SIKKIM STATE CO-OPERATIVE BANK LTD.

The Sikkim State Cooperative Bank Ltd. (SISCO) under RBI licence is the first of its kind to be registered in the State. Primarily, the Bank was setup in 1999 with the objective to serve as a balancing centre for all cooperative societies in the state and to raise deposits and share capital for giving loans to member cooperatives and other individuals for viable projects and schemes in farm and non-farm sectors.

At the close of the 2003-04 financial year the bank has a total paid-up capital of Rs. 935.50 lakhs of which state government equity share participation is Rs. 893.50 lakhs. The Bank has 634 member cooperative societies including individual members enrolled especially for facilitating term loans etc. Besides deposit mobilization, the bank is also implementing Kishan Credit Card Scheme and Crop Insurance Scheme extensively. The Board of Directors of the Bank consists of 14 members of which four are nominated by Govt. including Chairman, seven from primary cooperatives including one woman member, two elected from individual shareholder members and the Managing Director.

Presently, the Bank has 4 (four) branches at district head quarters viz; Namchi, Gyalshing and Mangan. The Head Office and east district branch is at Gangtok. The Bank which has obtained RBI Banking Licence has opened branch offices on RBI approval. As approved by RBI efforts for opening two more branches one each at Jorethang and Singtam is under active consideration.

SISCO Bank Ltd. was adjudged best by the NABARD in banking performance in the year 2000-01 and was also recipient of NAFSCOB award for banking performance, 2001-02.
 
 
The table shows the financial status of SISCO Bank Ltd
 

Sl. No

  Particulars

Units

2002-03

2003-04

2004-05

2005-06

1

 Total Membership :

(i)

 Individuals

No.

303

354

594

1370

(ii)

 Coop. Societies

 “

263

279

363

311

2

 Total Paid up Capital

Rs. in lakhs

891.31

935.50

941.31

967.59

(i)

 Of which State Govt.

855.00

893.50

893.50

903.50

3

 Reserves

156.24

156.52

227

291.47

4

 Working Capital

2296

2315

2936

3488.74

5

 Deposits

1071

1223

1542

1817.28

6

 Loan Advances :

 

(i)

 Short Term

13.82

16.49

37.51

96.74

(ii)

 Medium Term

41.57

29.64

264.34

264.15

(iii)

 Recovery

25.24

16.13

66.27

106.82

7

 Profit/Loss

23.63(NP)

69.66(NP)

80.22(NP)

86.85 (NP)

 
GRAPH SHOWING WORKING CAPITAL AND DEPOSIT OF THE SIKKIM STATE COOPERATIVE BANK LTD.,GANGTOK.
 

 
GRAPH SHOWING LOAN ADVANCES AND RECOVERY OF THE STATE CO-OPERATIVE BANK LTD.