All public sector banks will begin a special drive from October 2 for filling up backlog vacancies reserved for Scheduled Castes, National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) Chairman Vijay Sampla said on Thursday.
The decision comes after a review meeting, jointly chaired by the NCSC chairman and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, was held on the performance of public sector banks (PSBs) on credit and other welfare schemes for Scheduled Castes (SCs).
Mr. Sampla said he, along with the Finance Minister, reviewed the various measures taken by PSBs in giving credit to persons belonging to Scheduled Castes and their welfare in terms of reservation, backlog vacancies, functioning of welfare and grievance redressal mechanism, and other issues.
