Nagaland State Co-operative Bank Ltd (NStCB Ltd) Wokha Branch organized a financial literacy camp and banking services programme supported under FIF managed by NABARD on June 27 at Longsa village under Wokha district.
The programme was organized to facilitate and educate the rural poor farmers on the concept of banking activities and its facilities available with the bank. In his key note address, branch manager Masheto Nandu presented the overall activities of NStCB Ltd and challenged the villagers to be prompt in loan recoveries, as the village was adopted by the branch to facilitate the rural farmers to uplift their living economy. He also apprised the public that NStCB was the only local bank in Nagaland empowering the rural poor farmers through various schemes.
Nandu appealed the public to avail the opportunities and utilized the loans judiciously for the upliftment of their livelihood and be sincere during the recovery of the loans.
He further stressed on the benefit of opening PMJDY accounts, accident insurance, life insurance and pension scheme which was launched by the Prime Minister of India.
During the interactive session, the participants were briefed about the functioning of SHG, JLG and KCC loans. The programme was attended by VCCs, VDBs, SHGs, GBs, students’ union and general public of the village.