust Name(s) Con
, branch nso
C Distr of ess or of FL tact Emai FLC
Urban, , LDM r
Co ict openi of run Counsell No( l Helpline
Semi- office, Ban
de* ng FLC direct or(s) s)
urban RSETI, k
ly by
or Indepe
spon
rural) ndent)
sor
bank
*Note: FLC Code will be a unique five digit code with the first three digits being the district code (Refer
sheet titled District Master) and the last two digits represent the FLC Code to be given by SLBC Convenor
banks starting from 01 and running sequentially thereafter for each district (For eg. if there are four FLCs in
a district, the FLC code will be in the form xxx01, xxx02, xxx03 and xxx04 where xxx represents the district
code as per district master sheet)75
Annex II-15
Position of RSETI
Quarter ended -----
SR District Location Sponsoring Date of Name Contact Details Remarks
of RSETI Bank opening of
Contact
official
1 Tel email Address
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
1576
Annex III
Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for Data Flow at LBS Fora
i. Head Office (HO) of each bank shall generate the report, pertaining to LBS
related data and data available on CBS/ MIS, in the prescribed format, which
includes columns of District Name, Block name, District code & Block code by
15th of succeeding month following the end of the quarter.
ii. HO of each bank shall provide the district & block level report in prescribed
format to controlling offices of bank working at state level.
iii. Each SLBC shall ensure that their data feeding website/web portal is having a
provision for uploading the data by controlling offices of each bank in prescribed
format.
iv. Each Banks’ Controlling Office at state level responsible to feed the data in
respective state shall upload the data in SLBC portal by 20th of succeeding
month of the end of the quarter.
v. Data pertaining to State Government/ Other data (which are not available on
CBS or MIS of the bank) would be collated & uploaded by Controlling Office/
Lead District Manager (LDM) as is being done now, in SLBC web portal by 20th
of succeeding month of the end of the quarter.
vi. SLBC Convenor bank should provide the access to LDMs of respective state on
SLBC web portal to download the block wise data of their respective district.
vii. SLBC Convenor bank should provide the access to controlling office of
respective state on SLBC web portal to download the uploaded data to verify the
correctness of data.
Role of Banks’ Head Offices
• Banks’ HOs shall generate the district wise and block wise data of each state in
the prescribed format.
• Banks’ HOs shall ensure that the mapping of their branches to the block level
has been carried out.
• HO of each bank shall provide the report in prescribed format to controlling office
of bank working at state level.77
• The state code, district code & block code should be as per the Government of
India’s census 2011 data.
• The amount column in the report should be provided in the actual figure and not
it lakhs, crores, billions or millions etc.
Role of Controlling Office of Bank working at state level
• Each Banks’ controlling office at state level responsible to feed the data in
respective state must upload the data in SLBC portal of that state.
• For Data pertaining to State Government/ Other data (which is not available on
CBS or MIS of the bank), controlling office of the bank at state level will collate
the data in format given by SLBC of that state & upload the same on the SLBC
portal.
Role of SLBC Convenor Bank
• SLBC Convenor bank must ensure that their data feeding website/web portal is
having a provision for uploading the data in approved format by controlling office
of each bank working at state level.
• There are 29 formats (flat files) for the data pertains to CBS or available through
MIS of the bank.
• Other than formats mentioned above, there are 04 excel formats for data
pertains to FLCs & RSETI, which is required to be collected from the controlling
office of banks at state level.
• For Data pertaining to State Government/ Other data (which is not available on
CBS or MIS of the bank), SLBC Convenor bank may follow their existing
procedure or devise the new procedure.
• SLBC Convenor bank must ensure that LDMs are able to access web portal of
SLBC to download the block wise data of their respective district.
• SLBC Convenor bank should provide the access to controlling offices of banks of
respective state on SLBC web portal to download the uploaded data to verify the
correctness of data.
• SLBC Convenor bank must ensure that their data feeding website/web portal is
having a provision for uploading the block wise ACP target data in approved
format by LDMs of that state.78
Role of Lead District Managers (LDMs)
• LDMs must upload the block wise ACP target of the district on SLBC portal of
the state, by 15th April of the starting of the financial year.
• LDMs shall download the block wise information of district for review purpose.
