People’s Bank ‘Jaya Sri 2012’ draw unveiled with prizes galore

The People’s Bank ‘Jaya Sri 2012’ draw was unveiled on 1 February with a view of presenting everyone an opportunity to grab the prizes they always wanted.

To mark the opening of this programme, a special ceremony was held on 1 February at the Headquarters Branch under the patronage of People’s Bank CEO and General Manager N. Vasantha Kumar.  He highlighted the need to raise the savings level of the country to facilitate the economic development on the march towards becoming the wonder of Asia.

The Deputy General Manager (Retail Banking) Renuka Jayasinghe presented the overview of the ‘Jaya Sri 2012’ campaign at this ceremony. Any person having a rupee savings or current account at People’s Bank (except minor accounts) will be eligible for the Jaya Sri 2012 Draw. The draw will be conducted under two categories. Namely, the ‘Jaya Sri 2012 Monthly Draw’ and the ‘Jaya Sri 2012 Annual Grand Draw’. At the monthly draw, over 1,060 prizes will be awarded with a minimum of three each per branch.

 You can choose either a Micro Panda car or a Tafe tractor as the first prize every month. As the second prize and with a view of gifting two prizes to each region in the country, 48 nos. of 24” LED TVs and as consolation prizes, 1,020 nos. of mixture grinders will be gifted.

At the ‘Annual Grand Draw’ three lucky winners will be gifted with brand new Honda Civic motor car each. Each vehicle is valued at Rs. 6.5 m and is yet to be introduced to the local market. Special mention should be made of the fact that these vehicles are entering the Sri Lanka motor vehicle market with the launch of ‘Jaya Sri 2012’.

To be eligible for the ‘Jaya Sri 2012’ monthly draw, you have to maintain a minimum balance of Rs. 10,000 or multiples of Rs. 10,000 from the first day to the last day of any month. For every additional Rs. 10,000 maintained you receive one winning chance each at the draw.

For example, if you have maintained Rs. 50,000, you will receive five winning chances. To be eligible for the Annual Grand Draw, you should maintain a monthly balance of Rs. 50,000 or multiples of that amount for a full calendar month including the month of December 2012. For example, if you have maintained a monthly balance of Rs. 500,000 in your account, you will receive 10 winning chances.Customers who maintain higher balances will get additional winning chances in the ‘Jaya Sri 2012’ draw.

 It offers more winning chances to more customers to win valuable prizes instead of offering one luxurious prize for one customer. The People’s Bank ‘Jaya Sri 2012’ draw will go down in the local banking history as the draw that offered the highest amount of prizes. At the ceremony of unveiling the ‘Jaya Sri 2012’ draw, the customers, corporate and executive management of People’s Bank, representatives of all trade unions and staff members were present. As part of the launch of the ‘Jaya Sri 2012’ campaign, the deposits of few customers were accepted by the CEO/General Manager of the People’s Bank.