Webinar on Reforms in Banking and Insurance Sector



Webinar on Reforms in Banking and Insurance Sector
On 26-02-2021, our Aryavart Bank participated in a webinar on reforms in Banking and insurance sector organised by Department of Financial services and addressed by Honorable Prime Minister SRI Narendra Modi and Finance Minister Smt Nirmala Sitaraman along with luminarias of Banking and insurance sector. Only two RRBs were invited to attend the webinar, one of the two was our Bank. It was my personal pleasure to be part of such high level consultation.



 

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