The flow chart describing the procedure to be followed in this regard is as follows.
FLOW CHART
Start
Each Banks’ controlling office of
Data pertain to LBS or particular state will collate &
available on CBS upload the data in website/web
NO portal of SLBC of that state
Yes concerned
HO of each bank will generate
the data in approved format
HO of each bank will provide the district &
block level report in approved format to
controlling office of bank working at state
level.
Each SLBC should have facility in their
website/portal for uploading in approved
format by controlling office of banks at state
level
Each Banks’ controlling office of particular
state will upload the data in website/web
portal of that state.
LDMs of the state to be provided the access
to SLBC website/portal for downloading the
district and block level data & uploading the
yearly block wise ACP target of the district,
data like RSETIs/ FLCs etc.
Complete79
Annex IV
LBS- MIS-I
Statement showing Targets of Annual Credit Plans (ACP) for the year
ended ----------
Name of the State/Union Territory:
(No. in actuals, Amount in thousands)
Sr. No Categories Yearly Targets under ACP
Number Amount
1 Priority Sector
1A
Agriculture = 1A(i)+1A(ii)+1A(iii)
1A(i) Farm Credit
1A(ii) Agriculture Infrastructure
1A(iii) Ancillary Activities
Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
1B
= 1B(i)+1B(ii)+1B(iii)+1B(iv)+1B(v)
Micro Enterprises (Manufacturing +
1B(i)
Service)
Small Enterprises (Manufacturing +
1B(ii) Service)
Medium Enterprises (Manufacturing +
1B(iii) Service)
1B(iv) Khadi and Village Industries
1B(v) Others under MSMEs
1C Export Credit
1D Education
1E Housing
1F Social Infrastructure
1G Renewable Energy
1H Others
Subtotal=
2 1A+1B+1C+1D+1E+1F+1G+1H
Loans to weaker Sections under
3 Priority Sector
4 Non-Priority Sector
4A Agriculture
4B Education
4C Housing
Personal Loans under Non-Priority
4D Sector
4E Others
5 Sub-total = 4A+4B+4C+4D+4E
Total=2+5
Note: Data needs to be grouped separately for scheduled commercial banks and other banks like State
cooperative banks & DCCBs etc. The data of scheduled commercial banks need to be further grouped into public
sector banks, private sector banks, Regional Rural Banks, Small Finance Banks and Wholly Owned Subsidiaries
(WOS) of Foreign Banks to know the bank group wise position.80
Annex V
LBS- MIS-II
Statement showing Disbursements and Outstanding for the quarter ended …………...
Name of the State/Union Territory:
(No. in actuals, Amount in thousands)
Disbursements
Outstanding upto the
upto the end of
Sr. end of current quarter
current quarter
No Sector
Number Amount Number
Amount
1 Priority Sector
1A Agriculture= 1A(i)+1A(ii)+1A(iii)
1A(i) Farm Credit
1A(ii) Agriculture Infrastructure
1A(iii) Ancillary Activities
Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises =
1B
1B(i)+1B(ii)+1B(iii)+1B(iv)+1B(v)
1B(i) Micro Enterprises (Manufacturing + Service)
1B(ii) Small Enterprises (Manufacturing + Service)
Medium Enterprises (Manufacturing +
1B(iii) Service)
1B(iv) Khadi and Village Industries
1B(v) Others under MSMEs
Export Credit
1C
1D Education
1E Housing
1F Social Infrastructure
1G Renewable Energy
1H Others
2 Sub total= 1A+1B+1C+1D+1E+1F+1G+1H
Loans to weaker Sections under Priority
3 Sector
4 Non-Priority Sector
4A Agriculture
4B Education
4C Housing
Personal Loans under Non-Priority
4D Sector
4E Others
5 Sub-total=4A+4B+4C+4D+4E
Total=2+5
Note: Data needs to be grouped separately for scheduled commercial banks and other banks like State
cooperative banks & DCCBs etc. The data of scheduled commercial banks need to be further grouped into public
sector banks, private sector banks, Regional Rural Banks, Small Finance Banks and Wholly Owned Subsidiaries
(WOS) of Foreign Banks to know the bank group wise position.81
Annex VI
LBS- MIS-III
Statement showing Achievement vis-à-vis Targets for the quarter ended …………….
