Current Affairs - 21 May 2015

Najeeb Jung to Kejriwal: Power to appoint and transfer bureaucrats rests with me

• NEW DELHI: The war over transfer of bureaucrats has escalated further in Delhi.
  
  Najeeb Jung has written a letter to CM Arvind Kejriwal, saying the "power to appoint and to transfer, from steno to IAS officers, is with the lieutenant-governor".
  
  "All transfers and postings in the last four days stand cancelled," the LG has written in his letter to Delhi CM.
  
  Meanwhile, Union home minister Rajnath Singh said that "Delhi LG and CM should sit together and find a solution to the ongoing standoff".
  
  Rajnath was talking to reporters after meeting President Pranab Mukherjee.
  
  "We did not discuss Delhi standoff," Rajnath Singh said.
  
  Earlier, Arvind Kejriwal wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, asking him to let his democratically elected government function independently.
  
  In the letter to Modi, Kejriwal mentioned the posting and transfers made by LG Najeeb Jung and said the elected government must have a say about distribution of work to senior officials.
  
  "In Delhi, central government is trying to run government unconstitutionally through the lieutenant-governor. Let Delhi government function independently," Kejriwal said in the letter to Modi.
  
  The letter by Kejriwal to the Prime Minister came a day after both he and Jung took their bitter fight to President Pranab Mukherjee, accusing each other of violating the Constitution and overstepping their respective jurisdictions.

Arvind Kejriwal writes letter to PM Modi, says Centre trying to run Delhi through LG Najeeb Jung

• NEW DELHI: Chief minister Arvind Kejriwal has written a letter to PM Narendra Modi over the issue of transfer of bureaucrats in Delhi.
  
  In the letter, Kejrival has said that the Centre is trying to run Delhi through lieutenant-governor Najeeb Jung.
  
  In the letter, Kejriwal mentioned the posting and transfers made by LG Najeeb Jung and said the elected government must have a say about distribution of work to senior officials. 
  
  "In Delhi, the central government is trying to run government unconstitutionally through the LG. Let Delhi government function independently," Kejriwal said in the letter to Modi. 
  
  Earlier in the day, Deputy CM Manish Sisodia met senior bureaucrats at Delhi Secretariat to discuss flow of work.
  
  A power tussle between chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and lieutenant-governor Najeeb Jung has led to confusion among state government officials.
  
  Minister Gopal Rai, acting chief secretary Shakuntala Gamlin and all departments' secretaries and officers were present in the meeting.

Vodafone won’t toe zero-rating plan of Airtel

• NEW DELHI: Vodafone, India's second-biggest mobile operator, has refused to follow Bharti Airtel in launching a zero-rating platform, the decision coming at a time when telecom regulator Trai and the Department of Telecom (DoT) are looking into the entire gamut of issues related to net neutrality.
  
  The British mobile operator, which reported a 13% growth in its 2014-15 India revenues at Rs 42,352 crore, said it will wait for a regulatory clarity on the matter before taking a call on the future course of action. "We are waiting for the rules," Sunil Sood, who recently took charge as MD & CEO of Vodafone India, said.
  
  Airtel had in April introduced a new plan — Airtel Zero — that promised preferential treatment for websites that agreed to sign up for the marketing platform by paying a fee. The move received flak in the online world and was even questioned by top officials in the telecom ministry.
  
  Sood said Vodafone is a supporter of net neutrality and does not believe in "blocking" or "throttling" the internet. "We are pro-net neutrality... we do not block the internet or direct the internet." Asked to comment on the criticism of Airtel Zero plan, he said, "I believe it's a trivial matter. It was just a price plan."
  
  The Vodafone India chief, however, said he wants applications offering voice communication facility — such as Skype, WhatsApp and Viber — should follow the same regulations as mobile operators. "We are subjected to various regulations as part of the licence conditions, including interceptions. If there are rules, they should apply to all. They cannot be partial."
  
  Mobile operators have argued that zero rating plans, which allow them to charge websites for offering them preferential treatment, are "pro-subscribers" as they get to browse the sites free-of-cost.

