Public sector lender, Andhra Bank announced opening of its 27th branch in Gujarat on Thursday. The Gita Mandir branch, opened under the Ahmedabad Zone was inaugurated by Pradipsinh Jadeja, Minister of State for Law and Justice, Government of Gujarat in the presence of G Malleshwara Rao, zonal manager - Ahmedabad Zone.
In his inaugural address the minister gave a call to the general public, and the local corporators to help the branch staff in opening of more accounts as part of the Jan Dhan Yojana so that benefits can be transferred to the account holders directly. Rao mentioned that the Bank, which has over 2200 branches nationally will open 100 more branches in the state by March 2016.