RGB, Berhampur sets target of Rs1575 crore business during current financial year

Rushikulya Gramya Bank (RGB), Berhampur one of the best Regional Rural Banks (RRB) in India, has set a target of Rs1575 crore business during the current financial year. This includes Rs1050 crore deposits and Rs525 crore advances.

RGB has achieved Rs1333.89 crore business for the year ended March, 2011 registering year-on-year growth rate of 13.58%, bank source said.

Total deposits and advances included Rs922.86 crore and Rs411.03 crore respectively. Its priority sector advances stood at Rs285.45 crore, constituting 69.45% of total advances against the stipulated norm of 60%. Similarly, agriculture advances stood at Rs145.14 crore, forming 35.31% of the total advances against stipulated norms of 18%, sources said.

Credit Deposit ratio increased to 44.54% from 41.48% as on March 31, 2010. Similarly operating profit of the bank increased to Rs 10.26%, while net profit after tax rose by 93% over previous corresponding year from Rs1.88 crore to Rs3.65 crore.

There are 81 branches of the bank in Ganjam and Gajapati, the Southern Orissa districts. The RGB was also said to be the first RRB to implement the Core Banking Solutions (CBS) to all its branches.

The chairman of the bank said the RGB was signed memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the NABARD to implement to finance the crop loan to the Joint Liability Group (JLG), the group of tenant farmers and share crops.

In Ganjam and Gajapati districts, the banks targeted to finance around 750 groups over three years.

Last year, we financed 145 JLG in both the districts, the chairman said. Since they have no land, the farmers involved in the tenant farming were not getting the crop loans from the banks. 
Source: DNA