Question : Bank Review Committee

(a) whether the Government has issued instructions for the Public Sector Banks (PSBs) to constitute District Level Review Committees (DLRC);
(b) if so, the details thereof along with the number of such districts in the country where the said Committee has not been constituted by the PSBs, bank, State/UT-wise including Jharkhand;
(c) whether the Government proposes to take action against such banks who have not constituted the DLRC and not conveyed the sitting of DLRC; and
(d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons there for?

The Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance


(a) Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has issued circular on 4.8.1983 to initiate “Constitution of the District Level Review Committees (DLRC)”.

(b) The DLRC meetings are convened by the lead banks at least once in a quarter. The state wise details of DLRC meetings held during the quarter ended on 31.12.2016 is at Annex I.

(c) to (d) RBI is following up with its Regional Offices to ensure that DLRC meetings are convened every quarter.

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Annex
Details of DLRC meetings held during quarter ended December 31, 2016 – Analysis
S. No. State No of Districts No of meetings held No of Meetings attended by public representatives
1 Andaman & Nicobar 3 1 0
2 Andhra Pradesh 13 10 12
3 Arunachal Pradesh 17 4 0
4 Assam 27 20 0
5 Bihar 38 39 10
6 Chandigarh 1 1 0
7 Chhattisgarh 27 14 0
8 Dadra Nagar Haveli 1 0 0
9 Daman & Diu 2 2 0
10 Delhi 11 0 0
11 Goa 2 2 3
12 Gujarat 33 30 4
13 Haryana 21 21 0
14 Himachal Pradesh 12 12 2
15 Jammu & Kashmir 22 21 2
16 Jharkhand 24 21 2
17 Karnataka 30 25 3
18 Kerala 14 12 12
19 Lakshadweep 1 0 0
20 Madhya Pradesh 51 50 0
21 Maharashtra 36 35 2
22 Manipur 9 1 0
23 Meghalaya 11 10 0
24 Mizoram 8 0 0
25 Nagaland 11 6 0
26 Odisha 30 28 1
27 Puducherry 1 0 0
28 Punjab 22 22 1
29 Rajasthan 33 32 2
30 Sikkim 4 0 0
31 Tamil Nadu 32 31 0
32 Telangana 10 3 0
33 Tripura 8 8 2
34 Uttar Pradesh 75 30 0
35 Uttarakhand 13 13 0
36 West Bengal 20 8 0
Total 673 512 58