Lack of rules making India lose out on drug trials

• NAGPUR: With a huge disease burden and an emergent pharma industry, India was slated to be the world's favourite destination for outsourcing drug trials. However, today less that 2% of the world's clinical trials are taking place in the country. Considering the huge benefits of such trials for the country's healthcare, experts believe it is time the government and some home grown companies give greater importance to medical research. 
  
  Several factors including trials not being seen in a good light by people and multi national companies not finding the methods of research efficient are responsible for fewer clinical trials in India. Researchers say that, like in several western countries, people in India need to understand the importance of these trials and demand that the government to work towards it. 
  
  "Patent filings in the pharma sector annually in US are more than 20 times than that of India despite having a comparable disease burden. We need to understand that every pill we pop today was tried on human subjects before being declared safe and effective. If we curtail clinical trials and global pharma companies move to China, South Korea and other East and South Asian countries - as they are doing now- we will only end up hurting Indian patients," said Dr Rajesh Swarnakar, a member of Investigator Council in Indian Society of Clinical Research. He said it was about time that we started a public movement to give clinical trials a positive push. 
  
  "There are no rules to govern clinical trials in India, which is the foremost requirement before we start the trials. India has a bad name because of this and there is less awareness of trials among patients. Another problem is that international companies coming here in a rush to increase number of patients realized that there were some 'adjustments' made to the data that make them a little less reliable. This led to a lot of companies pulling out of the country," said consultant microbiologist Dr Madhavi Deshmukh who has worked on projects with some international research institutions. 
  
  Cardiologist Dr Prashant Jagtap said that the two major impediments to medical research and clinical trials in the country were lack of research oriented education and paucity of funds. "Not too many institutions, universities or governmental agencies provide research opportunities. A lot of things that are available get stuck in bureaucratic net. The one option remains is to get funding from big companies, in which case their economic interest become more important," he said. 
  
  He suggested identification of some national level institutions where research was initiated and people from all over the country encouraged to contribute in it as a solution. "A silver lining in terms of Indian clinical research is that for the last few years, we have been participating in studies being conducted by American and European institutions. This gives them enough clinical data and gene pool variability for their research to be more viable and we get all the other benefits of clinical trials," said Dr Jagtap.

PDP to approach Centre for passport to Geelani: Mehbooba Mufti

• SRINAGAR: Ignoring ally BJP's objections, PDP on Wednesday said it will ask the Centre to grant passport to separatist Syed Ali Shah Geelani on "humanitarian" grounds even as NC leader Omar Abdullah questioned why it was being made an issue when he has been given passport earlier also. 
  
  "This issue has to be dealt with from humanitarian point of view and we will pursue the matter with the Union home ministry," PDP president Mehbooba Mufti said.
  
  Hardline Hurriyat faction leader Geelani has applied for a passport to visit his ailing daughter in Saudi Arabia. Several mainstream leaders have called for issuing passport to the separatist leader.
  
  Reacting to the PDP president's statement on the issue, National Conference leader Omar Abdullah wondered if it was "fixed match" between the ruling allies in which Mehbooba was trying to appear as a "crusader". 
  
  "What's the big deal? Geelani declined to avail a passport in 2011 so why is Mehbooba suddenly trying to appear as some sort of crusader," Omar said on Twitter. 
  
  BJP, the coalition partner of PDP in the state government, has said Geelani must apologise for his "anti-national activities" and acknowledge that he is an Indian if he wants an Indian passport. 
  
  Omar questioned BJP's objections on the passport issue. "I completely fail to understand why BJP would object to Geelani calling himself an Indian unless this is a PDP-BJP fixed match," he wrote on the micro-blogging site. 
  
  Apparently referring to the requirement of declaring nationality as Indian in the application form, the former chief minister said, "If he could get a passport in 2011, there is no reason he can't get one in 2015. He's happy to travel on an Indian passport and citizenship." 
  
  The PDP president on Wednesday said Geelani was issued passport in 2007, 2008 and 2011. 
  
