Chhota Udepur, Oct. 12 -- Digital banking services are becoming more accessible to tribal communities in Gujarat's Chhota Udepur district, where a local Bank Sakhi is helping residents carry out financial transactions closer to home, reducing the need to travel to distant bank branches.

In Morkhala village, Sushmaben Shantilal Rathwa has been operating a Banking Correspondent (BC) Point from her home for the past two years, providing services such as cash deposits, withdrawals, and Know Your Customer (KYC) procedures to residents of the village and surrounding areas.

"I started this work just two years ago by setting up a BC Point. People from the surrounding villages use this facility to access banking services. Earlier, they had to st...