patna banks will pay more attention to providing education loans to students for pursuing higher education said state bank of india sbi managing director parveen kumar gupta on friday addressing a presser at the sbi headquarters here gupta talked about a web portal vidya lakshmi for education loans under the guidance of ministry of finance ministry of human resource development and indian banks associationlaunched under the pradhan mantri vidyalakshmi karyakram the portal is expected to provide students a single window electronic platform for scholarships and education loansincidentally cm nitish kumar at the state level bankers committee slbc meet on thursday said the state government had been trying its best to financial support through student credit card scheme for students to pursue higher education he suggested that the banks should simplify provisions for sanctioning education loansthe state government targeted more than 50000 students in 201819 for providing education loan but only 13901 students availed the facility nitish had saidin the backdrop of the cms statement gupta said we will pay attention to improving loan sanction schemes pertaining to agriculture loans number of accounts that have enabled internet banking corporate social responsibility csr and different other government schemes special attention will be paid to implementing more schemes for senior citizens and improving customer service in all brancheshe further said under kisan credit card scheme for farmers the department of dairy and fisheries will also be included for providing aid to the 76 of the state population living in rural areasas to the unavailability of money in atms of various banks and the shortage of staff in different branches gupta said local offices are looking for relocation of staff the problem of cash in atms will also be resolvedbank donates rs 1crore to cm relief fund a team of senior officials of the state bank of india sbi led by its managing director praveen kumar gupta called on cm nitish kumar and donated rs1 crore to the cm relief fundthe sbi officials presented a cheque for rs1 crore to the cm bihar assembly speaker vijay kumar chaudhary was also present on the occasion the cm thanked the sbi for the contribution and appreciated the bank for it social initiative other sbi officials present on the occasion were its chief general manager mahesh goyal assistant general manager pr m k singh and assistant general manger slbc r k das