Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had on Tuesday directed PSBs to fill up scheduled caste (SC) backlog vacancies in a time bound manner.
The total number of employees in public sector banks during 2012-13 was 8.86 lakh. It came down to 7.80 lakh during 2020-21.
Banks have started releasing the advertisement for the recruitment. country’s largest lender state Bank of India ,State Bank Of India) has released the advertisement for the recruitment of 1,673 Probationary Officers. Out of this, 1,600 are regular vacancies while 73 are backlog cases.
A senior PSB official said that due to COVID-19, the recruitment process got affected and as a result there are some backlogs which will be filled with time.
In addition, central bank of india An advertisement has been issued seeking applications to fill the vacant posts of 110 Specialist Officers.
Meanwhile, the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) has started the process to recruit around 6,500 Probationary Officers/Management Trainees through a common examination for various state-owned banks.
Participating banks include Bank Of Barodabank of india, Bank Of Maharashtra, Canara BankCentral Bank Of India, Indian Bank, Indian Overseas Bank, Punjab National BankPunjab and banks are, UCO Bank And Union Bank of India,
Most of the recruitment is done by IBPS whereas the recruitment of specialist officers is done by different banks.
In addition, financial institutions such as Small Industries Development of India (SIDBI) have also invited applications for the positions of Program Officers and Program Leaders.
Around 4,334 new branches were opened during 2020. However, as per the ‘Trends and Progress of Banking in India Report 2020-21’, this declined to 3,064 in 2021.