Allahabad Bank, a Kolkata-based bank, has been awarded the second prize in ‘region C’ banks for the year 2012-13 under the Indira Gandhi Rajbhasha Shield Scheme of Department of Official Language, Ministry of Home Affairs.
The bank received the shield from the President at a function help in the Rashtrapati Bhavan on September 14. The bank is also celebrating the month of September as Hindi month.