RBI/2007-2008/126A
UBD. PCB.Cir.No. 11/09.09.001/2007-08
August 30, 2007
To
The Chief Executive Officers of
All Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks
Dear Sir/ Madam,
Priority Sector Advances- List of Minority Concentrated Districts - UCBs
Please refer to our circular UBD.PCB.No.17/09.09.001/2006-07 dated October 17, 2006 on ‘Prime Minister’s 15 Point Programme for the Welfare of Minorities.’ In this connection we enclose a list of 121 Minority Concentrated Districts as identified by Government of India.
2. You may issue necessary instructions to your controlling offices, branch offices advising them to specially monitor the credit flow to minorities in these 121 districts thereby ensuring that the minority communities receive an equitable portion of the credit within the overall target of the priority sector. The above requirement should be kept in view for the purpose of earmarking of targets and location of development projects under the Prime Ministers New 15 Point Programme for the Welfare of the Minorities.
3. Please acknowledge receipt to the Regional Office concerned of RBI.
Yours faithfully,
(N. S. Vishwanathan)
Chief General Manager-in-Charge
State-wise List of Minority Concentrated Districts
|
Andamans |
|
Himachal Pradesh |
1. |
Nicobars |
36. |
Lahul and Spiti |
2. |
Andamans |
37. |
Kinnaur |
|
Andhra Pradesh |
|
Jammu and Kashmir |
3. |
Hyderabad |
38. |
Leh (Ladakh) |
|
Arunachal Pradesh |
|
Jharkhan |
4. |
Tawang |
39. |
Pakaur |
5. |
Changlang |
40. |
Sahibganj |
6. |
Tirap |
41. |
Gumla |
7. |
West Kameng |
42. |
Ranchi |
8. |
Param Pare |
|
Karnataka |
9. |
Lower Subansiri |
43. |
Dakshin Kannada |
10. |
East Kameng |
44. |
Bidar |
|
Assam |
45. |
Gulbarga |
11. |
Dhubri |
|
Kerala |
12. |
Goalpara |
46. |
Malappuram |
13. |
Barpeta |
47. |
Ernakulam |
14. |
Hailkandi |
48. |
Kottayam |
15. |
Karimganj |
49. |
Idukki |
16. |
Nagaon |
50. |
Wayanad |
17. |
Marigaon |
51. |
Pathanamthitta |
18. |
Darrang |
52. |
Kozhikode |
19. |
Bongaigaon |
53. |
Kasargode |
20. |
Cachar |
54. |
Thrissure |
21. |
Kokrajhar |
55. |
Kannur |
22. |
North Cachar Hills |
56. |
Kollam |
23. |
Kamrup |
57. |
Thiruvananthapuram |
|
Bihar |
58. |
Palkkad |
24. |
Kishanganj |
59. |
Alappuzha |
25. |
Kathiar |
|
Madhya Pradesh |
26. |
Araria |
60. |
Bhopal |
27. |
Purnia |
|
Maharashtra |
28. |
Sitamarhi |
61. |
Akola |
29. |
Darbhanga |
62. |
Mumbai |
30. |
Paschim Champaran |
63. |
Aurangabad |
|
Delhi |
64. |
Mumbai (suburban) |
31. |
Central |
65. |
Amaravati |
32. |
North East |
66. |
Buldhana |
|
Goa |
67. |
Parbhani |
33. |
South Goa |
68. |
Wasim |
|
Haryana |
69. |
Hingoli |
34. |
Gurgaon |
|
|
35. |
Sirsa |
|
|
|
Manipur |
95. |
Gaziabad |
70. |
Tamenglong |
96. |
Pilibhit |
71. |
Ukhrul |
97. |
Bareilli |
72. |
Churachandpur |
98. |
Siddharthanagar |
73. |
Chandel |
99. |
Shrawasti |
74. |
Senapati |
100. |
Jyotiba Phule Nagar |
75. |
Thoubal |
101. |
Baghpat |
|
Meghalaya |
102. |
Bulandshahar |
76. |
West Garo Hills |
103. |
Shahajahanpur |
|
Mizoram |
104. |
Budaun |
77. |
Lawngtlai |
105. |
Barabanki |
78. |
Mamit |
106. |
Kheri |
|
Orrisa |
107. |
Lucknow |
79. |
Gajapati |
|
Uttaranchal |
|
Ponddicheri |
108. |
Hardwar |
80. |
Mahe |
109. |
Udham Singh Nagar |
|
Rajasthan |
|
West Bengal |
81. |
Ganganagar |
110. |
Murshidabad |
|
Sikkim |
111. |
Maldah |
82. |
North |
112. |
Uttar Dinajpur |
83. |
South |
113. |
Birbhum |
84. |
East |
114. |
South 24- Parganas |
85. |
West |
115. |
Nadia |
|
Tamil Nadu |
116. |
Dakshin Dinajpur |
86. |
Kanyakumari |
117. |
Haorah |
|
Uttar Pradesh |
118. |
North 24-Paraganas |
87. |
Rampur |
119. |
Koch Bihar |
88. |
Bijnor |
120. |
Kolkata |
89. |
Moradabad |
121. |
Barddhaman |
90. |
Saharanpur |
|
|
91. |
Muzaffarnagar |
|
|
92. |
Meerut |
|
|
93. |
Baharaich |
|
|
94. |
Balarampur |
|
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