94,680 Youth

adequate and affordable credit. I see a new revolution is under way in the Agriculture & Allied Sector that will construct new pathways for prosperity of Jammu Kashmir,” the LG said.

While appreciating the Bank’s contribution towards social development projects in the UT under its CSR initiatives, Sinha underscored the scope for input credit in Agriculture and MSME sectors to help farmers and youth for creating employment opportunities besides attaining self-sufficiency.

He directed the J&K Bank to achieve saturation in Ghar Ghar KCC Abhiyaan, Stand-Up India and Startups.

We have a lot of expectations from J&K Bank and I expect the Bank to devise campaigns to take Financial Literacy programs to a vast portion of the population. Under Back to Village and My Town My Pride programs, the banks must strive to achieve the envisaged target for extension of financial assistance to enterprising youth, he said.

“As we embark on a path of renewed economic and social development in UT, Banks, especially J&K Bank, will have to ensure economic needs of farmers, youth and women are catered to with people-friendly schemes aimed at creation of employment and livelihood opportunities not only for the beneficiaries but those associated with them as well,” the LG said.

On the occasion, Sinha handed over Insurance Claim Settlement cheques to the legal heirs of the deceased Government Employees covered under the Bank’s Group Personal Accidental Insurance. He also felicitated successful entrepreneurs and farmers financed by the Bank.

The LG launched the Kisan Sathi Chatbot, an AI-based farmer-friendly application of the Agriculture Production Department. Pertinently, J&K bank has also contributed Rs 40.27 Lakh under its CSR initiative for the chatbot application.

Two cheques worth Rs 3.35 Cr and Rs 3.84 Cr under J&K Bank CSR Programme were handed over to representatives of Jammu Smart City and Srinagar Smart City, respectively, for construction of e-bus bays/passenger sheds for the convenience of commuters.

J&K Bank’s other CSR initiatives also include commitment letter to the Administrative Secretary, Department of Health and Medical Education for providing 120 Patient trolleys and 120 wheelchairs to all the district hospitals of J&K UT, handing over of cheque worth Rs 26 Lakh for two transport ambulances to Principal Government Medical College Jammu and Rs 34 Lakh for one critical care ambulance to Director SKIMS.

A cheque of Rs 24 Lakh was presented to the Commissioner Secretary Social Welfare; Rs 69.73 Lakh cheque to Sewa Bharati