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23/06/22 07:02 AM IST

National Conclave of Scheduled & Multi-State Urban Co-operative Banks and Credit Societies

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The Union Minister for Home Affairs and Cooperation, Shri Amit Shah will be the Chief Guest in New Delhi at the National Conclave of Scheduled & Multi-State Urban Co-operative Banks and Credit Societies on “Future Role of Urban Cooperative Credit Sector”.

About Conclave 
  • The business sessions of the Conclave will include discussions on various issues related to Scheduled & Multi-State Urban Co-operative Banks and Credit Societies and the Cooperative Credit Sector.
  • The Conclave will also felicitate Urban Cooperative Banks that have completed 100 years of service to society.
  • There are 197 such banks in the country.
  • This gives an indication of the deep roots of cooperatives and cooperative banks in the country. 
UCBs 
  • Urban Cooperative Banks are among the oldest banking institutions in the country.
  • They have been in existence for well over a century.
  • They are banks organised and managed by a cross section of people from society that could include teachers, lawyers, traders, doctors, engineers, social workers and others for providing banking services to their members.
Source- PIB 

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