Some of these measures include the creation of State Bank of India in 1955; nationalisation of commercial banks in 1969 and 1980; initiating the Lead Bank Scheme in 1970; establishing regional rural banks (RRBs) in 1975; introducing a Self-help Group (SHG)-Bank Linkage Programme in 1992 and formulating the Kisan Credit Card scheme in 2001.
Without you, it would be much harder to do so. Endnotes [*]  Thanks to Sharon Lai for her assistance in preparing this talk. [1]  See RBA (2014).