With at least one member of every family in the state boasting of a bank account, Union minister of state for finance, Pawan Kumar Bansal, on Monday announced that Kerala has become a total banking state. | |
| The southern state becomes only the third in India to achieve the recognition. Goa and Himachal Pradesh had achieved this distinction earlier. |
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| The minister was in the capital to attend the 94th meeting of the State Level Bankers' Committee (SLBC). |
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| The meeting, which also reviewed the progress of the total financial inclusion campaign in the state, found that Kerala has successfully completed its efforts aimed at financial inclusion. |
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