The Tamil Nadu government on Monday urged  bankers to ensure that Tamil language is used in all public interfaces including ATMs. 

This was conveyed by state finance minister Palanivel Thiaga Rajan at a  special state level bankers' committee    meeting convened by him here, where   incidentally, "for the first time," consultation was held and suggestions sought from bankers for the upcoming state budget, an official release here said

The minister "urged all bankers to  ensure that Tamil Language is used in  all public interfaces such as ATMs bank forms. He stressed the need for  bank officials who are deployed in  frontline desks and helpline desks in  banks to be conversant in Tamil," the release said. 

"For the first time, consultation was held and suggestions sought from bankers for the upcoming budget FY 2022-23 of the government of Tamil Nadu," the release added.

The minister also reviewed the   progress made in the implementation of various Government schemes  and urged the banks to expedite the   implementation of all priority sector lending schemes and particularly, to extend education loans to the students from the poorer sections society, it said. He also urged the  banks to ensure banking solutions in unbanked remote areas, particularly forested and tribal habitations.

 

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