ITANAGAR, May 4: The state government in an order has directed all heads of department, all Deputy Commissioner, commissioners/secretaries, etc not to deposit fund for implementation of any government schemes (central/state) in few private banks.
The order was issued on February 21 last after a decision was taken in the state level bankers committee (SLBC) meeting which was held here on January 22.
The names of the banks which were debarred from government transaction of any kind are Yes Bank, ICICI Bank, Axis Bank, Bandhan Bank, Indusland Bank, Vijaya Bank, Bank of Baroda, Union Bank, Central Bank of India and Canara Bank.
The order also directed that the funds already deposited in these banks may be withdrawn and be deposited in the agency bank of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) ie, State Bank of India (SBI) or any nationalized bank whose performances is good in priority sector lending including CD ratio and has a remarkable performance in annual credit plan. The order said.
All the govt. departments are also directed to comply with the order on priority basis at their level and asked to submit an action taken a report.
Meanwhile, a senior government officer and Chief Engineer Urban Development, Taring Darang when contacted said that the department is following the order issued by Finance department dated March 25.
“Accordingly we have also directed all the officers on May 2 to adhere to the direction of state government and directed not to open any accounts in these banks and to close down all accounts maintained by the department while amounts if any may be immediately deposited to other nationalized bank, he added. ES Newsdesk
Kenter Joya Riba
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