  "We will tell (Union) home ministry that Geelani must be given passport along with his wife and son so that he could visit his ailing daughter in Saudi Arabia. His daughter must not be deprived of seeing her father," Mehbooba said. 
  
  She said other separatist leaders including Muhammad Yasin Malik, Shabir Shah and Mirwaiz Umar Farooq already have passports and they have been visiting foreign countries from time to time, including Pakistan. 
  
  CPM state secretary Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami has also called for issuing the passport to Geelani.

PM Narendra Modi meets Cabinet colleagues ahead of 1st anniversary of govt

• NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday met his senior ministerial colleagues to discuss programmes to celebrate first anniversary of his government. 
  
  Modi, who returned from a three-nation tour of China, Mongolia and South Korea on Tuesday night, held deliberations with ministers Arun Jaitley, Rajnath Singh, Sushma Swaraj, M Venkaiah Naidu and Nitin Gadkari. 
  
  Issues related to celebrating the first anniversary of the NDA government on May 26 are understood to have been discussed during the meeting. 
  
  BJP president Amit Shah also met the Prime Minister in connection with the anniversary celebrations, sources said. 
  
  Modi is understood to have told his ministers and party leaders to spread the message about the work done by the government during the last one year, particularly highlighting the initiatives in the social sector. 

North Korea claims breakthrough on nuclear missile warheads

• SEOUL: North Korea said on Wednesday it had perfected the technology to make nuclear warheads, not long after announcing it had launched a ballistic missile from a submarine,dramatically upping military brinkmanship with its US-led foes.
  
  It also cancelled a visit by UN chief Ban Ki-moon after he accused it of fuelling regional tensions, in a week that also saw US Secretary of State John Kerry condemn the North's "provocative, destabilising and repressive actions". 
  
  In violation of a UN ban, North Korea has long been testing long-range missiles. Nearly two weeks ago, the communist state said it had successfully test-fired a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM). 
  
  If confirmed, that would allow the deployment of nuclear weapons far beyond the Korean peninsula. But, experts say, the hardest part of delivering a nuclear strike is shrinking a warhead to fit a missile. 
  
  Pyongyang's powerful National Defence Commission (NDC) said it now had the means to do just that, in an announcement certain to spark alarm not just in Washington, Seoul and Tokyo, but also in Beijing. 
  
  "It has been a long time since we began miniaturising and diversifying our means of nuclear strike," the NDC said in a statement on the North's official news agency. 
  
  "We have also reached the stage where the highest accuracy rate is guaranteed, not only for short- and medium-range missiles but long-range missiles as well." 
  
  Several analysts treated the SLBM claim with scepticism, and were cautious too about the miniaturisation announcement. 
  
  "There are differences between their statements and their actual operational reality," Daniel Pinkston, a senior researcher of the International Crisis Group, told AFP. 
  
  "Some of it is bluster or exaggeration and maybe for internal audiences, and some of it is probably also for external audiences in an effort to test and to see if they can use systems for blackmail or coercion," he said. 
  
  Cho Han-Bum, an analyst at the Korea Institute for National Unification, said Pyongyang was "too cash-strapped" to perfect such intricate technology as miniaturising a warhead. 
  
  "I find the claim hard to believe," he said. 
  
  Cho said North Korea's young leader Kim Jong-Un, who chairs the NDC, may be having trouble keeping the military under control following the reported execution of his defence minister. 
  
  "So the latest NDC announcement appears to be aimed at assuaging hawks within the military and securing bargaining chips for negotiations with the other countries like the US by stoking their biggest fear, about the North's nuclear and long-range missiles." 
  
  However the top US homeland security commander, Admiral William Gortney, said last month the North was capable of mounting a miniaturised warhead on its new KN-08 intercontinental missile. 
  
  And South Korea's defence ministry has said the North appears to have achieved a "significant" level of technology to create a nuclear warhead. 
  
  The NDC announcement came hours after Ban said his invitation to visit the Kaesong industrial zone inside North Korea had been cancelled without explanation. 
  
