Lok Sabha Question No. 650 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-11-18
Subject: Vacant Posts in Financial Institutions
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: RAMESH POKHRIYAL NISHANK, BHARAT SINGH, MANSHANKAR NINAMA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.650 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 18t NOVEMBER, 2016/KARTIKA 1938 SAKA 27 ,

## VACANT POTS IN FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

## QUESTION

- 650 DR. RAMESH POKHRIYAL "NISHANK" SHRI BHARAT SINGH, SHRI MANSHANKAR NINAMA :

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- (a) the total number of reservedlunreserved posts lying vacant in various financial institutions including Life Insurance Corporation LIC, Public Sector Banks at present;
- (b) the time by which the said posts have been lying vacant in the said organisations along with the steps taken by the Government to fill these vacancies;
- (c) whether the Government has formulated any   special policy for employment on compassionate ground in the said institutions;
- (d) if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the number of persons   provided employment on compassionate   grounds in these institutions during the last three years along with the number of cases pending till date?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE (SHRI SANTOSH KUMAR GANGWAR)

- (a) & (b) The information is being collected and will be laid on the Table of the House. AlI Public Sector Banks (PSBs)Public Sector Insurance Companies (PSICs)Ilnsurance Companies (ICs) were directed on 29.12.2014 to fill up the backlog vacancies as per time frame fixed by DoP&t vide their O.M. No.36038/01/2013-Estt (Res:) dated 26.11.2014\_
- (c) & (d): The Department of Financial Services (DFS) has conveyed its   approval to open compassionate   appointment in PSBs on the line of Central Government on Accordingly, Indian Banks' Association (IBA) has formulated scheme of Appointment on compassionate grounds in PSBs. A clarification was given to PSBs on 05.12.2014 that all PSBs can have both the options i.e compassionate appointment or payment of lumpsum ex-gratia amount: However; any of these two options can be used only when the other conditions of compassionate appointment are met:
- (e):The information in respect of compassionate appointment in last three years and pending cases in PSBs is enclosed at Annexure The information in respect of Insurance Companies is collected and will be laid on the Table of the House\_ being

ANNEXURE Compassonate Appointment in PSBs in last three years (as on November 2016)

| Name of the Bank                  | Number of Compassionate Appointments provided   | Number of Compassionate Appointments provided   | Number of Compassionate Appointments provided   | Number of cases pending   |
|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|---------------------------|
| Name of the Bank                  | 2014-15                                         | 2015-16                                         | 2016-17                                         | Number of cases pending   |
| Allahabad Bank                    |                                                 | 2                                               | 21                                              | 28                        |
| 2/Andhra Bank                     | 3                                               | 20                                              | 25                                              | 0                         |
| 3 Bank of Baroda                  |                                                 | 10                                              | 68                                              | 104                       |
| 4 Bank of India                   |                                                 | 58                                              | 48                                              | NA                        |
| 5 Bank of Maharashtra             |                                                 | 2                                               | 13                                              | 21                        |
| 6 Canara Bank                     |                                                 | 10                                              | 39                                              | 42                        |
| 7 Central Bank of India           |                                                 | 2                                               | 2                                               | 137                       |
| 8/Corporation Bank                | 0                                               | 14                                              | 18                                              | 32                        |
| 9 Dena Bank                       | 0                                               | 6                                               |                                                 | 23                        |
|                                   | 3                                               | 2                                               |                                                 | 13                        |
|                                   | 0                                               |                                                 |                                                 | 32                        |
| 12/Indian Overseas Bank           |                                                 | 16                                              | 19                                              | 34                        |
| 13/Oriental Bank of Commerce      | 0                                               | 15                                              | 23                                              |                           |
| 14/Punjab National Bank           | 2                                               | 65                                              | 29                                              | 0                         |
| 15 Punjab and Sind Bank           | 0                                               | 2                                               | 0                                               | 19                        |
| 16]Syndicate Bank                 | 4                                               | 25                                              | 28                                              | 261                       |
| 17 UCO Bank                       | 0                                               | 43                                              | 151                                             | 15                        |
| 18/Union Bank of India            |                                                 | 39                                              | 20                                              | 0                         |
| 19 United Bank of India           |                                                 | 16                                              | 14                                              |                           |
| 20 Bank Vijaya                    | 2                                               | 19                                              | 11                                              | 19                        |
| 21/State Bank of India            | 19                                              | 7                                               | 7                                               |                           |
| 22 State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur | 0                                               |                                                 | 01                                              |                           |
| 23/State Bank of Patiala          | 5                                               | 0                                               |                                                 |                           |
| 24State Bank of Travancore_       | 0                                               |                                                 |                                                 |                           |
| 25 State Bank of Mysore           |                                                 | 0                                               | 0                                               | 2                         |
| 26 State Bank of Hyderabad        |                                                 | 2                                               | 5                                               | NA                        |
| 27/Bhartiya   Mahila Bank         |                                                 | 0                                               | 0                                               | 0                         |