Three villages of Patna district are being made cashless. This initiative has been taken by Bank of Baroda. A campaign about digital cashless transaction has been launched for about ten thousand villagers by the bank.
Representatives of the bank are visiting on the doorstep each house of Bind Toli of Kurji , Basti of Maner and Patsa Village of Bihta to open their bank accounts. Chief Manager of Bank Of Baroda Atish Chandra Mishra told media villagers are being encouraged to adopt cashless transaction. Along with these initiatives the bank is also facilitating villagers for enrollment of Aadhaar card which is going to be launchpad of cashless transaction.
Villagers are also being made aware about different social security schemes including Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojna. After accomplishment of these three villages cashless Bank of Baroda has planned to make another 8 villages.