  Had Thursday's visit gone ahead, Ban would have become the first UN secretary-general to set foot in the communist state for more than 20 years, since Boutros Boutros-Ghali in 1993. 
  
  "This decision by Pyongyang is deeply regrettable," the UN chief, a former foreign minister of South Korea, told a forum in Seoul. 
  
  "However, I as the secretary-general of the United Nations, will not spare any efforts to encourage the DPRK (North Korea) to work with the international community for peace and stability on the Korean peninsula and beyond." 
  
  But Kerry, visiting Seoul on Monday, warned that North Korea was doing everything to spurn such reconciliation as he condemned Kim's "egregious" leadership and "grotesque" executions of top officials. 
  
  "Instead, it continues to pursue nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles, it continues to break promises and make threats, and it continues to show flagrant disregard for international laws," he said. 
  
  US officials could not immediately be reached for comment on Wednesday's announcement. 
  
  The North has conducted three atomic tests and has long had nuclear weapons. But it was unclear whether it had the technology to deliver them by missile. 
  
  The NDC said previously that the SLBM test "represents a higher stage in our efforts to develop strategic striking forces". 

Hunt for Army assault rifle may be called off

• NEW DELHI: The humble foot-soldier's torturous wait for a new-generation assault rifle may now get longer. India is likely to scrap its four-year-old hunt for new-generation assault rifles with interchangeable barrels for conventional warfare and counter-insurgency operations.
  
  Ordinary infantry jawans are often forgotten in the race for acquiring big-ticket weapons like fighters, helicopters, submarines, tanks, howitzers and the like. Leave alone advanced weaponry, they are even now still to be adequately-equipped with modular bullet-proof jackets, webbing and light-weight ballistic helmets with internal communication gear.
  
  Consequently, the 1.18-million strong Army's quest for new rifles for its 382 infantry battalions was made a "Priority-1" project to address the neglect. But sources on Tuesday said the double-barrel foreign rifles on offer - with a 5.56x45mm primary barrel for conventional warfare and a 7.62x39mm secondary one for counter-terror operations - have "not been found robust enough" for the military operations envisaged when the global tender was floated in 2011.
  
  The project was to kick off with the direct acquisition of 65,000 rifles from the selected foreign vendor, at an estimated cost of around Rs 4,850 crore, to equip the 120 infantry battalions deployed on the western and eastern fronts. The Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) was to then subsequently manufacture over 1,13,000 such rifles after getting transfer of technology from the foreign company.
  
  "Though no final decision has yet been taken, the tender may have to be scrapped. There is a rethink about going in for double-barrel rifles. Other options are already been considered," said a source.
  
  One could be to get a foreign rifle company to shift some of its manufacturing facilities to India. Incidentally, foreign firms like Colt (US), Beretta (Italy), Sig Sauer (Europe), Ceska (Czech) and Israel Weapon Industries (IWI) participated in the trials for the double-barrel rifles.
  
  Conversely, the OFB could produce the new assault rifles with foreign collaboration. Weighing around 3.5-kg, the new rifle will need to have advanced night-vision devices, holographic reflex sights, laser designators, detachable under-barrel grenade launchers and the like.
  
  The Army has for long been keen to replace its 5.56mm indigenous INSAS (Indian small arms system) rifles that have suffered from technical bugs since their induction in 1994-95, as reported by TOI earlier.
  
  With an effective range of just 450-metre and weighing over 4.25-kg, INSAS rifles had replaced the even more cumbersome 7.62mm self-loading rifles. The Army also uses over one lakh AK-47s, known the world over for their sheer ruggedness and fail-safe nature, for counter-insurgency operations in J&K and northeast.

