Award for KVGB insurance effort

Dharwad-headquartered Karnataka Vikas Grameena Bank has bagged four awards for inclusive insurance for 2016 from Skoch Group. A Bank press release said S Ravindran, chairman, received the award from Sameer Kochhar, chairman of Skoch Group, in Hyderabad. The bank, which operates in nine districts of Karnataka covering 57 taluks, has brought 28 lakh people under Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojna, PM Suraksha Bima Yojna and PM Jan Dhan Yojna.