Chennai: Tamilnadu Minister for Finance and Human Resources Management Palanivel Thiaga Rajan convened a Special State Level Bankers’ Committee Meeting at the Secretariat here Monday.
According to a press release, as per the directions of Chief Minister M K Stalin, the Minister urged all bankers to ensure that Tamil Language is used in all public interfaces such as ATMs, forms, etc. He stressed the need for bank officials who are deployed in frontline desks and helpline desks in banks to be conversant in Tamil.
He reviewed the banks on the progress made in the implementation of various government schemes. He urged the banks to expedite the implementation of all priority sector lending schemes and particularly, to extend education loans to the students from the poorer sections of the society. He also urged the banks to ensure banking solutions in unbanked remote areas, particularly forested and tribal habitations.
For the first time, consultation was held and suggestions sought from bankers for the upcoming budget of the government of Tamilnadu.