PSBs had over 41,000 vacant positions as on December 1: FM in Parliament

There were 41,177 vacant positions successful the 12 nationalist assemblage banks (PSBs) arsenic connected December 1, arsenic against 8.06 lakh sanctioned posts, concern curate Nirmala Sitharaman said successful effect to a member’s question successful Lok Sabha.

In her statement, Sitharaman said that arsenic per inputs received from PSBs, arsenic connected December 1, 2021, 95% unit is successful presumption against the sanctioned unit strength. “The tiny proportionality of vacancies is substantially attributable to attrition connected relationship of superannuation and different accustomed factors,” she said, adding, “No post/vacancy has been abolished during past six years successful each Public Sector Banks but 1 (01) station successful Punjab & Sind Bank successful 2016. Banks undertake unit recruitment to capable vacancies connected ongoing ground arsenic per their requirement.”

State Bank of India (SBI), the largest PSB, had 8,544 vacant posts, with 3,448 of them astatine the serviceman level and 1,400 astatine the sub-staff level. The fig of sanctioned posts astatine the slope was 2.47 lakh. Punjab National Bank (PNB) and Central Bank of India followed, with 6,743 and 6,295 vacant posts respectively.

While SBI and PNB are 2 of the largest PSBs, Central Bank is the lone lender which remains nether the punctual corrective enactment (PCA) model of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), which places maturation restrictions for a troubled slope to get backmost to health. Kolkata-based UCO Bank, which exited PCA successful September this year, besides had a ample fig of vacancies — 3,727 — arsenic against a sanctioned unit spot of 25,280.