Lok Sabha Question No. 2731 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-17
Subject: Vacancies in Public Sector Banks
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: Shri N K Premachandran

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2731

ANSWERED ON MARCH 17, 2025 / PHALGUNA 26, 1946 (SAKA)

## Vacancies in Public Sector Banks

## 2731. SHRI N K PREMACHANDRAN:

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government proposes to fill up the vacancies in the Board of Directors of various public sector banks and if so, the action taken by the Government in this regard;
- (b) the details regarding the total number of Directors and vacancies of Directors in each Public Sector Bank;
- (c) whether the Government is aware that the vacancies of Directors in Maharashtra State Bank/Bank of Maharashtra has not been filled up and if so, the details thereof along with the action taken by the Government to fill up these vacancies;
- (d) whether the Government proposes to amalgamate the other public sector banks with SBI and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) whether it has come to the notice of the Government that the functioning of banks are facing difficulty due to such vacancies and if so, the action taken by the Government to reconstitute the Boards?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE

## (SHRI PANKAJ CHAUDHARY)

(a) to (c) & (e): Filling  up the posts of Directors on the Board of Public Sector Banks (PSBs) including Bank of Maharashtra, is a regular process. PSBs intimate the vacancies on  the  Board  of  the  bank  and  difficulties  faced  by  them,  if  any,  from  time  to  time. Government takes all the required action to fill up the vacancies at the earliest possible. At present, the position of Chairman of State Bank of India and all the positions of Managing Director  and  Chief  Executive  Officer  in  nationalised  banks  are  filled.  Total  number  of Directors and vacancies on the Board of all PSBs is at Annexure-I.

- (d): There is no such proposal under consideration in this regard.

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## ANNEXURE-I

| S. No.                | Name of the Bank   |   Total number of positions of Directors on the Board | Vacant positions   |
|-----------------------|--------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|
| 1. of                 | Baroda 16          |                                                     6 | Bank               |
| 2. Bank of            | India 16           |                                                     5 |                    |
| 3.                    | Maharashtra 14     |                                                     8 | Bank of            |
| Canara Bank           | 16                 |                                                     5 | 4.                 |
| Central Bank of India | 15                 |                                                     7 | 5.                 |
| Indian Bank           | 16                 |                                                     7 | 6.                 |
| Indian Overseas Bank  | 14                 |                                                     7 | 7.                 |
| Punjab &Sind Bank     | 14                 |                                                     8 | 8.                 |
| Punjab National Bank  | 16                 |                                                     7 | 9.                 |
| UCO Bank              | 14                 |                                                     6 | 10.                |
| 11. Union Bank        | of India 16        |                                                     5 |                    |
| 12. State Bank        | of India 19        |                                                     7 |                    |