(a) whether a large number of cases are pending with the nationalised banks for providing appointments on compassionate grounds to the dependents of the deceased persons ;
(b) if so, the details thereof bank-wise ; and
(c) by when a final decision in regard to these cases are likely to be taken ?
FINANCE MINISTER (SHRI YASHWANT SINHA)
(a), (b) & (c) : A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.
Statement referred to in reply to parts (a), (b) & (c) of Lok Sabha
Starred Question No. 471 for 26.4.2002 tabled by Shri Uttamrao
Dhikale regarding Appointments on Compassionate Grounds in Banks
(a) : Some cases of providing appointments on compassionate grounds are pending in the nationalized banks. Mostly such cases remain pending due to non-submission of requisite information by the applicants as to the assets, liabilities, income etc.
(b) : The bank-wise details are as under :
S. No. Name of the Bank Number of cases pending
1. Allahabad Bank 96
2. Andhra Bank 13
3. Bank of Baroda 104
4. Bank of India 58
5. Bank of Maharashtra 12 6. Canara Bank 53
7 Central Bank of India 51
8. Corporation Bank Nil
9. Dena Bank 6 10. Indian Bank 257 11. Indian Overseas Bank 91 12. Oriental Bank of Commerce 76 13. Punjab & Sind Bank 166 14. Punjab National Bank 29 15. Syndicate Bank 6 16. UCO Bank 133 17. Union Bank of India 66 18. United Bank of India 28 19. Vijaya Bank 149