RBI asked the
banks to open banks in villages with a population of more than 5000
Reserve Bank of
India (RBI) asked State Level Bankers’ Committee (SLBC) banks to
identify villages with population above 5,000 without a bank branch of a
scheduled commercial bank in their state.
Identified
villages may be selected among scheduled commercial banks for opening of
branches and should be completed by March 31, 2017.