SBI launches ‘Doctor’s SBI Card’ in association with IMA

State Bank of India in association with Indian Medical Association (IMA), the largest voluntary representative organization of Doctors of Modern Scientific system of Medicine, launched ‘Doctor’s SBI Card’ which has been designed exclusively for the doctors keeping in mind their requirements and lifestyles. It is the only credit card in partnership with IMA. It is a Visa Signature credit card.

This card has been personalized for the doctor with ‘Dr.’ embossed on the card front against the name of the cardholder together with qualification degrees of the medical practioner.

The doctors in their profession may face unforeseen events that may lead to the risk of rise of claims from either the patients or related parties. So this credit card offers professional indemnity insurance cover of Rs. 10 lakh to protect doctors from professional risk and liabilities. It also offers accelerated rewards on medical supplies purchase for the benefit of doctors running priviate clinics. In addition, it also covers legal and defence costs for any court settlements or awards.

The credit cardholder earns reward points for both local and international purchases of medical supplies and travel bookings. He also gets lounge access at both domestic and international airports with Priority Pass membership. This card also accompanies discounted benefits on hotel bookings, airport fastrack immigration and car rentals.

There is also the facility to convert transactions into easy monthly installments. The cardholder can choose EMI facility either at the point of purchase, or convert unpaid balances to EMIs at attractive rate of interests.

You get benefits on the credit card from the point of purchase. This card offers e-gift voucher as welcome benefit from yatra.com. Celebrate Doctors’s Day on 1^st july with 5x reward points on all card spends. Get renewal fee reversal and gift vouchers with Doctor’s SBI Card.

SBI cards and Payment Services Private Limited is an Indian financial company that offers Indian customers extensive range of financial products and services. It currently serves over 5.9 million customers and has a market share of 16%.

39 Unbanked Rural Centres launched by Ujjivan Small Finance Bank

Ujjivan Small Finance Bank has launched 39 Unbanked Rural Centres in the East region. The Indian citizens in rural areas will now be able to avail banking services in these centres. These rural centres have been set up in unbanked areas of West Bengal, Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand, Tripura and Orissa.

It has been the aim of Delhi Government to make banking services accessible to the rural people and thus bring more people into the formal banking system. Also, Reserve Bank of India has made it mandatory for the banks to open 25% of their new branches in the unbanked rural areas as part of the financial inclusion plan. It granted permission to the domestic Scheduled Commercial Banks including Public-sector banks to open branches in rural areas without any necessity of prior-approval from RBI.

The 39 centres have been receiving tremendous response with the residents availing banking services from them. Apart from these centres, the bank has also set up 7 Business Correspondents in Howrah and Hoogly district of West Bengal wherein people are seeking financial support for agriculture, weaving and other businesses. To get more unbanked and underbanked customers into the formal banking system and help them be a part of Digital India is the aim of Ujjivan Small Finance Bank.

Click to check Ujjivan Small Finance Bank Home Loan Process.

Kindly note that the opening of any bank branches is a commercial decision taken in accordance with the branch opening policy of RBI. The necessity of the branch opening depends on the vaibility and requirement of banking facilities in the area.

(Ujjivan Small Finance Bank is a small finance bank licensed by the Reserve Bank of India on 11^th November, 2016. It established itself to extend financial services to the financially unserved population. Since 2016, it has been offering loans to Indian resident individuals. The bank currently has its presence across 24 states in the country. Now with its centres in rural areas, it will cater to the financial needs of rural people).

Rs. 1.50 lakh each from the Government under NTR Housing Scheme

Labour Minister Pithani Satyanarayana and his wife laid the foundation stone at Kodipandala Dibba in Penugonda village in West Godavari district for the houses to be constructed under the NTR housing Scheme.

The labour minister acclaimed that Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has planned to build houses for all the eligible in the state. He was seen performing the bhumipuja at the Kodipandala Dibba in Penungonda village to lay the foundation stone for the construction to take place.

About 375 houses costing Rs.5.55 crore would be constructed under the NTR housing scheme. Each beneficiary will get Rs. 1.50 lakh from the government. The houses allotted may be constructed at the will of the eligible person. The beneficiaries would also avail the facility of power, roads and drinking water. The pattas would be sanctioned solely on the name of the women.

The Minister directed the officials to undertake the task of housing construction after laying the foundation stone.

The list of Participants in the foundation ceremony include Agriculture Marketing Committee (AMC) Chairmen Sanaboyina Gopllakrishna, Uppalapati Suresh Babu, ZPTC member Rongala Ravi Kumar, Mandal Parishad president Julie Surekhia, Sarpanch Yadala Asajyothi, Housing Project director E Srinivasa Rao, DEE Haripi Gurravaiah, Tahsildar G Srinivas, Mandal Parishad Development officer Padmini.

List of Beneficiaries in Andhra Pradesh NTR Housing Scheme

On the occasion of world habitation day and Gandhi Jayanti on 2^nd October 2017, the state government of Andhra Pradesh is celebrating NTR Housing Nuthana Gruha Pravesa Mahostvam. On this day, the government will inaugrate about 1 lakh houses under the NTR rural housing scheme. These houses have been constructed in 9,835 villages and in 884 wards. It has published its list on NTR housing scheme beneficiaries on the official website of the scheme at https://apgovhousing.apcfss.in. It is claimed that about 1 lakh people would be benefitted from this scheme as they will be getting handover of their homes.

View the list of Beneficiaries

The list of beneficiaries available at the official website of the NTR Housing Scheme can be accessed according to the district, division, constituency, mandal or gram panchayat. Follow the steps below to view the list of scheme beneficiaries.

Step 1. Visit the official website of Andhra Pradesh State Housing Corporation.

Step 2. Click on ‘Gruha Pravesa Mahostvam Ben List’

Step 3. On the new page, select the function type and the name of the scheme from the drop down box. Click on ‘Get Report’.

Step 4. To view the respective results, click on any of the links in the data table. You can keep clicking the links once you get the actual list of beneficiaries with their name, ID and other details.

Step 5. Click on ‘Export to Excel’ option below the data table to export the list of beneficiaries in the MS excel format.

The government aims to construct 10 lakh houses for rural poor that will cost Rs.16,000 crore. The second and third phase of the construction under the NTR housing scheme is planned to be undertaken in January and June 2018. Around 1.2 lakh houses costing Rs.1544.66 crore were sanctioned to the urban local bodies under the NTR Housing Scheme 2017-2018.