Name of the State/Union Territory:
(No. in actuals, Amount in thousands)
Achievement
Sr. Yearly Targets upto the end of
Sector
No under ACP the current
quarter (%)
Number Amount Number Amount
1 Priority Sector
1A Agriculture= 1A(i)+1A(ii)+1A (iii)
1A(i) Farm Credit
1A(ii) Agriculture Infrastructure
1A(iii) Ancillary Activities
Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises =
1B
1B(i)+1B(ii)+1B(iii)+1B(iv)+1B(v)
1B(i) Micro Enterprises (Manufacturing + Service)
1B(ii) Small Enterprises (Manufacturing + Service)
Medium Enterprises (Manufacturing +
1B(iii) Service)
1B(iv) Khadi and Village Industries
1B(v) Others under MSMEs
1C Export Credit
1D Education
1E Housing
1F Social Infrastructure
1G Renewable Energy
1H Others
2 Sub total= 1A+1B+1C+1D+1E+1F+1G+1H
Loans to weaker Sections under Priority
3 Sector
4 Non-Priority Sector
4A Agriculture
4B Education
4C Housing
4D Personal Loans under Non-Priority Sector
4E Others
5 Sub-total=4A+4B+4C+4D+4E
Total=2+5
Note: Data needs to be grouped separately for scheduled commercial banks and other banks like State
cooperative banks & DCCBs etc. The data of scheduled commercial banks need to be further grouped into public
sector banks, private sector banks, Regional Rural Banks, Small Finance Banks and Wholly Owned Subsidiaries
(WOS) of Foreign Banks to know the bank group wise position.82
Appendix
List of Circulars/Guidelines/Instructions
Sr.
Circular No. Date Subject
No.
Amalgamation of Public Sector Banks
FIDD.CO.LBS.BC.No.22/0 March 30, – Assignment of SLBC/ UTLBC
1.
2.01.001/2019-20 2020 Convenorship and Lead Bank
responsibilities
Formation of new Union Territory of
FIDD.CO.LBS.BC.No.20/0 March 26, The Dadra and Nagar Haveli and
2.
2.01.001/2019-20 2020 Daman and Diu – Assignment of
UTLBC Convenorship
Inclusion of Wholly Owned
FIDD.CO.LBS.No.1797/02 February
3. Subsidiaries (WOS) of Foreign Banks
.01.001/2019-20 27, 2020
under Lead Bank Scheme
FIDD.CO.LBS.No.1551/02 January Expanding and Deepening of Digital
4.
.01.001/2019-20 23, 2020 Payments Ecosystem
National Strategy for Financial
FIDD.CO.LBS.No.1488/02 January Inclusion (NSFI): 2019-2024 –
5.
.01.001/2019-20 13, 2020 Universal Access to Financial
Services
Formation of new Union Territory of
FIDD.CO.LBS.BC.No.16/0 December Jammu and Kashmir and Union
6.
2.01.001/2019-20 26, 2019 Territory of Ladakh – Assignment of
UTLBC Convenorship
Extension of Kisan Credit Card (KCC)
FIDD.CO.LBS.No.1036/02 November
7. Scheme to Animal Husbandry
.01.001/2019-20 20, 2019
Farmers and Fisheries
FIDD.CO.LBS.BC.No.13/0 October 7, Expanding and Deepening of Digital
8.
2.01.001/2019-20 2019 Payments Ecosystem
9. FIDD.CO.LBS.No.475/02. August 27, Recommendations of the High-Level
01.001/2019-20 2019 Committee on Deepening of Digital
Payments – Constitution of a Sub-
Committee on Digital Payments
10. FIDD.CO.LBS.BC.No.09/0 August 13, Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) Scheme
2.01.001/2019-20 2019 – Implementation
11. FIDD.CO,LBS.No.387/02. August 07, Financing of projects under Agri-
01.001/2019-20 2019 clinics and Agri-business center
scheme – Review at meetings
12. FIDD.CO.LBS.No.21/02.0 July 03, Revamp of Lead Bank Scheme –
1.001/2019-20 2019 Action Points for SLBC Convenor
Banks/ Lead Banks – Developing a
Standardized system for data flow and
its management by SLBC/ UTLBC
Convenor Banks on SLBC/ UTLBC
websites
13. FIDD.CO.LBS.No.2595/02 June 24, Aligning roadmap for unbanked
.01.001/2018-19 2019 villages having population more than83
Sr.