List Of Public Sector, RRBs, Private Sector & Foreign Banks With Headquarters

• Private Sector Banks

  S.No	Bank Name	Headquarters	Tagline/Slogan
  1	Catholic Syrian Bank	Thrissur	support all the way
  2	City Union Bank	Kumbakonam
  3	Dhanalakshmi Bank	Thrissur
  4	Federal Bank	Aluva, Kochi	Your Perfect Banking Partner
  5	ING Vysya Bank	Bangalore
  6	Jammu & Kashmir Bank	Srinagar	Serving to Empower
  7	Karnataka Bank	Mangalore	Your Family Bank Across India
  8	Karur Vysya Bank	Karur	Smart Way to Bank
  9	Lakshmi Vilas Bank	Karur
  10	Nainital Bank	Nainital
  11	Ratnakar Bank	Kolhapur
  12	South Indian Bank	Thrissur
  13	Tamilnad Mercantile Bank	Tuticorin	Be a step ahead of Life
  14	Axis Bank	Mumbai	Badhti Ka naam Zindagi
  15	Development Credit Bank	Mumbai
  16	HDFC Bank	Mumbai	We Understand your world
  17	ICICI Bank	Mumbai	Hum Hai Na, Khyal Apka
  18	IndusInd Bank	Mumbai
  19	Kotak Mahindra Bank	Mumbai
  20	Yes Bank	Mumbai	Experience our Expertise

  
  

  Foreign Banks

  S.No	Bank Name	Headquarters	Tagline/Slogan
  1	AB Bank Ltd	Mumbai
  2	ABN-AMRO Bank N.V	Amsterdam	Making more possible
  3	Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank Ltd	Abu Dhabi	Long Life Ambition
  4	American Express Banking Corp	New York
  5	Antwerp Diamond Bank NV	Antwerp
  6	BNP Paribas	Paris	The bank for a changing world
  7	Bank of America N.T. & S.A	Charlotte, North Carolina
  8	Bank of Bahrain & Kuwait B.S.C	Manama, Bahrain
  9	Bank of Ceylon	Colombo
  10	Bank of Nova Scotia	Toronto, Ontario
  11	Barclays Bank PLC	London
  12	Calyon Bank	Paris
  13	Chinatrust Commercial Bank	Taipei, Taiwan
  14	Citibank N.A	New York
  15	Deutsche Bank (Asia)	Frankfurt
  16	DBS Bank Ltd	Singapore	Living, Breathing Asia
  17	HSBC Ltd	London
  18	JPMorgan Chase Bank	New York
  19	JSC VTB Bank	Moscow
  20	Krung Thai Bank Public Co. Ltd	Bangkok
  21	Mashreq Bank PSC	Dubai
  22	Mizuho Corporate Bank Ltd	Tokyo
  23	Oman International Bank S.A.O.G
  24	Shinhan Bank	Seoul	The Bank of Pride
  25	Societe Generale	Paris	Building team spirit together
  26	Sonali Bank	Dhaka	Your Trusted Partner in Innovative Banking
  27	Standard Chartered Bank	London
  28	State Bank of Mauritius Ltd
  29	The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd	Tokyp
  30	UBS AG	Basel and Zürich	We Will Not Rest

  
  

