Reach out to poor, FM tell banks
Updated on Aug 15, 2010 09:18 pm IST
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said India needed innovative technologies to help the rural regions have more access to banking facilities. After chairing a performance assessment of state-run enterprises on Saturday, Mukherjee told reporters in New Delhi that only 37 per cent of commercial banks functioned in rural areas.
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