Sr.No.

Name of the Country

As on 31st March

1997

1998

1

Bahama

2

2

2

Bahrain

1

1

3

Bangladesh

1

*

1

4

Belgium

2

2

5

Cayman Island

1

1

6

Channel Island

1

1

7

Fiji

9

+

9

+

8

France

2

2

9

Guyana

1

1

10

Hongkong

7

7

11

Japan

4

4

12

Kenya

2

2

13

Maldive Island

1

1

14

Mauritius

7

@

7

@

15

Oman

3

3

16

Pakistan

-

$

-

$

17

Panama

1

-

18

Seychelles

1

1

19

Singapore

7

6

20

South Africa

-

2

21

South Korea

1

1

22

Sri Lanka

6

6

23

Thailand

1

1

24

United Arab Emirates

6

6

25

United Kingdom

21

21

26

United States of America

8

8

27

West Germany

1

1

Total

97

97

+

includes two mobile offices.

@

Includes one mobile office.

Notes

:

1.

The table does not include representative office opened by Indian Banks outside India.

2.

The table gives the position of branches of Indian Banks as on 31 March 1997-98 and excludes the following :

(a)

22 Offices in former East Pakistan before the formation of Bangladesh. The status of the properties of these offices, which were formerly vested with Custodian of Enemy Property, Pakistan, remains unchanged.

$

(b)

17 offices which were in Pakistan were taken over by that Government as enemy property in September, 1965.

3.

Non- Scheduled banks have no office outside the Indian Union.

4.

Subsquently, one branch each of SBI and U.C.O. in the U.K. were closed.

Source

:

Department of Banking Supervision.