STATE TIMES NEWS
SRINAGAR: J&K Bank approached Maharashtra Government for allocation of land in Mumbai for constructing an accommodation for the cancer patients under its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative.
The proposed initiative is to mitigate the hardships of economically deprived patients of the J and K State in particular and other parts of the country in general travelling to the Tata Memorial Hospital for specialised treatment.
The proposal was conveyed to the Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis by the J&K Bank Chairman and CEO Parvez Ahmed. The Chairman had called upon the Chief Minister to apprise him about the operations of the Bank in Maharashtra especially the country’s financial capital Mumbai.
The Maharashtra Chief Minister assured the J&K Bank Chairman of exploring the possibility of allocating land for the benevolent CSR project of the bank in consultation with the Government of Jammu and Kashmir.
During the meeting, Parvez highlighted that JK Bank has strategically chosen the city as Headquarters for its Treasury Business and Regional Administrative Office to control its business operations in five states of Maharashtra, Goa, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh. The bank, he said, was handling sizable investments in Mumbai region and was keen to expand its footprint in the region and requested for empanelment of the J&K Bank for handling the government business which was one of its core strength as it was handling the government business for J and K State over the last seven decades. Parvez further informed the Chief Minister that J&K Bank was actively involved in facilitating the pilgrims all across the country to visit the famous Shrines of Shri Amarnath in Kashmir and Mata Vaishno Devi in Jammu by extending registration and other facilities through its business units.
The Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis while commending the role of the J&K Bank for economic and social development of J&K State assured of the necessary support to the bank for expansion of its operations in Maharashtra and development of Government Business. He advised the chairman to ensure active participation of the Bank in various upcoming viable infrastructure projects both in public and private sector in Mumbai.
