Nationl Seminar

on Launching a
National Initiative
for Financial Inclusion

Presentation by

G Pandurangan
Chairman
South Malabar Gramin Bank 1
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South Malabar Gramin Bank
Sponsored by Canara Bank in Kerala

8Districts
228 branches+1 A/cs Section
Total Business of Rs.5000 Cr.
Making profit since inception
Sri S.Ramaswami,RD,RBI,Thiruvananthapuram
inaugurating our Karimkunnam branch ,Idukki Dist.
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SOUTH MALABAR GRAMIN BANK
Sponsored by Canara Bank

Our Achievements under Financial Inclusion

• We are the first Bank in

the State to achieve total
financial inclusion of one
ward of the command Area.
At Palakkad

Lighting the lamp of rural development 4

News covered in visual media on Financial Inclusion
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A novel experiment in Financial Inclusion

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SNEHA GRAMAM –LADIES BORROW FROM MONEY LENDERS

TO SEND THEIR CHILDREN TO SCHOOL 7
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SNEHA GRAMAM –MONEY LENDER THREATENING

THE POOR VILLAGERS- A COMMON SIGHT
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SNEHA GRAMAM

•REASONS FOR STRONG EXISTENCE OF MONEY

LENDERS

•Banks lend mainly for productive purpose

•Borrowers requirement are of different nature
•Nominal amount
•Instant requirements
•Fear to approach the Bank
•Don’t know how to present their problems
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SNEHA GRAMAM

•INITIATIVES
•SMGB – A Bank with social commitment
•Instead of people going to Bank,
•Bank went to people
•Involved CDS/NGO/Farmers Club/ Grama Panchayat
•Conducted survey
•Screening committee (representatives) studied
•Committee recommends the loan amount
•Loan amount consists of present debt and to
•Start income generating activities 10
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SNEHA GRAMAM- FIRST SURVEY CONDUCTED TO IDENTIFY

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THE RURAL INDEBTNESS TO MONEY LENDERS
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SNEHA GRAMAM –BANK CONDUCTS EXTENSIVE SURVEY

WITH PEOPLE & LOCAL BODIES PARTICIPATION 13
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SNEHA GRAMAM –BANK CALLS FOR MEETING

FOR CREATING AWARENESS & INCULCATE
HABIT OF SAVINGS 14
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SNEHA GRAMAM- OPEN ZERO BALANCE ACCOUNTS

AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE EXTENDED TO REPAY
MONEY LENDER 15
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SNEHA GRAMAM –INAUGURATED BY HON.UNION MINISTER

SRI.E AHAMMED AT PULIKKAL
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SNEHA GRAMAM- INAUGURTION

BECOMES A VILLAGE FESTIVAL 17
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SNEHA GRAMAM
SOLUTIONS
•Formation of neighbourhood groups
•No collateral except SNEHAM (PYAR)
•The only security is love & affection

•PILOT PROJECT
• implemented in 8 branches
•Started on Aug 15th 2007
•with overwhelming support of the public
•Extended to all the 228 branches
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SNEHA GRAMAM- Sri V S Achuthanandan, Chief Minister, Kerala

Declares Koyalmannam as money lender free village
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SNEHA GRAMAM- A SUCCESS STORY -IMPLEMENTED IN 228 VILLAGES

17963 FAMLIES ASSISTED WITH RS. 2942 LAKHS, ISSUED 8487 SMGBCC
CARDS AIMED AT RURAL DEBT REDEMPTION 20
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SNEHA GRAMAM- A SUCCESS STORY –CHAIRMAN RECIEVES CITATION FROM CHEMANCHERY

GRAMA PANCHAYAT IN
APPRECIATION OF THE GOOD WORK AT THIRUVANGOOR 21
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SNEHA GRAMAM- A SUCCESS STORY – FREED FROM THE NIGHTMARE OF MONEY LENDERS
THEY START NEW INCOME GENERATING ACTIVITIES

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SNEHA GRAMAM
ZERO BECOMES HERO
•No of House holds assisted : 1,52,641

