New Delhi: In another stinging attack on the Congress Prime Minister Narendra Modi lashed out at the Congress for alleged Phone based loan disbursal system to provide indiscriminate bank loans.
The entire country was kept in the dark and previous government had hidden the facts.
These are the big takeaways from PM’s speech:
“Just a few days after our government came to power, we realised that the Congress had left the nation’s economy on a landmine,” PM Modi said at the launch event in New Delhi. “Our government brought out the true picture of NPAs (Non-Performing Assests) and the scam of the previous government,” he added.
He also said that the IPPB’s services will be made operational at 650 branches and more than 1.5 lakh post offices which will be called “access points” by December 31. The move is likely to take banking services to India’s hinterlands, the IPPB said.
The IPPB’s launch got a shot in the arm from the government in the form of 80 per cent increase in funding to Rs. 1,435 crore earlier this week, which will help the state-run entity compete with big private players like Airtel Payments Bank and Paytm Payments Bank.
The products that IPPB will offer are: savings and current accounts, money transfer, direct benefit transfers, bill and utility payments, and enterprise and merchant payments, the new payments bank said in a statement.
People can use IPPB’s products and services via multiple channels such as counter services, ATMs, mobile banking app, SMS and IVR (interactive voice response).
According to analysts, the India Post Payments Bank’s strength is the fusion of its legacy workforce with modern technology. The department’s three lakh postmen and other associates will reinforce digital services with physical delivery of services.
The IPPB started operations in January last year with two experimental branches, one at Raipur in Chhattisgarh and the other at Ranchi in Jharkhand.
Deposits up to Rs. 1 lakh can be accepted by payments banks. Though they can’t give loans, they may offer third-party products. IPPB will work as an agent of Punjab National Bank.
Seventeen crore postal savings bank (PSB) accounts will be linked with India Post Payments Bank accounts, giving an edge over private players who have had to spend a lot to acquire customers.