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Aryavart Bank

Regional Rural Bank in Uttar Pradesh, India

The Uttar Pradesh Gramin Bank (UPGB) is an Indian regional rural bank in Uttar Pradesh established on 1 May 2025. The bank was formed by the amalgamation of Aryavart Bank, Baroda UP Bank and Prathama UP Gramin Bank under The "One State, One RRB" policy of government. It currently has 4330 branches in rural areas of all 75 Districts of Uttar Pradesh.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

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The Uttar Pradesh Gramin Bank (UPGB) is an Indian regional rural bank in Uttar Pradesh established on 1 May 2025. The bank was formed by the amalgamation of Aryavart Bank, Baroda UP Bank and Prathama UP Gramin Bank under The "One State, One RRB" policy of government. It currently has 4330 branches in rural areas of all 75 Districts of Uttar Pradesh.2

The story

Aryavart Bank

Allahabad UP Gramin Bank and Gramin Bank of Aryavart were merged, and renamed as Aryavart Bank e.r.f 01.04.2019, under the sponsorship of Bank of India. The bank had 1365 branches and 22 regional offices at the time of amalgamation in 26 districts of Uttar Pradesh.

The Head Office of Aryavart Bank was located at A-2/46, Vijay Khand, Gomti Nagar, Lucknow, which later on 01.04.2025 relocated to its new premise; 2nd and 3rd floor, NBCC Commercial Complex, Vardan Khand, Gomti Nagar Extension, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, 226010. Shortly before the official merger date.

Baroda UP Bank

The RRBs were established in India under RRB Act 1976 [23(1)]. As per Govt of India notification no 3837 dated 26.11.2019, Baroda Uttar Pradesh Gramin Bank, Purvanchal Bank and Kashi Gomti Samyut Gramin Bank has been amalgamated to form Baroda U.P. Bank under the sponsorship of Bank of Baroda.

Prathama UP Gramin Bank

Prathama Bank and Sarva UP Gramin Bank merged with name Prathama UP Gramin Bank.The bank had 960 branches around 19 districts of Uttar Pradesh; it also had one branch in Haridwar District of Uttarakhand.The bank was sponsored by the Punjab National Bank.

Prathama Bank (lit. First Bank) was established in 1975 by Syndicate Bank. It was the first RRB in India.

From Wikipedia’s article on Aryavart Bank, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

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