Bank of Baroda goes live with PM-Vidyalaxmi Scheme
Bank of Baroda on Thursday announced that it has gone live with the new Pradhan Mantri Vidyalaxmi (PM-Vidyalaxmi) Scheme to provide financial support to meritorious students.
The PM-Vidyalaxmi Scheme is an initiative by the central government for students seeking financial assistance to pursue higher education and to ensure that financial constraints do not deprive the youth of India from pursuing quality higher education.
Applicants can digitally apply for an education loan under the PM-Vidyalaxmi Scheme from Bank of Baroda through the PM-Vidyalaxmi portal, the public sector lender said in a release.
The bank has 12 dedicated Education Loan Sanctioning Cells (ELSC) and 119 Retail Assets Processing Cells (RAPC), in addition to more than 8,300 branches, to cater to the needs of students from across the country.
Speaking on the occasion, Sanjay Mudaliar, executive director, Bank of Baroda, said the PM-Vidyalaxmi Scheme is a path-breaking initiative that seeks to provide financial support to deserving students and will ensure that quality education is accessible to all.
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«Further, the entire process is seamless, with end-to-end digital processing of education loans through the portal. At Bank of Baroda, we are delighted to be one of the first banks to have gone live with this scheme,» he said.
The PM-Vidyalaxmi Scheme is a special loan product that enables collateral-free, guarantor-free education loans, made accessible through an entirely digital application process.
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