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Formation of new districts in the State of Tamil Nadu – Assignment of Lead Bank Responsibility

RBI/2019-20/168
FIDD.CO.LBS.BC.No.18/02.08.001/2019-20

February 28, 2020

The Chairmen / Managing Directors & Chief Executive Officers
All Lead Banks

Madam/ Dear Sir,

Formation of new districts in the State of Tamil Nadu –
Assignment of Lead Bank Responsibility

The Government of Tamil Nadu vide Gazette Notifications G.O. Ms. No.425, 427, 429 and 431 dated November 12, 2019 had notified the formation of five new districts in the State of Tamil Nadu. It has been decided to assign the lead bank responsibility of the new districts as under:

Sr NoNewly Carved DistrictErstwhile DistrictRevenue Divisions under newly created DistrictLead Bank Responsibility assigned toDistrict Working Code allotted to new district
1KallakurichiViluppuramKallakurichi and TirukoilurIndian Bank00H
2TenkasiTirunelveliTenkasi and Sankarankovil (New)Indian Overseas Bank00I
3ChengalpattuKancheepuramChengalpattu, Maduranthagam and TambaramIndian Bank00J
4TirupathurVelloreTirupathur and Vaniyambadi (New)Indian Bank00K
5RanipetRanipet and Arakkonam (New)Indian Bank00L

2. Further, the District Working Codes of the new districts have also been allotted for the purpose of BSR reporting by banks.

3. There is no change in the lead bank responsibilities of the erstwhile districts and of other districts in the State of Tamil Nadu.

Yours faithfully,

(Gautam Prasad Borah)
Chief General Manager-in-Charge