  Regional Rural Banks

  S.No.	RRB’s	Sponsor Bank	State
  1	Allahabad UP Gramin Bank	Allahabad Bank	Uttar Pradesh
  2	Andhra Pradesh Grameena Vikas Bank	State Bank of India	Andhra Pradesh
  3	Andhra Pragathi Grameena Bank	Syndicate Bank	Andhra Pradesh
  4	Arunachal Pradesh Rural Bank	State Bank of India	Arunachal Pradesh
  5	Aryavart Gramin Bank	Bank of India	Uttar Pradesh
  6	Assam Gramin Vikash Bank	United Bank of India	Assam
  7	Baitanri Gramya Bank	Bank of India	Orissa
  8	Ballia Etawah Gramin Bank	Central Bank of India	Uttar Pradesh
  9	Bangiya Gramin Vikash Bank	United Bank of India	West Bengal
  10	Baroda Gujarat Gramin Bank	Bank of Baroda	Gujarat
  11	Baroda Rajasthan Gramin Bank	Bank of Baroda	Rajasthan
  12	Baroda UP Gramin Bank	Bank of Baroda	Uttar Pradesh
  13	Bihar Kshetriya Gramin Bank	UCO Bank	Bihar
  14	Cauvery Kalpatharu Grameena Bank	State Bank of Mysore	Karnataka
  15	Chaitanya Godavari Grameena Bank	Andhra Bank	Andhra Pradesh
  16	Chhatisgarh Gramin Bank	State Bank of India	Chhatisgarh
  17	Chikmagalur Kodagu Grameena Bank	Corporation Bank	Karnataka
  18	Deecan Grameena Bank	State Bank of Hyderabad	Andhra Pradesh
  19	Dena Gujarat Gramin Bank	Dena Bank	Gujarat
  20	Durg Rajnandgaon Gramin Bank	Dena Bank	Chhatisgarh
  21	Ellaquai Dehati Bank	State Bank of India	Jammu & Kashmir
  22	Gurgaon Gramin Bank	Syndicate Bank	Haryana
  23	Hadoti Kshetriya Gramin Bank	Central Bank of India	Rajasthan
  24	Haryana Gramin Bank	Punjab National Bank	Haryana
  25	Himachal Gramin Bank	Punjab National Bank	Himachal Pradesh
  26	J&K Grameen Bank	J&K Bank Ltd.	Jammu & Kashmir
  27	Jaipur Thar Gramin Bank	UCO Bank	Rajasthan
  28	Jhabua Dhar Kshetriya Gramin Bank	Bank of Baroda	Madhya Pradesh
  29	Jharkhand Gramin Bank	Bank of India	Jharkhand
  30	Kalinga Gramya Bank	UCO Bank	Orissa
  31	Karnataka Vikas Grameen Bank	Syndicate Bank	Karnataka
  32	Kashi Gomti Samyut Gramin Bank	Union Bank of India	Uttar Pradesh
  33	Krishna Grameena Bank	State Bank of India	Karnataka
  34	Kshetriya Kisan Gramin Bank	UP State Cooperative Bank	Uttar Pradesh
  35	Langpi Dehangi Rural Bank	State Bank of India	Assam
  36	Madhya Bharath Gramin Bank	State Bank of India	Madhya Pradesh
  37	Madhya Bihar Gramin Bank	Punjab National Bank	Bihar
  38	Mahakaushal Kshetriya Gramin Bank	UCO Bank	Madhya Pradesh
  39	Maharashtra Gramin Bank	Bank of Maharashtra	Maharashtra
  40	Malwa Gramin Bank	State Bank of Patiala	Punjab
  41	Manipur Rural Bank	United Bank of India	Manipur
  42	Meghalaya Rural Bank	State Bank of India	Meghalaya
  43	Mewar Anchalik Gramin Bank	Bank of Rajasthan	Rajasthan
  44	MGB Gramin Bank	State Bank of Bikaner and Jaip	uRajasthan
  45	Mizoram Rural Bank	State Bank of India	Mizoram
  46	Nagaland Rural Bank	State Bank of India	Nagaland
  47	Nainital Almora Kshetriya Bank	Bank of Baroda	Uttarakhand
  48	Narmada Malwa Gramin Bank	Bank of India	Madhya Pradesh
  49	Neelachal Gramya Bank	Indian Overseas Bank	Orissa
  50	North Malabar GraminBank	Syndicate Bank	Kerala
  51	Pallavan Grama Bank	Indian Bank	Tamil Nadu
  52	Pandyan Grama Bank	Indian Overseas Bank	Tamil Nadu
  53	Parvatiya Gramin Bank	State Bank of India	Haryana
  54	Paschim Banga Gramin Bank	UCO Bank	West Bengal
  55	Pragathi Gramin Bank	Canara Bank	Karnataka
  56	Prathma Bank	Syndicate Bank	Uttar Pradesh
  57	Puduvai Bharthiar Grama Bank	Indian Bank	Puducherry
  58	Punjab Gramin Bank	Punjab National Bank	Punjab
  59	Purvanchal Gramin Bank	State Bank of India	Uttar Pradesh
  60	Rajasthan Gramin Bank	Punjab National Bank	Rajasthan
  61	Rewa Sidhi  Gramin Bank	Union Bank of India	Madhya Pradesh
  62	Rushikulya Gramya Bank	Andhra Bank	Orissa
  63	Samastipur Kshetriya Gramin Bank	State Bank of India	Bihar
  64	Saptagiri Grameena Bank	Indian Bank	Andhra Pradesh
  65	Sarva UP Gramin Bank	Punjab National Bank	Uttar Pradesh
  66	Satpura Narmada Kshetriya Gramin Bank	Central Bank of India	Madhya Pradesh
  67	Saurashtra Gramin Bank	State Bank of Saurashtra	Gujarat
  68	Sharda Gramin Bank	Allahabad Bank	Madhya Pradesh
  69	Shreyas Gramin Bank	Canara Bank	Uttar Pradesh
  70	South Malabar Gramin Bank	Canara Bank	Kerala
  71	Surguja Kshetriya Gramin Bank	Central Bank of India	Chhatisgarh
  72	Sutlej Gramin Bank	Punjab and Sind Bank	Punjab
  73	Tripura Gramin Bank	United Bank of India	Tripura
  74	Utkal Gramya Bank	State Bank of India	Orissa
  75	Uttar Banga Kshetriya Gramin Bank	Central Bank of India	West Bengal
  76	Uttar Bihar Gramin Bank	Central Bank of India	Bihar
  77	Uttaranchal Gramin Bank	State Bank of India	Uttarakhand
  78	Vananchal Gramin Bank	State Bank of India	Jharkhand
  79	Vidharbha Kshetriya Gramin Bank	Central Bank of India	Maharashtra
  80	Vidisha Bhopal Kshetriya Gramin Bank	State Bank of Indore	Madhya Pradesh
  81	Visveshvaraya Grameena Bank	Vijaya Bank	Karnataka
  82	Wainganga Krishan Gramin Bank	Bank of India	Maharashtra

