(a) whether the Government advised all the Regional Rural Banks of regularise all the messengers of their respective RRBs as on February 22, 1991 and thereafter, according to instruction laid therein;
(b) if so, the number of messengers who are still to be regularised at the RRB level with regard to the above noted Government order; and
(c) the number of regularised part-time messengers and when they are supposed to be full time regular messenger in terms of above order?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE (SHRI BALASAHEB VIKHE PATIL)
(a) : The Regional Rural Banks have been advised by National Bank for Agriculture & Rural Development (NABARD) in 1993 that all those employees in sub-staff cadre who were in the service of RRB as on 22nd February, 1991 and who have completed 240 days of continuous service after that date may be treated as regular employees of RRBs with effect from 22nd February, 1991.
(b) & (c) : The information is being collected and will be laid on the Table of the House to the extent possible.