by Preetam BC

Kokrajhar:  As part of Department of Financial Services (DFS) customer outreach initiative the UCO Bank is organising the Customer Outreach programme in Kokrajhar district on 24 and 25 October 2019 at Kokrajhar Government Higher Secondary and Multipurpose School ground, KOkrajhar.

A meeting in this regard was held at BTC Secretariat Conference hall on Tuesday. The meeting was attended by BTC principal secret6ary Biren Chandra Phukan, Zonal Manager UCO Bank AK Machary, Lead district manager Raghav Kumar, Chief manager Sudip Dhar and nodal officer of the customer outreach programme among others.

Talking to Reporters, Zonal Manager UCO Bank AK Machary said as part of Department of Financial Services (DFS) customer outreach initiative across the country covering 209 identified districts all over India in the 2^nd phase from 21 to 25 October,  will cover 6 district in North East including 5 districts of Assam namely Kokrajhar, Sonitpur, Dhubri, Golaghat and Jorhat.

All 13 public sector banks, 4 private sector banks operating in the district wil participate in the mega event. NABARD, ASRLM and SIDBI will also participate in the event.

The Customer Outreach will cover financial awareness, digital banking awareness and all initiatives of the government of India under Financial Inclusion Programme. The event will also focus on women empowerment, entrepreneur development with special emphasis on Make in India, Stand Up India, MSME development, agriculture lending, SHG finance etc.