Tag: nationalisation and privatisation of banks

Academy of Development Science located in Maharashtra is a Network of NGOs which sets up grain banks. Previously rural and tribal people used to cure diseases by plants and their products. But deforestation in present day caused damage to those plants. This is the reason why the NGO distributes grains and seeds to rural and tribal people so that they can plant such ayurvedic and rare species.

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With Mrs. Indira Gandhi’s taking over as the Prime Minister of India, the Indian National Congress rallied for a state takeover of some of the major banks in the country. In what can be deemed a rather hasty move, the government promulgated an ordinance - the Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Ordinance, 1969 - thereby nationalizing all the 14 banks that were under consideration with effect from the midnight of 19 July 1969. As a follow-up to passing the ordinance, the Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertaking) Bill was taken up by the Parliament for discussion. It received a clear majority as well as the assent of the President within a month of issuing the ordinance.

The first bank purely managed bu Indian was Punjab National Bank, established in Lahore in 1895. The Punjab National Bank has not only survived till date but also one of the largest banks in India.

A bank draft is a payment on behalf of a payer that is guaranteed by the issuing bank. A draft ensures the payee  a secure form of payment. During a payer’s reconciliation  of his bank account, he notices a decrease in the account balance because of the money withdrawn from the account.
To obtain a bank draft, a person must first deposit funds equal to the cheque amount with the issuing bank. The bank then generates a cheque to the payee drawn on the bank's own account. The name of the remitter (the person purchasing the cheque) is noted on the check, but the bank itself is the entity making the payment. The cheque is signed by a bank cashier or officer.

The Government of India set up the Industrial Reconstruction Corporation of India (IRCI) in April 1971, under the Indian Companies Act, mainly to look after special problems of sick units’ and provide assistance for their speedy reconstruction and rehabilitation, if necessary, by undertaking the management of the units and developing infrastructure facilities like those of transport, marketing etc.

The Twenty Point Programme was initially launched by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in 1975 and was subsequently restructured in 1982 and again on 1986. The restructured programme, known as Twenty Point Programme in 2006, became operational with effect from 1st April, 2007.

Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) is a development financial institution in India, headquartered at Lucknow and having its offices all over the country.

Regional Rural Banks were formed under the R.R.B. Act, 1976, with an objective to provide credit and other facilities to small farmers, agricultural labourers and artisans in rural areas.

First of all Imperial Bank of India was taken over by the Government of India on July $1$, $1955$ and was named as State Bank of India. Along with it eight other (at present seven) were converted as it associate banks and they formed State Bank Group.
$1$. The State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur. (Earlier Bikaner and Jaipur were separate banks)
$2$. The State Bank of Hyderabad
$3$. The State Bank of Indore
$4$. The State Bank of Mysore
$5$. The State Bank of Saurastra
$6$. The State Bank of Patiala
$7$. The State Bank of Travancore.

The prime or major objective behind the Nationalization of Banks in 1969 was to ensure release of huge amounts held by the Private Banks by way of deposits from the general public for the equitable and inclusive growth of the country's economy and facilitate easy access to credit for all the sectors of the economy.