RBI/2025-26/264 FIDD.CO.LBS.BC.No.14/02.08.001/2025-26 March 30, 2026 The Chairman / Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer Lead Banks Concerned Madam/ Dear Sir, Formation of new district in the State of Goa – Assignment of Lead Bank Responsibility The Government of Goa has notified formation of new district, viz., Kushavati in the state of Goa vide Gazette Notification No. 16/29/1/2023-Rev-I/3259 dated December 31, 2025. Accordingly, it has been decided to designate the Lead Bank of the new district as below: Sr No | Newly Created District | Lead Bank Responsibility assigned to | District Working Code allotted to new district | | 1 | Kushavati | State Bank of India | 02W (to be read as ‘Numeral Zero, Numeral Two and Alphabet W’) | 2. There is no change in the Lead Banks of the other districts in the state of Goa. Yours faithfully, (Nisha Nambiar) Chief General Manager-in-Charge | |