KARIMNAGAR, FEBRUARY 12, 2026: As part of the ongoing Financial Literacy Week being organised by the Reserve Bank of India from February 9 onwards, the Lead District Manager has organised a walkathon in the Gangadhara mandal headquarters in Karimnagar district on Thursday morning.
Following the guidelines of the Reserve Bank of India, the LDM led by Anjaneyulu has launched a week-long Financial Literacy Week (FLW) celebration from February 9 (Monday) on the theme KYC – Your First Step to Safe Banking. Accordingly, the LDM had been organising various programmes to educate the customers about the importance of KYC.
Accordingly, the walkathon was formally flagged off by the RBI general manager from Hyderabad, Gnana Suprabhath, along with KDCCB CEO N Satyanarayana Rao, on Thursday. DRDO project director V Sridhar, SBI regional manager Venkatesh, Gangadhara MPDO Ramu, Sarpanch Bhaskar, managers and staff from SBI, KDCCB, bank FLC counsellors, PACS former chairman Kurikyala Tirumal Rao, former sarpanch Anjaneyulu and others were also present.
On this occasion, the speakers educated the customers about the importance and ease of KYC compliance, the benefits of Central KYC and precautions against fraudulent KYC-related calls, messages and links. The campaign is also aimed at cautioning the public against becoming money mules.
The RBI general said every bank customer is advised to keep their KYC details updated. He explained the importance of timely KYC submission and the necessary documents required, and the benefits of updating them to bank accounts.
He informed the public that the name, address, and date of birth should be the same across Aadhaar, PAN, and bank accounts. He also suggested linking the mobile number with Aadhaar.
Customers can easily know their CKYC number by giving a missed call to 7799022129 from their registered mobile number.
Along with banks, stakeholders will organise awareness and outreach programmes across the country during the week. Stakeholders have been urged to actively support and disseminate the campaign messages to promote a secure financial ecosystem.
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