Lok Sabha Question No. 3389 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-08-04
Subject: Verification of Caste Certificate in Bank Jobs
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: LAXMI NARAYAN YADAV, RAM TAHAL CHOUDHARY

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3389

## TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 04 TH AUGUST, 2017/ SHRAVANA13, 1939 (SAKA)

## VERIFICATION OF CASTE CERTIFICATE IN BANK JOBS

## QUESTION

## 3389:SHRI LAXMI NARAYAN YADAVAND SHRI RAM TAHAL CHOUDHARY:

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- (a) the  process  for  verifying  the  authenticity  of  caste  certificates  submitted  by  the candidates to the banks under Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs) and Other Backward Classes (OBCs) reservation;
- (b) the details of the monitoring mechanism in place for this purpose in the banks;
- (c) the  number  of  fake  certificates  of  SCs,  STs  and  OBCs  identified  by  this monitoring mechanism in the scheduled commercial banks during the last three years, bank-wise; and
- (d) the action taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) &  (b)  The  banks  send  the  Caste  Certificate  of  the  candidates  belonging  to Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST) and Other Backward Class (OBC) category at the stage of joining  as  well  as  in  case  of  any  complaint  to  issuing authority i.e. District Magistrate/Additional District Magistrates etc. for verification. The Caste Certificate are also verified through the Caste Scrutiny Committee of the State Government.
- (c)  The  bank-wise details of fake certificate of SCs/STs/OBCs as identified by the monitoring mechanism during last three years is given at Annexure.
- (d)  The  Department  of  Financial  Services  (DFS)  has  issued  from  time  to  time, instructions  based  on  the  guidelines/instructions  of  Department  of  Personnel and Training (DoP&T) to all Public Sector Banks for taking action against the employees  who  have  been  appointed  in  Reserved  Category  on  the  basis  of False/Bogus Caste Certificate.

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## ANNEXURE

Annexure  referred  to  in  reply  to  part  (c)  of  the  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question No.3389 for 04.08.2017 showing the number of fake certificates of SCs, STs and OBCs identified by the Monitoring mechanism in the Public Sector Banks during the last three years

| 1   | Andhra Bank          |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   1 |   0 |   0 |   1 |   0 |
|-----|----------------------|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|
| 2   | Canara Bank          |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   1 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |
| 3   | Indian Overseas Bank |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   1 |   0 |   0 |   0 |
| 4   | Syndicate Bank       |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   2 |   0 |   0 |
| 5   | Vijaya Bank          |   0 |   0 |   1 |   0 |   0 |   1 |   0 |   0 |   0 |
| 6   | State Bank of India  |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   1 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |
|     | Total                |   0 |   0 |   1 |   0 |   3 |   2 |   2 |   1 |   0 |

| S.   | Name of Organizations   | 2015   | 2015   | 2015   | 2016   | 2016   | 2016   | 2017   | 2017   | 2017   |
|------|-------------------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
| No.  |                         | SC     | ST     | OBC    | SC     | ST     | OBC    | SC     | ST     | OBC    |