In UP, app-based selection of banking correspondent Sakhis in final stages

The Uttar Pradesh authorities has acquired 2.17 lakh purposes for induction of 58,000 banking correspondent Sakhis (BC Sakhis) in Uttar Pradesh, officers mentioned.

The cell app-based recruitment course of for girls in rural India amid the Covid-19 pandemic is the primary initiative of its variety.

The division of rural improvement started the choice course of in June and shortly would start to conduct interviews on cell phones, mentioned Manoj Kumar Singh, further chief secretary, division of rural improvement, Uttar Pradesh.

The candidates made their purposes on the cell app and the division would interview the shortlisted candidates on the app itself.

Once appointed, BC Sakhis will take banking to the doorsteps of households of their respective villages.

“On May 21, the chief minister had announced a proposal for the induction of 58,000 banking correspondent Sakhis (BC Sakhis) for each of UP’s gram panchayats (GPs). BC Sakhis would become a one-stop solution for all banking services at the doorstep of the poor. This would be significant in the backdrop of 90,000 unresolved complaints with banks and would mean increased access to financial and banking services,” mentioned Singh.

Singh additionally mentioned: “As many as 82% of 2.17 lakh women applicants are in the age group of 18 to 32 years and 70% of the candidates already have access to smartphones — an important tool for executing their work on a day-to-day basis, once they get appointed.”

The authorities envisages channeling authorities companies (subsidies, entitlements, pensions and many others) and direct profit switch (DBT) payouts by these BC Sakhis within the villages, apart from taking on a spread of banking operations.

“Once selected, the Indian Institute of Banking & Finance will train the BC Sakhis before they begin working. They will also have uniforms designed by the National Institute of Fashion Technology,” mentioned Singh.

The UP authorities had launched a cell app for your complete recruitment course of — from utility to interviews and closing choice. Never earlier than has the federal government used such a way for statewide choice and appointment process in rural UP.

“BC Sakhis will be the pivot of the State Rural Livelihood Mission’s financial inclusion programmes in the rural area. They will also encourage digital transactions in villages,” mentioned Singh.

For the purposes, the candidates fed related particulars on the app, answered some questions there, uploaded paperwork, pictures and Aadhaar card photos.

Now, the division is shortlisting candidates for video interviews.

For appointment as BC Sakhi in a gram panchayat, the candidate should be the resident of the identical gram panchayat the place she would work. A member of a self-help group (SHG) in a village who was among the many first one to affix it and performed an important position within the working of SHG would get choice.

Once chosen, a Sakhi would get Rs 4,000 per thirty days as honorarium and one-time Rs 75,000 simple installment mortgage for tech {hardware} and set up.