Immediate Payment Service (IMPS)
welcomed Mehsana Urban Co-operative Bank
into its fold on March 21, 2013
The bank was established on 23rd October,
1983, registered under Co Operative Society Act, 1961. The Bank started with
one branch at Mehsana and today it has 25 branches plus one extension counter. The Bank was given status of Scheduled Bank by
Reserve Bank of India in the year 2000.
At present The Bank is providing better
customer service through its 25 & one extension counters at Ganpat
University, Kherva and Branches at various centers in the state of Gujarat.
IMPS will increase the reach of the bank
customers, and sitting in their homes, they can receive and send funds to their
loved ones all over India.
The Service Area Plan of Mehsana
district can be viewed here.
Mehsaji Chavda, a Rajput and a heir
of Chawda dynasty, established Mehsana. Gaekwads conquered Vadodara and
established Patan as the administrative head quarter of North Gujarat. Later it
was moved to Kadi and subsequently to Mehsana in 1902. They merged it with
India after independence in 1947. It was included in Bombay state. Later became
part of Gujarat in 1960 after divison of Bombay state into Gujarat and
Maharashtra. At present, Mehsana is a
separate district in north Gujarat.
One of the main attractions of Mehsana, is its local Mehsani breed of
buffalos.
Oil
& Natural Gas (ONGC) came into Mehsana in 1967, and the Mehsana fields are one of the highest
onshore-producing asset of the ONGC. Kendriya
Vidyalaya ONGC Mehsana was established in the year 1980 under the project
sector of ONGC.
