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                                                        Post Covid and Atma Nirbhar Bharat A Programme on Covid related issues was relayed by aired by All India Radio, Lucknow on 19-06-2021 having experts from field of medical fraternity and myself represented banking. I had the opportunity to share my views on Human Resource issues and Atma Nirbhar Bharat during and post Covid very briefly.   

"Risks in Banking and COVID-19 - A Practitioner's Perspective"  is my recent article published in the journal "The Microfinance Review" published by Bankers Institute of Rural Development, Lucknow in its Vol 12(2), July-December, 2020 issue.

  Aryavart Bank- Performance Highlights for the Year 2020-21 I have the pleasure of the sharing the performance highlights of our Aryavart Bank. The performance of the Bank has improved significantly on business, operational and efficiency parameters. A big thank you to TEAM ARYAVART, Sponsor Bank- Bank of India, National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development and Reserve Bank of India.

  Webinar on Business Continuity & HR Challenges during Covid-19 Pandemic           The Webinar on Business Continuity and HR Challenges during Covid 19 Pandemic: Lessons of Financial Institutions (FIs) was organized by Bankers Institute of Rural Development (BIRD), Lucknow on 23-03-2021. The participants from various financial institutions such as Reserve Bank of India, National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development, Public Sector Banks, Regional Rural Banks, State Cooperative Banks and Small Finance Banks shared their experiences. I had the opportunity to share my views on behalf of the Regional Rural Banks on the topic "Customer Management and Branch Functioning during Covid Times-Challenges & Strategies Adopted". The event was attended by bankers and academicians.          My Sincere thanks to Director BIRD Shri Shankar A Pande and Programme Directors for providing me the excellent opportunity to share my ...

 

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.  

RRBs to have access to LAF, MSF  Call and Notice Money - RBI Governor's Statement I had been advocating at various fora for money market access to Regional Rural Banks through Repo, Reverse Repo, Call and Notice Money. My recent article on "Profitability of Regional Rural Banks" published in International Journal of Trends in Scientific Research and Development" has also highlighted this issue. The statement of RBI Governor on 4th December 2020, has found the reference for extending these facilities to Regional Rural Banks, This will make treasury operations of the Regional Rural Banks more efficient. The statement reads as under:  " The Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) are currently not permitted to access the liquidity windows of the Reserve Bank as well as the call/notice money market. With a view to expanding participation in money markets and to facilitate better liquidity management, Regional Rural Banks will be allowed to access the Liquidity Adjustment Facili...