  Public Sector Banks

  S.NO	Bank Name	Headquarters	Tagline/Slogan
  1	Allahabad Bank	Kolkata	A tradition of trust
  2	Andhra Bank	Hyderabad	Much more to do. With YOU in focus
  3	Bank of Baroda	Vadodara	India’s International Bank
  4	Bank of India	Mumbai	Relationships beyond Banking
  5	Bank of Maharashtra	Pune	One Family One Bank
  6	Canara Bank	Bangalore	It’s easy to change for those who you love, Together we Can
  7	Central Bank of India	Mumbai	Build A Better Life Around Us, Central to you since 1911
  8	Corporation Bank	Mangalore	Prosperity for all
  9	Dena Bank	Mumbai	Trusted Family Bank
  10	Indian Bank	Chennai	Taking Banking Technology to Common Man, Your Tech-friendly bank
  11	Indian Overseas Bank	Chennai	Good people to grow with
  12	Oriental Bank of Commerce	New Delhi	Where every individual is committed
  13	Punjab National Bank	New Delhi	The Name you can Bank Upon
  14	Punjab & Sind Bank	New Delhi	Where series is a way of life
  15	Syndicate Bank	Manipal	Your Faithful And Friendly Financial Partner
  16	Union Bank of India	Mumbai	Good people to bank with
  17	United Bank of India	Kolkata	The Bank that begins with “U”
  18	UCO Bank	Kolkata	Honors Your Trust
  19	Vijaya Bank	Bangalore	A friend You can Bank Upon
  20	IDBI Bank Ltd	Mumbai	Banking for all; “ Aao Schein Bada”
  21	Bharatiya Mahila Bank	New Delhi	Empowering women, Empowering India
  State Bank Group
  1	State Bank of India	Mumbai	The Nation banks on us; Pure Banking Nothing Else; With you all the way
  2	State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur	Rajasthan
  3	State Bank of Patiala	Punjab	Blending Modernity with Tradition
  4	State Bank of Hyderabad	Hyderabad	You can always bank on us
  5	State Bank of Mysore	Bangalore	Working for a better tomorrow
  6	State Bank of Travancore	Thiruvananthapuram	A Long Tradition of Trust