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Uttar Pradesh Launches BC Sakhi Scheme to Extend Banking to Rural Areas
✍️ India Today
🗓 09 Oct 2026, 08:37 PM
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The Uttar Pradesh government has introduced the BC Sakhi Scheme to bring banking services to underserved rural areas, aiming to enhance financial inclusion.
The state government of Uttar Pradesh has rolled out the BC Sakhi Scheme, a new initiative designed to extend banking services into rural communities that have historically lacked easy access to financial institutions.
Under the scheme, the government plans to set up bank branches, automated teller machines (ATMs), and digital banking kiosks in villages across the state. These facilities will provide residents with convenient options for savings, deposits, withdrawals, and other routine banking transactions.
BC Sakhi is part of a broader push by the Uttar Pradesh administration to improve financial inclusion. By making banking services more accessible, officials hope to encourage savings, facilitate credit access, and support local economic development.
The launch of the scheme has been welcomed by rural stakeholders, who see it as a step toward greater financial security and empowerment for the state's many underserved populations.
Under the scheme, the government plans to set up bank branches, automated teller machines (ATMs), and digital banking kiosks in villages across the state. These facilities will provide residents with convenient options for savings, deposits, withdrawals, and other routine banking transactions.
BC Sakhi is part of a broader push by the Uttar Pradesh administration to improve financial inclusion. By making banking services more accessible, officials hope to encourage savings, facilitate credit access, and support local economic development.
The launch of the scheme has been welcomed by rural stakeholders, who see it as a step toward greater financial security and empowerment for the state's many underserved populations.