Regional Rural Bank

Regional Rural Banks(RRBs)

Type	Public
Industry	Banking, financial services
Founded	2nd October,1975,Gandhi Jayanti.
Number of locations	21398(as on 2017)
Products	Retail banking, corporate banking, investment banking, mortgage loans,wealth management, debit cards, upi,internet Banking,mobile banking,finance and insurance
Owner	Government of India (50%),Sponsor Banks(35%),State Governments(15%)

Regional Rural Banks(RRBs) are Indian Scheduled Commercial Banks (Government Banks) operating at regional level in different States of India. They have been created with a view of serving primarily the rural areas of India with basic banking and financial services. However, RRBs may have branches set up for urban operations and their area of operation may include urban areas too.

The area of operation of RRBs is limited to the area as notified by Government of India covering one or more districts in the State.
RRBs also perform a variety of different functions.
RRBs perform various functions in following heads:

• Providing banking facilities to rural and semi-urban areas.


• Carrying out government operations like disbursement of wages of MGNREGA workers, distribution of pensions etc.


• Providing Para-Banking facilities like locker facilities, debit and credit cards,mobile banking,internet banking,UPI etc.


• Small financial banks.

Contents

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  1 History
  


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  2 Recapitalization
  


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  3 Organizational structure
  


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  4 Legal existence and protection
  


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  5 List of Regional Rural banks
  


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  6 References
  

History

Regional Rural Banks were established under the provisions of an Ordinance passed on 26th September,1975 and the RRB Act 1976 to provide sufficient banking and credit facility for agriculture and other rural sectors.As a result Five Regional Rural Banks were set up on 2nd October,1975,Gandhi Jayanti.
These were set up on the recommendations of The narshimham committee Working Group^[1] during the tenure of Indira Gandhi's Government with a view to include rural areas into economic mainstream since that time about 70% of the Indian Population was of Rural Orientation.
The development process of RRBs started on 2nd October,1975,Gandhi Jayanti with the forming of the first RRB, the Prathama Bank,Head Office at Moradabad (U.P.) with authorised capital of Rs 5 crore at its starting.As on 2nd October,1975 Out of the remaining four RRBs in the country one was Set up at Malda in West Bengal under the name of Gour Gramin Bank,which was the first RRB in the Eastern Region of India.

The Regional Rural Banks were owned by the Central Government, the State Government and the Sponsor Bank (Any commercial bank can sponsor the regional rural banks) who held shares in the ratios as follows Central Government – 50%, State Government – 15% and Sponsor Banks – 35%.^[2]

Recapitalization

Subsequent to review of the financial status of RRBs by the Union Finance Minister in August, 2009, it was felt that a large number of RRBs had a low Capital to Risk weighted Assets Ratio (CRAR). A committee was therefore constituted in September, 2009 under the Chairmanship of K C Chakrabarty, Deputy Governor, RBI to analyse the financials of the RRBs and to suggest measures including re-capitalisation to bring the CRAR of RRBs to at least 9% in a sustainable manner by 2012. The Committee submitted its report in May, 2010. The following points were recommended by the committee:

• RRBs to have CRAR of at least 7% as of 31 March 2011 and at least 9% from 31 March 2012 onwards. recapitalisation requirement of Rs 2,200.00 crore for 40 of the 82 RRBs. This amount is to be released in’ two installments in 2010–11 and 2011–12.


• The remaining 42 RRBs will not require any capital and will be able to maintain CRAR of at least 9% ifs on 31 March 2012 and thereafter on their own.


• A fund of ₹100 crore to be set up for training and capacity building of the RRB staff.

The Government of India recently approved the recapitalization of Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) to improve their Capital to Risk Weighted Assets Ratio CRAR) in the following manner:

• Share of Central Government i.e. Rs.1, 100 crore will be released as per provisions made by the Department of Expenditure in 2010-11 and 2011-12. However, release of Government of India share will be contingent on proportionate release of State Government and Sponsor Bank share.


• A capacity building fund with a corpus of Rs.100 crore to be set up by Central Government with NABARD for training and capacity building of the RRB staff in the institution of NABARD and other reputed institutions. The functioning of the Fund will be periodically reviewed by the Central Government. An Action Plan will be prepared by NABARD in this regard and sent to Government for approval.