Circular No. Date Subject
No.
5000 with revised guidelines on
Branch Authorization Policy –
Regional Rural Banks
14. FIDD.CO.LBS.No.2431/02 May 28, Payments Banks – Participation under
.01.001/2018-19 2019 Lead Bank Scheme
15. FIDD.CO.LBS.BC.No.16 March 25, Assignment of SLBC/UTLBC
/02.01.001/2018-19 2019 Convenorship – State of Gujarat and
Union Territories of Daman & Diu and
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
16. FIDD.CO.LBS.No.3712/02 June 05, Roadmap for opening banking outlets
.01.001/2017-18 2018 in villages with population more than
5000 without a bank branch of a
scheduled commercial bank
17. FIDD.CO.LBS.No.3671/02 May 30, Lead Bank Scheme – Strengthening
.01.001/2017-18 2018 of Monitoring Information System
(MIS)
18. FIDD.CO.LBS.BC.No.20/0 April 06, Action Points for Lead Banks on
2.01.001/2017-18 2018 Enhancing the Effectiveness of Lead
District Managers (LDMs)
19. FIDD.CO.LBS.BC.No.19/0 April 06, Revamp of Lead Bank Scheme -
2.01.001/2017-18 2018 Action Points for SLBC Convenor
Banks/ Lead Banks
20. FIDD.CO.LBS. No.3017/ April 02, Small Finance Banks – Participation
02.01.001/2017-18 2018 under Lead Bank Scheme
21. FIDD.CO.LBS.BC.No.31/0 June 08, Circular on Aligning roadmap for
2.01.001/2016-17 2017 unbanked villages with population
more than 5000 with revised
Guidelines on Branch Authorisation
Policy.
22. FIDD.CO.LBS.BC.No.16/0 September Doubling of Farmers’ Income by 2022
2.01.001/2016-17 29, 2016 - Measures
23. FIDD.CO.LBS. No.5673/ May 20, Lead Bank Scheme- strengthening of
02.01.001/2015-16 2016 Monitoring Information System (MIS)
24. FIDD.CO.LBS.BC. No.17/ January Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) Scheme
02.01.001/2015-16 14, 2016 – Seeding of Aadhaar in Bank
Accounts- Clarification
25. FIDD.CO.LBS.BC.No.82/0 December Roadmap for opening brick and
2.01.001/2015-16 31, 2015 mortar branches in villages with
population more than 5000 without a
bank branch of a scheduled
commercial bank
26. RPCD.CO.LBS. BC.No.93 March 14, Annual Credit Plans – Potential Linked
/02.01.001/2013-14 2014 Plan (PLPs) prepared by NABARD
27. RPCD. CO.LBS.BC.No.11 July 09, Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) Scheme
/02.01.001/2013-14 2013 – Implementation - Guidelines
28. RPCD.CO.LBS.BC.No.12/ July 11, Assignment of Lead Bank
02.08.001/2013-14 2013 Responsibility in districts of
Metropolitan Areas84
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29. RPCD.CO.LBS.BC.No.75/ May 10, Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) Scheme
02.01.001/2012-13 2013 – Implementation
30. RPCD.CO.LBS.C.No.68/0 March 19, Lead Bank Scheme – Strengthening
2.01.001/2012-13 2013 of Monitoring Information System
31. RPCD.CO.LBS.BC.No.86/ June 19, Roadmap-Provision of banking
02.01.001/2011-12 2012 services in villages with population
below 2000
32. RPCD.CO.LBS.B.C.No.68 March 29, SLBC Website - Standardization of
/02.01.001/2011-12 2012 information / data
33. RPCD.CO.LBS.B.C.No.67 March 20, Lead Bank Scheme - District
/02.01.001/2011-2012 2012 Consultative Committee (DCC) -
Inclusion of Director of MSME-DI
34. RPCD.CO.LBS.BC.No.60 February Lead Bank Scheme - Participation of
/02.08.001/2011-12 1 7 , 2012 public representatives like MP/MLA/
ZP Chiefs in District Level Review
Committee (DLRC) meetings
35. RPCD.CO.LBS.BC.No.74 May 30, Resolution of issues regarding
/02.19.010/2010-11 2011 allocation of villages under Electronic
Benefit Transfer (EBT) scheme and
roadmap for providing banking
services in villages with population
above 2000 under Financial Inclusion
