Odisha new outlets report Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik conferred awards on nine banks for their excellent performance for best performance in the priority sector lending.
The Odisha State Cooperative Bank received the award for maximum lending in the agriculture sector.
Speaking on the occasion at Loka Seva Bhawan in Bhuvaneshwar, Patnaik revealed that ‘all banks together have disbursed credit to the tune of Rs 1.03 lakh crore and achieved more than 93 percent of the Annual Credit Plan for 2021-22 despite the pandemic’.
Patnaik gave Rs 5 lakhs to the banks winning first prize, Rs 3 lakhs for the second prize, and Rs 2 lakhs for the third prize.