Lok Sabha Question No. 195 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-15
Subject: Merger of Associate Banks with SBI
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: P.K.SREEMATHI TEACHER, M. B. RAJESH

## GOVERNMENT  OF INDIA MINISTRY  OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT  OF FINANCIAL SERVICES

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.195

TO BE ANSWERED  ON THE 15 TH  December  2017/ Agrahayana  24, 1939 (SAKA)

## Merger of Associate Banks with  SBI

## 195.    SHRIMATI P.K.  SREEMATHI  TEACHER: SHRI  M.B. RAJESH:

Will  the Minister  of FINANCE  be pleased to state:

- (a) the  total   number   of  branches   closed  in  accordance   with   the  merger   of  four associate banks  with  State Bank of  India (SBI);
- (b) the details  of closed branches  in the country  State/UT-wise  including  Kerala in line  with  the above;  and
- (c) the number  of managerial  and other  posts reduced  due to the closure  of the said branches?

## ANSWER

The Minister  of State in the Ministry  of Finance (SHRI SHIV PRATAP  SHUKLA)

- (a): State Bank of India (SBI) has informed  that  1,267 branches  have been merged  in the process  of  rationalisation following   the  merger   of  five  Associate   Banks   and  Bharatiya Mahila  Bank Limited  with  SBI.
- (b):  Details  are in Annex.
- (c):  SBI has informed  that  there  has not been any  reduction  in posts as a result  of branch mergers.

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## Lok  Sabha  Unstarred   Question   No.  195   for   15.12.2017, regarding   'Merger  of Associate Banks with  SBI'

| S. No.   | State / UnionTerritory   | Numberof branches merged   |
|----------|--------------------------|----------------------------|
| 1        | AndhraPradesh            | 87                         |
| 2        | Assam                    | 2                          |
| 3        | Bihar                    | 17                         |
| 4        | Chandigarh               | 5                          |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh             | 7                          |
| 6        | Delhi                    | 48                         |
| 7        | Goa                      | 7                          |
| 8        | Gujarat                  | 37                         |
| 9        | Haryana                  | 48                         |
| 10       | HimachalPradesh          | 22                         |
| 11       | Jammu&Kashmir            | 1                          |
| 12       | Jharkhand                | 14                         |
| 13       | Karnataka                | 167                        |
| 14       | Kerala                   | 55                         |
| 15       | MadhyaPradesh            | 22                         |
| 16       | Maharashtra              | 190                        |
| 17       | Meghalaya                | 1                          |
| 18       | Odisha                   | 15                         |
| 19       | Puducherry               | 2                          |
| 20       | Punjab                   | 74                         |
| 21       | Rajasthan                | 125                        |
| 22       | Sikkim                   | 1                          |
| 23       | Tamil Nadu               | 113                        |
| 24       | Telangana                | 114                        |
| 25       | UttarPradesh             | 53                         |
| 26       | Uttarakhand              | 8                          |
| 27       | WestBengal               | 32                         |
|          | Total                    | 1,267                      |

Source:  State Bank of  India