OREANDA-NEWS. April 8, 2011. With a view to including the rural inhabitants in unbanked villages into the folds of banking, Shri R.K.Bansal, Executive Director, IDBI Bank Ltd. launched the Financial Inclusion Programme in Badud and Baswan villages in West Nimar district of Madhya Pradesh.

Speaking on the occasion, Shri Bansal said that "the launch of financial inclusion programme in the allotted villages is a step towards bringing the economic growth of the village at par with national growth and hence all household should open an account with IDBI Bank".

IDBI Bank has set up a separate Department to implement the Financial Inclusion plan as envisaged by the RBI and GoI.

IDBI Bank Ltd. is a universal bank that rides on a cutting edge core banking Information Technology platform. This enables the Bank to offer personalized banking and financial solutions to its clients through its 813 branches and 1367 ATMs. The Bank has an aggregate balance sheet size of Rs. 2,21,098 Crore as on December 31, 2010. IDBI Bank's operations during the nine month ended December 31, 2010 resulted in a net profit of Rs.1134 crore.