• Additional amount of ₹700 crore as contingency fund to meet the requirement of the weak RRBs, particularly those in the North Eastern. and Eastern Region, the necessary provision will be made in the Budget as and when the need arises.

Organizational structure

The organizational structure for RRB's varies from branch to branch and depends upon the nature and size of business done by the branch.
The Head Office of an RRB normally had three to nine departments.

The following is the decision making hierarchy of officials in a Regional Rural Bank.

• Board of Directors


• Chairman & Managing Director


• General Manager


• Chief Manager


• Regional Manager


• Senior Manager


• Manager


• Officer


• Office Assistant

== Amalgamation ==

Currently, RRB's are going through a process of amalgamation and consolidation. 25 RRBs have been amalgamated in January 2013 into 10 RRBs. This counts 67 RRBs till the first week of June 2013. This counts 56 as of March 2015.
On 31 March 2016, there were 56 RRBs (post-merger) covering 525 districts with a network of 14,494 branches. All RRBs were originally conceived as low cost institutions having a rural ethos, local feel and pro poor focus. However, within a very short time, most banks were making losses. The original assumptions as to the low cost nature of these institutions were belied. This may be again amalgamated in near future. With the third phase of amalgamation of RRB bringing down the number of such entities to 36 from 56.At present there are 45 RRBs in India as on 01-04-2019.

Legal existence and protection

RRB are recognized by the law and they have legal significance. The Regional Rural Banks Act, 1976 Act No. 21 Of 1976 [9 February 1976.] reads

"For the incorporation, regulation and winding up of Regional Rural Banks with a view to developing the rural economy by providing, for the purpose of development of agriculture, trade, commerce, industry and other productive activities in the rural areas, credit and other facilities, particularly to the small and marginal farmers, agricultural laborers, artisans and small entrepreneurs, and for matters connected therewith and incidental thereto".

List of Regional Rural banks

Andhra Pradesh

• Andhra Pradesh Grameena Vikas Bank


• Andhra Pragathi Grameena Bank


• Chaitanya Godavari Grameena Bank


• Saptagiri Grameena Bank

Arunachal Pradesh

• Arunachal Pradesh Rural Bank

Assam

• Assam Gramin Vikash Bank


• Langpi Dehangi Rural Bank

Bihar

• Dakskin Bihar Gramin Bank


• Uttar Bihar Gramin Bank

Chhattisgarh

• Chhattisgarh Rajya Gramin Bank

Gujarat

• Baroda Gujarat Gramin Bank


• Saurashtra Gramin Bank

Haryana

• Sarva Haryana Gramin Bank

Himachal Pradesh

• Himachal Pradesh Gramin Bank

Jammu and Kashmir

• Ellaquai Dehati Bank


• J&K Grameen Bank

Jharkhand

• Jharkhand Rajya Gramin Bank

Karnataka

• Karnataka Gramin Bank


• Karnataka Vikas Grameena Bank

Kerala

• Kerala Gramin Bank

Madhya Pradesh

• Madhyanchal Gramin Bank


• Madhya Pradesh Gramin Bank

Maharashtra

• Maharashtra Gramin Bank


• Vidharbha Konkan Gramin Bank

Manipur

• Manipur Rural Bank

Meghalaya

• Meghalaya Rural Bank

Mizoram

• Mizoram Rural Bank

Nagaland

• Nagaland Rural Bank

Odisha

• Odisha Gramya Bank


• Utkal Grameen Bank

Puducherry

• Puduvai Bharathiar Grama Bank

Punjab

• Punjab Gramin Bank

Rajasthan

• Baroda Rajasthan Kshetriya Gramin Bank


• Rajasthan Marudhara Gramin Bank

Tamil Nadu

• pallavan Grama Bank


• pandyan Grama Bank

Telangana

• Telangana Grameena Bank

Tripura

• Tripura Gramin Bank

Uttar Pradesh

• Aryavart Bank


• Prathama UP Gramin Bank


• Baroda UP Gramin Bank


• Kashi Gomti Samyut Gramin Bank


• Purvanchal Gramin bank

Uttarakhand

• Uttarakhand Gramin Bank

West Bengal

• Bangiya Gramin Vikas Bank


• Paschim Banga Gramin Bank


• Uttarbanga Kshetriya Gramin Bank

References

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   ^ RRBs
   

• Reserve Bank of India:http://www.rbi.org.in/scripts/AboutUsDisplay.aspx?pg=RegionalRuralBanks.htm
  


