Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday requested public sector banks (PSBs) to fill vacancies of posts meant for folks belonging to the scheduled castes (SCs) in a time-bound method. On the overview assembly, it was additionally determined that the Division of Monetary Providers will undertake a particular drive to handle all pending grievances pertaining to the SC group from October 2.
Sitharaman additionally suggested chiefs of PSBs to look into the necessity for capability constructing and entrepreneurship improvement, as SCs represent about 18 per cent of the full workforce of banks and monetary establishments.
In the meantime, on the Finance Minister’s Award ceremony for CBDT officers, she stated that direct tax collections are sustaining momentum on account of higher compliance due to the efforts of income officers and use of know-how. FE