Plan (FIP)
36. RPCD.CO.LBS.BC. No.44 December Lead Bank Scheme – Conduct of
/02.19.10/2010-11 29, 2010 State Level Bankers' Committee
(SLBC)/Union Territory Level Bankers'
Committee (UTLBC) meetings
37. RPCD.CO.LBS.HLC.BC. S eptember High Level Committee to Review Lead
No.21/02.19.10/2010-11 16, 2010 Bank scheme- Providing banking
services in every village having
population of over 2000
38. RPCD.CO.LBS.BC.No.15 July 26, Lead Bank Scheme - Revitalising
/02.19.10/2010-11 2010 SLBC Meetings
39. RPCD.CO.LBS.BC.57/02. March 02, Report of the High Level Committee to
19.10/2009-2010 2010 Review Lead Bank Scheme -
Implementation of the
Recommendations - Lead banks and
SCBs
40. RPCD.CO.LBS.HLC.BC.N February Report of the High Level Committee to
o.56/02.19.10/2009-10 26, 2010 Review Lead Bank Scheme -
Implementation of the
Recommendations - SLBC Convenor
banks
41. RPCD.CO.LBS.HLC.BC.N November High Level Committee to review LBS-
o.43/02.19.10/2009-10 27, 2009 Providing banking services in every
village having population of over 2000
by March 2011
42. RPCD.LBS.CO.BC.No.11 June 02, Sub-Committee of SLBC for Export
1/02.13.03/2008-09 2009 Promotion85
Sr.
Circular No. Date Subject
No.
43. RPCD.LBS.CO.BC.No.79/ December Inclusion of issues pertaining to
02.01.01/2008-2009 30, 2008 MSME Sector in SLBC meeting
44. RPCD.LBS.CO.BC.No.33/ November Lead Bank Scheme - Inclusion of
02.18.02/2006-07 15, 2006 National Horticulture Board as a
permanent member of SLBC of the
respective State
45. RPCD.LBS.BC.No.20/02.0 August 30, Financial Inclusion by extension of
1.01/2006-07 2006 banking services with 'No Frills'
accounts and issue of GCC
46. RPCD.LBS.BC.No.52/02.0 December Financing of projects under Agri
2.001/2005-06 06, 2005 clinics & Agri Business Centres
Scheme – Review at meetings
47. RPCD.No.LBS.BC.50/02.0 December Participation in various fora under
1.01/2005-06 06, 2005 Lead Bank Scheme
48. RPCD.CO.LBS.BC.No.47 November Credit Deposit Ratio - Implementation
/02.01.001/2005-06 0 9 , 2005 of recommendations of expert group
on CD Ratio
49. RPCD.CO.LBS.BC.No.11/ July 06, Participation of MPs/Public
02.01.001/2005-06 2005 Representatives in DLRC meetings -
Functions relating to Self Help Groups
(SHGs) Credit Linkage Programme
50. RPCD.CO.LBS.BC.No.93 April 11, Rural lending - ACPs based on the
/02.01.001/2004-05 2005 Potential Linked Plans (PLPs)
prepared by NABARD
51. RPCD.CO.LBS.BC.No.76 January Participation of private sector banks
/02.01.001/2004-05 2 8 , 2005 under various fora under Lead Bank
Scheme
52. RPCD.LBS(SAA).BC.No.6 December Relaxation in Service Area Norms
2/08.01.00/2004-05 08, 2004
53. RPCD.CO.LBS.BC.No.5/0 July 16, Lead Bank Scheme - Participation of
2.01.001/2004-05 2004 Members of Parliament and Public
Representatives in District Level
Review Committee (DLRC) meetings
54. RPCD.CO.LBS.BC.No.56 December Credit Flow to Boost Economic
/02.01.001/2003-04 20, 2003 Growth
55. RPCD.CO.LBS.BC.No.14 July 29, Convening DLRC meetings - Late
/02.01.001/2003-04 2003 submission of reports by lead banks
56. RPCD.CO.LBS.BC.No.59 January Lead Bank Scheme - Participation of
/02.01.001/2002-03 0 6 , 2003 Members of Parliament and Public
Representatives in District Level
Review Committee (DLRC) meetings
57. RPCD.CO.LBS.BC. June 14, Lead Bank Scheme - Participation of
No.106/02.01.001/2001-02 2 0 0 2 Members of Parliament and Public
Representatives in District Level
Review Committee (DLRC) meetings
58. RPCD.CO.LBS.BC. No.85 May 09, Lead Bank Scheme - Participation of
/02.01.001/2000-01 2001 Members of Parliament and Public86
Sr.
