Lok Sabha Question No. 1722 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-27
Subject: Vacant Posts in Banks
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: RAJESH KUMAR DIWAKAR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE

## DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1722

TO BE ANSWERED ON 27 TH  JULY, 2018/ SHRAVANA 5, 1940 (SAKA)

## Vacant Posts in Banks

## 1722.  SHRI RAJESH KUMAR DIWAKER:

## QUESTION

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:(a) the total number of employees working in various Nationalised/Public and Private Sector  banks  in  the  country  especially  in  Hathras  of  Zone  Uttar  Pradesh,  State-wise along with the number of SC/ST employees out of them, category-wise; (b) whether a large number of posts are still lying vacant in these banks pertaining to SC/ST category in the country particularly in the said region of Uttar Pradesh and if so, the details thereof, bank-wise; and (c) the steps taken/to be taken to fill up all these vacancies at the earliest?

## ANSWER The Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance (Shri Shiv Pratap Shukla)

- (a):  As  per  inputs  provided  by  Public  Sector  Banks  (PSBs),  the  total  number  of employees and the number of those belonging to the Scheduled Castes (SC) / Scheduled Tribes (ST) are given State-wise, including in respect of Hathras in the State of Uttar Pradesh,  at  Annexure-I.  As  regards  private  sector  banks,  Reserve  Bank  of  India  has informed that  as  per  provisional  data  for  31.3.2018,  there  are  4,21,274  employees  in private sector banks.
- (b): Details of bank-wise number of posts pertaining to SC/ST category, lying vacant, as per information provided by PSBs, are at Annexure-II.
- (c):  PSBs  have  managerial  autonomy  in  terms  of  human  resource  policies  and procedures,  including  recruitment,  and  they  undertake  recruitment  of  staff  to  fill vacancies on ongoing basis as per their requirements.

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## Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1722, for answer on 27.7.2018

State-wise number of employees and employees of SC/ST, including in respect of Hathras in the state of Uttar Pradesh

|   S. N. | State / Union Territory     | Number of employees   | Number of SC employees   | Number of ST employees   |
|---------|-----------------------------|-----------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|       1 | Andhra Pradesh              | 42,828                | 8,328                    | 2,704                    |
|       2 | Arunachal Pradesh           | 798                   | 54                       | 453                      |
|       3 | Assam                       | 13,627                | 1,848                    | 2,299                    |
|       4 | Bihar                       | 32,060                | 5,183                    | 871                      |
|       5 | Chhattisgarh                | 11,420                | 1,530                    | 3,086                    |
|       6 | Goa                         | 4,247                 | 538                      | 252                      |
|       7 | Gujarat                     | 45,250                | 7,830                    | 5,951                    |
|       8 | Haryana                     | 25,811                | 6,591                    | 360                      |
|       9 | Himachal Pradesh            | 8,742                 | 2,554                    | 831                      |
|      10 | Jammu &Kashmir              | 3,704                 | 595                      | 226                      |
|      11 | Jharkhand                   | 17,250                | 2,250                    | 4,343                    |
|      12 | Karnataka                   | 52,779                | 10,238                   | 3,680                    |
|      13 | Kerala                      | 31,046                | 4,183                    | 683                      |
|      14 | Madya Pradesh               | 36,203                | 6,386                    | 4,712                    |
|      15 | Maharashtra                 | 1,01,215              | 16,583                   | 7,578                    |
|      16 | Manipur                     | 973                   | 76                       | 396                      |
|      17 | Meghalaya                   | 1,702                 | 98                       | 966                      |
|      18 | Mizoram                     | 556                   | 20                       | 471                      |
|      19 | Nagaland                    | 945                   | 55                       | 628                      |
|      20 | Odisha                      | 19,707                | 3,450                    | 3,527                    |
|      21 | Punjab                      | 35,429                | 11,344                   | 443                      |
|      22 | Rajasthan                   | 37,196                | 7,455                    | 5,160                    |
|      23 | Sikkim                      | 590                   | 61                       | 222                      |
|      24 | Tamil Nadu                  | 57,966                | 13,619                   | 1,665                    |
|      25 | Telangana                   | 27,134                | 4,911                    | 2,158                    |
|      26 | Tripura                     | 1,824                 | 367                      | 438                      |
|      27 | Uttarakhand                 | 8,686                 | 1,932                    | 621                      |
|      28 | Uttar Pradesh *             | 87,566                | 21,314                   | 1,472                    |
|      29 | West Bengal                 | 52,161                | 12,235                   | 3,142                    |
|      30 | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 434                   | 47                       | 57                       |
|      31 | Chandigarh                  | 5,910                 | 1,499                    | 139                      |
|      32 | Dadar and Nagar Haveli      | 211                   | 32                       | 67                       |
|      33 | Daman and Diu               | 198                   | 29                       | 46                       |
|      34 | Delhi                       | 34,334                | 6,978                    | 1,578                    |
|      35 | Lakshadeep                  | 66                    | 4                        | 49                       |
|      36 | Puducherry                  | 864                   | 188                      | 14                       |

Source: Banks

* Figures include those for Hathras

Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1722, for answer on 27.7.2018 Bank-wise number of posts pertaining to SC/ST category, lying vacant (as on 31.3.2018)

|   S. N. | Bank                      | Number of posts lying vacant pertaining to Scheduled Castes   | Number of posts lying vacant pertaining to Scheduled Tribes   |
|---------|---------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|       1 | Allahabad Bank            | 13                                                            | 8                                                             |
|       2 | Andhra Bank               | 163                                                           | 132                                                           |
|       3 | Bank of Baroda            | 0                                                             | 0                                                             |
|       4 | Bank of India             | 286                                                           | 199                                                           |
|       5 | Bank of Maharashtra       | 0                                                             | 0                                                             |
|       6 | Canara Bank               | 0                                                             | 21                                                            |
|       7 | Central Bank of India     | 76                                                            | 61                                                            |
|       8 | Corporation Bank          | 7                                                             | 12                                                            |
|       9 | Dena Bank                 | 59                                                            | 80                                                            |
|      10 | IDBI Bank Limited         | 0                                                             | 0                                                             |
|      11 | Indian Bank               | 0                                                             | 2                                                             |
|      12 | Indian Overseas Bank      | 118                                                           | 32                                                            |
|      13 | Oriental Bank of Commerce | 14                                                            | 33                                                            |
|      14 | Punjab National Bank      | 176                                                           | 334                                                           |
|      15 | Punjab and Sind Bank      | 17                                                            | 8                                                             |
|      16 | Syndicate Bank            | 0                                                             | 0                                                             |
|      17 | UCO Bank                  | 167                                                           | 152                                                           |
|      18 | Union Bank of India       | 211                                                           | 162                                                           |
|      19 | United Bank of India      | 0                                                             | 0                                                             |
|      20 | Vijaya Bank               | 9                                                             | 24                                                            |
|      21 | State Bank of India       | 1,680                                                         | 1,014                                                         |

Source: Banks