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Karnataka Bank shines on attributing 51 branches to focus agriculture lending

15 Jun 2012 Evaluate

Karnataka Bank is currently trading at Rs. 86.80, up by 0.25 points or 0.29% from its previous closing of Rs. 86.55 on the BSE.

The scrip opened at Rs. 87.55 and has touched a high and low of Rs. 88.30 and Rs. 86.75 respectively. So far 156811 shares were traded on the counter.

The BSE group 'B' stock of face value Rs. 10 has touched a 52 week high of Rs. 133.70 on 30-Jun-2011 and a 52 week low of Rs. 64.00 on 29-Dec-2011.

Last one week high and low of the scrip stood at Rs. 88.30 and Rs. 77.15 respectively. The current market cap of the company is Rs. 1642.82 crore.

The Institutions and Non-Institutions held 22.42% and 77.58% stake in the company respectively.

Karnataka Bank, Mangalore based lender has assigned 51 branches to concentrate on agriculture lending, as it plans to disburse Rs 1,000 crore to agriculture sector during 2012-13. These branches will deal with both direct and indirect advances to agriculture sector. The bank has already acknowledged some growth centers throughout India.

These 51 branches will be indentified as green-belt branches. At the end of the 2011-12 total agriculture portfolio of the bank stood at around Rs 2,800 crore. It has disbursed around Rs 800 crore to agriculture sector during that year.

The bank is likely to launch ATM cards for Kissan Credit Card accounts of the farmers. It aims to concentrates on financial inclusion and reaching out to rural population in big way.

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