• NABARD Website http://www.nabard.org/pdf/report_financial/Chap_V.pdf
  


• AAPTGYAN http://aaptgyan.com/regional-rural-banks-conception-present-scenario#Regional_Rural_Banks_CONCEPTION_AND_THE_BRIEF_HISTORY_PRESENT_SCENARIO-1
  


• NABARD DEPARTMENTS http://www.nabard.org/departments/rrbs.asp
  


• Legal Existence of RBI http://indiacode.nic.in/fullact1.asp?tfnm=197621
  


• Organizational Structure and Human Resource Management in RRB's: http://www.nabard.org/pdf/rrb/chap%205.pdf
  


• indiankanoon.org/doc/857753


• Speech from finance minister of India


• List of RRBs in India

v t e Banking in India
Central bank	Reserve Bank of India
Public sector banks	Allahabad Bank Andhra Bank Bank of Baroda Bank of India Bank of Maharashtra Canara Bank Central Bank of India Corporation Bank India Post Payments Bank Indian Bank Indian Overseas Bank Oriental Bank of Commerce Punjab & Sind Bank Punjab National Bank State Bank of India Syndicate Bank UCO Bank Union Bank of India United Bank of India
Private sector banks	Axis Bank Bandhan Bank Catholic Syrian Bank City Union Bank DCB Bank Dhanlaxmi Bank Federal Bank HDFC Bank ICICI Bank IDBI Bank IDFC Bank IndusInd Bank Jammu & Kashmir Bank Karnataka Bank Karur Vysya Bank Kotak Mahindra Bank Lakshmi Vilas Bank Nainital Bank RBL Bank South Indian Bank Tamilnad Mercantile Bank Limited Yes Bank
Foreign banks	ABN AMRO Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank Antwerp Diamond Bank Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Bank Maybank Indonesia Bank of America Bank of Bahrain and Kuwait Bank of Ceylon The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Barclays Citibank India Credit Suisse DBS Bank Deutsche Bank HSBC Rabobank Royal Bank of Scotland Scotiabank Standard Chartered
Small finance bank	AU Capital ESAF Equitas Fincare Jana North East Suryoday Ujjivan Utkarsh
Payments bank	Aditya Birla Airtel Jio Paytm India Post Surrendered Licencees Sun Pharmaceuticals Tech Mahindra
Cooperative banks	District Co-operative Central Bank Buldhana Urban Cosmos Bank Mizoram Co-operative Apex Bank Rajkot Nagrik Sahakari Bank Repco Bank Saraswat Bank Shamrao Vithal Co-operative Bank TNSC Bank
Regional Rural Banks	Other Andhra Pradesh Grameena Vikas Bank Andhra Pragathi Grameena Bank Assam Gramin Vikash Bank Bangiya Gramin Vikash Bank Gramin Bank of Aryavart Kerala Gramin Bank North Malabar Gramin Bank Mizoram Rural Bank Pallavan Grama Bank Pandyan Grama Bank Paschim Banga Gramin Bank Sarva UP Gramin Bank South Malabar Gramin Bank Uttar Bihar Gramin Bank Vananchal Gramin Bank Uttar Pradesh Allahabad UP Gramin Bank Gramin Bank of Aryavart Sarva UP Gramin Bank
Defunct banks	Alliance Bank of Simla Arbuthnot & Co Bank of Bombay Bank of Calcutta Bank of Chettinad Bank of Hindostan Bank of Madras Bank of Madura Bank of Rajasthan Bengal Central Bank Bharat Overseas Bank Bharatiya Mahila Bank Centurion Bank of Punjab Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China Commercial Bank of India Dass Bank Dena Bank Exchange Bank of India & Africa Global Trust Bank Grindlays Bank Imperial Bank of India Industrial Investment Bank of India ING Vysya Bank Lord Krishna Bank Madhavpura Mercantile Cooperative Bank Mercantile Bank of India, London and China Nath Bank National Bank of India Nedungadi Bank New Bank of India Oriental Bank Corporation Oudh Commercial Bank Palai Central Bank Pandyan Bank State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur State Bank of Hyderabad State Bank of Indore State Bank of Mysore State Bank of Patiala State Bank of Saurashtra State Bank of Travancore United Industrial Bank United Western Bank Vijaya Bank
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