41,177 vacancies in public sector banks: Government – Times of India

New Delhi: As the Union Finance Minister, 41,177 posts or 5 per cent of the total sanctioned posts were vacant in public sector banks. Nirmala Sitharaman Said on Monday. There are more than 8,05,986 sanctioned posts in Public Sector Banks (PSBs). between banks, State Bank of India According to official data (SBI), the maximum number of 8,544 posts were vacant.
for a question in Lok Sabha When asked whether the government is aware of the fact that there is acute shortage of staff in public sector banks due to which they are unable to perform their duties properly, the minister replied in the negative.
Citing inputs received from PSBs, the minister said that as on December 1 this year, 95 per cent of the employees are in position against the sanctioned strength, adding that a small proportion of vacancies are largely attributable to retirement and other reasons. Is. common factor.
“As on 1.12.2021, there are 8,05,986 sanctioned posts and 41,177 vacancies in public sector banks,” Sitharaman said in a written reply.
The posts are spread across three categories – Officer, Clerk and Sub-Staff. There are 12 PSBs.
While there were 8,544 vacancies in SBI, the number Punjab National Bank was at 6,743. Central Bank of India had 6,295 vacancies, followed by Indian Overseas Bank with 5,112 and Bank of India 4,848.
There were 3,423 vacancies for officers in SBI and 5,121 at clerk level.
Sitharaman also said that barring one post in Punjab & Sind Bank in 2016, no post/vacancy has been abolished in PSBs during the last six years.
He said that banks recruit employees to fill vacancies as per their requirement.
Other PSBs are Bank of Baroda, Bank of Maharashtra, Canara Bank, Indian Bank, Punjab & Sind Bank, UCO Bank and. Union Bank of India, according to the data.
Before the Question Hour began, the Lok Sabha paid tributes to nine people, including eight security personnel, who were killed in the 2001 Parliament attack by terrorists.
The members stood in silence for a while as a mark of respect to the departed souls.
As soon as the proceedings of the House began, Speaker Om Birla referred to the security personnel and an employee killed in the attack and stressed that the resolve to fight terrorism would be further strengthened.
Eight security personnel and staff were killed in the attack on 13 December 2001. All the five terrorists involved in the attack were also killed.

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