NABARD Chairman Shaji KV has said that IT integration of recently amalgamated Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) on the principles of 'One State One RRB' is expected to be completed by September 15, 2025. The amalgamation of RRBs on the principles of 'One State One RRB' became effective from May 1. This was aimed at improving scale efficiency and cost rationalisation. With this, now, there are 28 RRBs in 26 states and 2 UTs with more than 22,000 branches covering 700 districts.
The chairman said that NABARD (National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development) is working on building a common digital infrastructure with RRBs. They are rolling out credit infrastructure and government data systems to reach rural populations. However, challenges like low internet bandwidth and awareness exist, but efforts are being made with various organisations to address these. He mentioned digitising agri value chains, with around 20 already digitised. NABARD is working with several banks to bring more farmers, especially those without land records, into the system. Also, it is working with blockchain-based crop traceability and BC (Business Correspondent) networks for better reach in rural areas.
He further said that the government is now working on additional stacks like Agri Stack (for agriculture), Fisheries Stack, and Cooperative Stack. 'Cooperative stack' is expected to integrate various schemes through Primary Agricultural Credit Societies to create a unified system for dispensing benefits in rural areas. He said that NABARD is leading the digitisation of cooperatives, with about 70,000 societies already digitised. Through the financial inclusion fund, NABARD is supporting pilots with NGOs and FinTechs. Moreover, they are also focusing on the rural-urban income divide, where two-thirds of the population contributes only one-third of the national income. NABARD is working on solutions to ensure equitable growth, and the goal is to transform farmers into agribusiness entrepreneurs. Additionally, NABARD is setting up a sandbox environment to share anonymised data with fintechs.
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