The government of India has announced that regional rural banks (RRBs) would be adding more than 3100 branches to their kitty in the period of coming 2 years from now.

According to Minister of State for Finance, Mr Namo Narain Meena, as many as 1297 branches would come into shape in 2012 and 1845 in the year next to it.

Presently there are 82 RRBs operational in India with a total branch count of 16001.