{"id":87747,"date":"2026-02-14T12:43:47","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T07:13:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=87747"},"modified":"2026-02-14T15:39:33","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T10:09:33","slug":"lead-bank-scheme-lbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/lead-bank-scheme-lbs\/","title":{"rendered":"Lead Bank Scheme (LBS)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Lead Bank Scheme (LBS) Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) recently issued the draft circular on the revised guidelines for the Lead Bank Scheme (LBS) for public comments.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Lead Bank Scheme (LBS)<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>On the recommendations of the Nariman committee<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the LBS was <\/span><b>introduced by the <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/reserve-bank-of-india\/\" target=\"_blank\">Reserve Bank of India<\/a><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in December <\/span><b>1969<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Aim:<\/b> <b>Coordinating <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the <\/span><b>activities of banks and other developmental agencies<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in order to achieve the objective of <\/span><b>enhancing the flow of bank finance to the priority sector <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and other sectors and to <\/span><b>promote banks&#8217; role in the overall development of the rural sector<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For coordinating the activities in the district, a <\/span><b>particular bank<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is assigned \u2018<\/span><b>Lead Bank\u2019 responsibility of the district.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Lead Bank is expected to assume a leadership role for<\/span><b> coordinating the efforts of the credit institutions and the Government.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>For the preparation of District Credit Plans<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>monitoring their implementation,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a Lead bank Officer (LBO), now designated as <\/span><b>Lead District Manager was appointed<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in 1979.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/business\/rbi-lead-bank-scheme-revised-guidelines-effectiveness-district-level\/article70628666.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TH<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lead Bank Scheme (LBS) was introduced by the Reserve Bank of India in December 1969. 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