Andhra Bank took over the Convenorship of SLBC from State Bank of India in 1984 and since then 176 SLBC meetings were organized by the bank in the State besides several meetings of the  Standing/Steering Committee.

President	Sri B.A.Prabhakar, Chairman & Managing Director, Andhra Bank.	Executive Directors of Andhra Bank
		Sri K.K.Misra, Executive Director, Andhra Bank.	Sri A.A.Taj, Executive Director, Andhra Bank.
Convenor	Sri B.Narendranatha Reddy, General Manager, Andhra Bank.
Phone Nos:040-2325 2270(Dir); 2321 1220(Dir); 2325 2273(PS);2323 4583(Fax)
Next Official to be contacted: Sri V.B.Bhagavathi, Dy.General Manager, Andhra Bank Phone Nos: 040-2325 2385 (Dir); 2323 4615 (Dir)

Lead Bank Responsibility
Lead Districts:
Andhra Bank:
1. Guntur 2. West Godavari 3. East Godavari 4.Srikakulam.
State Bank of India:
1. Vizianagaram 2. Visakhapatnam 3. Medak 4.Mahaboobnagar 5.Warangal.
State Bank of Hyderabad:
1. Ranga Reddy 2. Nalgonda 3. Nizamabad 4.Khammam 5.Karimnagar 6.Adilabad 7.Hyderabad.
Syndicate Bank:
1. Prakasam 2. Nellore 3. Kurnool 4.Ananthapur 5.Cuddapah.
Indian Bank:
1. Chittoor 2. Krishna.
In all the districts, District Credit Plans for the year 2011-12 were launched, as per time schedule.
Constitution of SLBC
The State Level Bankers' Committee (SLBC) was constituted in AP State to act as a consultative and coordination body of all financial institutions operating in the State. The committee is expected to discuss issues, consider alternative solutions to the various problems in the field of banking development and evolve a consensus for coordinated action by the member institutions. Andhra Bank took over the Convenorship of SLBC from State Bank of India in 1984 and since then 176 SLBC meetings were organized by Andhra bank in the State besides several meetings of the Steering committee.
Organizational Structure
The SLBC comprises of representatives of all Commercial Banks and Chairmen of Regional Rural Banks operating in the state. Representatives of the state Cooperative banks, Reserve Bank of India , NABARD shall also be invited to attend the meetings of the committee. The level of participation is the Zonal/Regional heads of banks stationed at the state headquarters, for expeditious decision-making. The Chairmen of RRBs will represent the Regional Rural Banks. Banks having less than 5 branches in the State could however be represented by the Branch Manager of the State head quarter's branch and shall act as the State coordinator.
Steering Committee
The Steering Committee has been constituted by the SLBC when the membership of the SLBC is too large to permit effective deliberations for decision-making. The Steering Committee will be constituted with 10 or more major Commercial banks and Cooperative banks, to discuss problems and to evolve a course of action for adoption by the SLBC. The committee shall entrust any specific problem to be studied in depth, to a "Study Group' comprising of representatives of Banks having greater expertise at their common. The Study Group shall outline the course of action to such specific problem.
Activities of SLBC of A.P.

• The SLBC shall take up such issues as have been raised by member banks or state Govt. authorities and resolve them.
• The SLBC shall analyse the deposits and advances of banks and review the credit deployment position for improving it wherever, it is unsatisfactory.
• The SLBC shall serve as a focal point of the banking system for securing better liaison with the state governments authorities. The SLBC shall liaise with the Secretary (Institutional finance) of the State for contact in the matters relating to the implementation of Lead Bank Scheme.
• The SLBC shall serve as the clearing house in respect of inter institutional coordination problems remaining unresolved at the level of district consultative committee.
• SLBC shall consolidate all the District Credit Plans and prepare State Credit Plan and launch.
• The SLBC shall regularly examine the Dist Credit Plans and its implementation and ensure appropriate follow up action to see that the plan implementation is in accordance with the time schedule envisaged.
• The SLBC shall become a very useful forum for reviewing the flow of credit to sponsored schemes of both central and state governments and allocate shares to banks.
• SLBC shall regularly review the progress made under various Government sponsored programmes of poverty alleviation and monitor it's progress through Lead District Managers stationed at the District Head quarters.
• SLBC shall coordinate various meetings in connection with Bankers in the State.
• SLBC maintains liaison with various Government departments on behalf of Banks in the State and represent problems of the member Banks to the Government for solution.

Periodicity of the meetings
The SLBC shall meet as often as necessary keeping in view the business on hand and the frequency in no case be less than once in every quarter. The Steering Committee shall meet more often than the main Committee.
Attendance at Meetings
The nominated representatives of banks shall attend the meetings. If for any unavoidable reason a nominated representative of bank cannot be present at any particular meting he should nominate his next in command to attend the meeting, after duly briefing him about the banks views on various items of agenda for that meeting. Issues for consideration of the House should not get postponed for want of attendance of the representatives of banks.
Proceedings
The SLBC Cell shall draw the record of discussions and decision and circulate the same to all members for follow up action. Each bank is expected to initiate follow up action on the consensus, if any, arrived at the meetings of the Committee. The member banks shall implement the recommendations of the committee. In case the member Banks do not implement the decisions, the SLBC shall take up the matter at the Head office level.