• Balance in zero balance account is now

Rs.10,03,84,050/-

• No. of RD Accounts started – 8510

• The myth that the poor did not have the will to
save was shattered
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District wise coverage of No frill accounts

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FARMERS CLUB –

ANOTHER SUCCESS STORY WRITTEN

IN GOLDEN LETTERS

CAPACITY BUILDING, SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES,

CAPITLISING GROUP SYNERGY
SCIENTIFIC PRACTICES
MARKETING EFFORTS,
COLLECTIVE FARMING
FARMER EDUCATION
POVERTY ALIVEATION
BUILDING A RAPPORT WITH FARMING COMMUNITY 25
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FARMERS CLUB –ARIMBRA FARMERS’CLUB SUCCESS STORY- DRY LAND WITHOUT CULTIVATION
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FARMERS CLUB –ARIMBRA FARMERS’CLUB

ANOTHER SUCCESS STORY WRITTEN IN GOLDEN LETTERS 27
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FARMERS CLUB –ARIMBRA FARMERS’CLUB SUCCESS

Export potential, enough of water, unemployed farmers
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SOUTH MALABAR GRAMIN BANK

(SPONSORED BY CANARA BANK)

HEAD OFFICE : MALAPPURAM BRANCH : PUZHAKKATTIRI

With the financial assistance of SMGB Puzhakkatteri they succeeded29in re

introducing paddy cultivation.
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Demonstration effect

Harvest Festival at
Chandanappally inaugurated
by Sri. Adoor Prakash, MLA

GREEN VALLEY FARMERS CLUB –CHANDANAPPALLY

The first women farmers club 30
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FINANCIAL LITERACY CAMPAIGN

 Conducted Financial Literacy Classes to tribal students

and hamlets to inculcate Savings habits

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FINANCIAL LITERACY CAMPAIGN

Conducted Financial Literacy Classes to :

 teachers of Primary School under “reach out” programme

in association with Rajagiri College

 final year students of Kerala Agricultural University

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PILOT PROJECT:
 
In association with NABARD, a pilot project on Smart Card
based financial inclusion is launched, with M/s Source Trace
Systems as the service provider.

We have also identified the BC for the project and hope to

flag off the project shortly.

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. STUDIES CONDUCTED, VISITS BY DELEGATES:

 
RTC, NABARD, Mangalore have conducted a study of
Snehagramam.

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. STUDIES CONDUCTED, VISITS BY DELEGATES:

 
Delegates from Korea visited our bank to learn about the
initiatives of the Bank in financial inclusion.

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. STUDIES CONDUCTED, VISITS BY DELEGATES:

 

Students from Singapore visited our field units as part of

student exchange programme of NIT Calicut

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Enabling Technology for Financial inclusion

VILLAGE KNOWLEDGE CENTRE

AT VADUVANCHAL IN ASSOCIATION WITH
M S SWAMINATHAN REASEARCH FOUNDATION
TO DISSEMINATE TECHNICAL KNOW-HOW
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FINANCIAL INCLUSION TECHNOLOGY FUND

NABARD Sanctioned Rs. 17.62 lakhs for the outlay

of Rs. 23 lakhs

The components of the scheme are:

 
Starting 8 Village Knowledge Centres.
Conducting Farmers’ Seminars.
Conducting Youth Seminar
Establishing Mobile Credit Counseling and Training Centres.
Mass media publication for spreading financial literacy.
Documenting success stories & innovative projects.
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. FUTURESTIC PLANS

 25 Village Knowledge Centres to be established

 Link these VKCs to Krishi Vigyan kendra and Swaminathan

Foundation

 Establishment of mobile Financial Literacy Units

 Empowering woman through Farmers Clubs and SHGs

 Video documentation of our success stories

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South Malabar Gramin Bank
Launching a scheme under the financial inclusion project

Grama Jyothi Loan Card : Snehagramam Project Phase II

EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE NO FRILL ACCOUNT HOLDERS TO ENABLE THEM

TO TAKE UP INCOME GENERATING ACTIVITIES

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YOU
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