Financial Services Department Secretary Vivek Joshi chaired a review meeting with top officials of private sector banks here on Tuesday on the progress of these employment-oriented schemes for the poor.

Joshi discussed in detail the progress made by private banks in deepening financial inclusion and urged them to increase their participation in financial inclusion schemes.

He called upon private banks to lay greater emphasis on serving the deprived sections of the society and meeting their banking needs.

Joshi gave a detailed presentation to highlight the features of the Jan Samarth portal, which presents information on credit-linked schemes of the government on a single platform. The platform improves customer experience and helps banks acquire customers.

Joshi stressed the importance of financial inclusion programs in providing basic financial services to the last person and also called upon banks to organize financial literacy camps so as to spread awareness among various sections of the society about various financial inclusion schemes including Jan Suraksha Schemes. Can go.