All Public Sector Banks in the country have now been instructed to run a special drive from October 2 to December 31, in a bid to fill up the backlog in the recruitment to positions reserved for members of Scheduled Castes, National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) chairperson Vijay Sampla said on Thursday.
Mr. Sampla said that after the commission had conducted a cursory review of six of the 12 PSBs in the country, it had found that the backlog in recruiting for these positions was a major issue and had shared these concerns with the Finance Ministry along with others related to the disbursement of government schemes and benefits meant for SCs.
“For the first time, a joint meeting was then held on September 27, where the Finance Minister and CMDs of the PSBs were also present along with representation from our Commission. The Minister took serious note of the concerns raised by the Commission and directed the banks to start addressing them as soon as possible,” Mr. Sampla said.