Circular No. Date Subject
No.
Representatives in District Level
Review Committee (DLRC) meetings
59. RPCD.CO.LBS.BC.No.81 April 27, Lead Bank Scheme - Convening of
/02.01.001/2000-01 2001 DLRC Meetings on Quarterly Basis -
Monitoring thereof
60. RPCD.LBS.BC.32/02.01.0 November Lead Bank Scheme - Holding of
1/2000-01 03, 2000 District Level Review Committee
Meeting
61. RPCD.No.LBS.BC.86/02.0 December Inclusion of National Commission for
1.01/1996-97 16, 1996 Scheduled Castes/Tribes in State
Level Bankers Committees (SLBCs)
62. RPCD.No.LBS.BC.13/02.0 July 19, Inclusion of Representatives of Khadi
1.01/1996-97 1996 and Village Industries
Commission/Boards in SLBC/DCC
63. RPCD.No.LBS.BC.118/02. February Credit Deposit Ratio of Banks in Rural
01.01/94-95 February 18, 18, 1995 and Semi-urban Areas
1995
64. RPCD.No.LBS.BC.112/LB April 28, State Level Bankers' Committee -
C.34/88-89 1989 Meetings
65. RPCD.No.LBS.BC.12/65/8 August 11, Service Area Approach - Constitution
8-89 1988 of Block Level Bankers' Committees
66. RPCD.No.LBS.BC.100/5 April 22, Lead Bank Scheme - District Credit
5-87/88 1988 Plan - Annual Action Plan
67. RPCD.No.LBS.BC.87/65- March 14, Rural Lending - Service Area of Bank
87/88 1988 Branches
68. RPCD.No.LBS.BC.69/LB December Review of the Annual Action Plans by
S.34-87/88 14, 1987 State Level Bankers Committees
(SLBCs)
69. RPCD.No.LBS.524/55- April 28, Lead Bank Scheme - Preparation of
86/87 1987 District Credit Plans/Annual Action
Plans
70. RPCD.No.LBS.430/55/86 March 03, Lead Bank Scheme - District Credit
-87 1987 Plans - Guidelines for Fourth Round
71. RPCD.No.LBC.363/1-84 November Integration of Annual Action Plans
02, 1984 (AAPs) with the Performance Budgets
of Bank Branches
72. RPCD.No.LBC.162/1-84 September Integration of Annual Action Plans
06, 1984 (AAPs) with the Performance Budgets
of Bank Branches
73. RPCD.No.LBC.135/55-84 August 30, Lead Bank Scheme - Annual Action
1984 Plan for 1985 - Guidelines for
Formulation of
74. RPCD.No.LBC.96/1-84 January Lead Bank Scheme - Appointment of
18, 1984 Lead Bank Officer - District Co-
ordinators87
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75. RPCD.No.LBC.739/1-83 August 04, Recommendations of the Working
1983 Group to Review the Working of the
Lead Bank Scheme
76. RPCD.No.3096/C.517- April 13, Convenorship of the State Level
82/83 1983 Bankers' Committees
77. DBOD.No.BP.B.BC June 18, Credit Deposit Ratio of banks in Rural
74/C/462(E.9)-80 1980 and Semi-Urban Areas
78. DBOD.NO.TEP.20/C.517 February State Level Bankers’ Committee
-77 02, 1977
79. DBOD.No.BD.2955/C.16 August 11, Lead Bank Scheme
8-70 1970
80. DBOD.No.BD4327/C.168 December Branch Expansion Programme-
-169 23, 1969 Allocation of Districts under the Lead
Bank Scheme
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