Formation of seven new districts in the State of Gujarat – Assignment of Lead Bank Responsibility

Gujarat has added seven new districts in August 2013. The districts came into existence vide:  The Gujarat Government Gazette Notification No. GHM/2013/69 to 75 /M/PFR/102013/139/L.I dated August 13, 2013 had notified the formation of seven new districts in the State of Gujarat.

The total number of districts in Gujarat including the new districts is now 33. The creation of the new districts was a Poll promise made by Shri Narendra Modi. The original internal dead-line for the creation of the new districts was January 26. However, due to unforeseen circumstances the date was shifted to August 15^th.

Reserve Bank of India has been decided to assign the lead bank responsibility of the seven new districts as detailed below:-

 

Sr.No	New District	Carved out of	Lead Bank	District Code
01	Arvalli	Sabarkantha	Dena Bank	370
02	Botad	Ahmedabad and Bhavnagar	Dena Bank	371
03	Chhotaudepur	Vadodara	Bank of Baroda	372
04	Devbhumi Dwarka	Jamnagar	Dena Bank	373
05	Gir Somnath	Junagadh	State Bank of India	374
06	Mahisagar	Kheda and Panchmahal	Bank of Baroda	375
07	Morbi	Rajkot Jamnagar Surendranagar	State Bank of India	376

 

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