Consider applications for government-sponsored schemes on priority, ZP CEO tells banks

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Canara Bank Regional General Manager Mahamaya Prasad Roy speaking astatine  the territory  level   bankers’ committee   gathering  successful  udupi  connected  Tuesday.

Canara Bank Regional General Manager Mahamaya Prasad Roy speaking astatine the territory level bankers’ committee gathering successful udupi connected Tuesday. | Photo Credit: UMESH S. SHETTIGAR

Udupi Zilla Panchayat CEO Prateek Bayal connected Tuesday asked banks successful the territory to see applications for schemes sponsored by State and Central governments, recommended by competent authorities, connected precedence basis.

He was chairing the territory bankers’ committee gathering astatine Rajatadri, the territory office successful Manipal. While 5,661 applications were received nether the PM Vishwakarma Scheme, 1,337 were rejected. Banks person disbursed ₹35.29 crore recognition to 3,937 beneficiaries, helium said adding the fig of rejected applications should considerably travel down. He asked banks to instrumentality contiguous steps to dispose of pending applications.

Mr. Bayal noted that banks person disbursed ₹10.06 crore recognition to 91 beneficiaries of the people of 129 nether the PM Employment Generation Scheme. The strategy intended to enactment budding entrepreneurs and make caller jobs. Banks should not support immoderate applications pending, helium said.

Annual recognition plan

The CEO said portion the yearly recognition program for the district, some precedence and non-priority sectors, was fixed astatine ₹15,514.16 crore, the disbursement truthful acold has been ₹8,941.11 crore, that is, 57.63% of the target. In the agriculture sector, ₹2.274 crore was disbursed arsenic against ₹4,230 crore people portion for MSME sector, the disbursal was ₹2,426 crore arsenic against the people of ₹3,713 crore and truthful on.

Reserve Bank of India pb territory serviceman Nisha Thakur said the recognition to deposit ratio successful immoderate territory should not beryllium little than 50% and urged banks to amended their performance.

Canara Bank Regional General Manager Mahamaya Prasad Roy said the CD ratio of banks successful the territory improved slightly, from 47.66% successful the erstwhile fiscal twelvemonth to to 48.62% successful the existent year. It was unfortunate that the ratio has been beneath 50%, helium said urging each banks to enactment connected improving recognition disbursal.

NABARD Deputy Divisional Manager Sangeeta Kartha and others were present.

Published - December 16, 2025 10:37 p.m. IST

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