Kudumbashree NHGs of Tanur Municipality need not stand in long queues for performing financial transactions at SBI Bank anymore. The State Bank of India Tanur Branch has launched Kudumbashree Pink Privilege Card for Kudumbashree NHGs for depositing and withdrawing their money without standing in long queues. It is for the first time, such a privilege card is launched in the state for the financial transactions of Kudumbashree members. The Regional Manager, State Bank of India, Kozhikode informed that the Pink Card would resolve the problem of waiting in the longer queues for hours to perform financial transactions.
Tanur is a crowded coastal town and the number of banks in the place is comparatively less. This peculiarity and due to the crisis caused by the covid-19 pandemic, one has to wait for a long hours to perform the financial transactions at the banks. As of now, there are 513 Kudumbashree NHGs in Tanur Municipality and the Kudumbashree members depend mainly on 3 banks. So the NHGs have had to spend more time performing financial transactions. Once, the 'Kudumbashree Pink Card' would come into being, Kudumbashree NHGs could perform financial transactions at banks through the special counter without standing in queues or taking tokens for the same.
The distribution of the Pink Card was officially inaugurated by Shri. P.P Shamsudheen, Chairman, Tanur Municipality, by giving the same to the Kudumbashree NHGs at Meeting Hall, Tanur Municipality on 18 December 2021. The Branch Manager, SBI Tanur Branch gave awareness about usage of the Pink Card to Kudumbashree CDS members and NHGs. Smt. C. K Subaida, Chairperson, Tanur Municipality presided over the function. Shri. T. Manoj Kumar, Secretary, Tanur Municipality, Smt. K.P Fathima, Smt. Jasna Banu, Shri. Jayaprakash, various Standing Committee Chairpersons, Smt. Arifa, Kudumbashree CDS Chairperson, Shri. Vinu T.B, City Mission Manager, NULM, Shri. Sameer, NULM Kudumbashree Accountant, Smt. Nasiya, Community Organizer, Councilors, and CDS Members took part in the function.
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