This decision has come in the meeting convened by the Finance Minister. Nirmala Sitharaman With 12 public sector banks on Tuesday. The directions were followed after a comprehensive review of 6 public sector banks run by the National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC). Review report shared by NCSC Chairman Vijay Sampla with the Finance Minister. “We found that there were many vacancies in banks belonging to Scheduled Castes that needed to be filled. In addition, we found that several schemes launched by the central government for the welfare of scheduled castes have not been implemented efficiently by the banks.”
Public Sector Banks have been directed to first assess the number of vacancies for SCs in their banks and report to the Finance Ministry by 31st October and also to fill up these vacancies by 31st December with a special effect from 2nd October. Start the campaign. Responsibility towards the members of the Scheduled Caste community, especially the targets assigned to them as per the Stand Up India program of the Central Government. Similarly, with respect to other central government schemes like NRLM, NULM, Mudra, Swabhiman and Awas Yojana, banks should set a target to achieve the prescribed percentage for SC beneficiaries,” Sampla said.
Banks have also been directed to pay minimum wages to all outsourced employees and submit a report in this regard to the Department of Financial Services and NCSC. “It was observed that there are a lot of cases in SC-VCF (Scheduled Caste Venture Capital Fund) accounts where the accounts have become NPA. Banks were directed to check the backward forward linkage at the time of sanction of loans. Banks may engage the services of consultants/consultants to help SC entrepreneurs in project appraisal and ensure proper implementation of projects before sanctioning loans,” Sampla said.