SBT celebrates women\'s day

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Womens Day celebrations were held at the head office of the State Bank of Travancore on Monday.

Inaugurating the function, A.K. Jaganathan, Managing Director, said that the bank had increased its advances to women entrepreneurs, which constituted 9.33 per cent of the total advances and came to Rs.3,286 crore. The benchmark fixed by the RBI was 5 per cent.