Formation of a new district in the State of West Bengal - Assignment of Lead Bank Responsibility

Posted Date : 16-Jun-2017 , 11:05:41 am | Posted By CASANSAAR print

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The Government of West Bengal vide Gazette Notification dated February 07, 2017 notified the creation of a new district “Kalimpong” by redefining the limits of Darjeeling District of West Bengal. It has been decided to assign the lead bank responsibility of this new district to State Bank of India as detailed below:-

Sr No	Newly carved district	Erstwhile District	Sub-division under the newly created district	Lead Bank Responsibility assigned to	District Working Code allotted to new district
1	Darjeeling	Darjeeling	Darjeeling Sadar, Siliguri, and Kurseong	Central Bank of India	132
2	Kalimpong	Darjeeling	Kalimpong Sadar	State Bank of India	397

2. Further, as mentioned above in the table, the District Working Code of the new district has been allotted for the purpose of BSR reporting by banks.

3. There is no change in the lead bank responsibilities of the other district in the State of West Bengal.

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