ARVIND PARDESHI

[Nilesh Pawar @nilesh_pawar15]

UFBU CALL FOR UNITED ACTION

The time has come to stand together!

The United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU) has announced a nationwide programme of action to protect the legitimate rights and interests of bank employees and officers.

🔥 STRIKE PROGRAMME

🔴 11 September 2026 – 1-Day All-India Strike
➡️ Followed by 12 & 13 September – Saturday & Sunday
➡️ 3 consecutive days of bank closure

🔴 28, 29 & 30 September 2026 – 3-Day All-India Strike
➡️ Preceded by 26 & 27 September – Saturday & Sunday
➡️ 5 consecutive days of bank closure

🔴 From 26 October 2026 – INDEFINITE STRIKE

✊🏻 OUR KEY DEMANDS

👉 Implement 5-Day Banking immediately and honour the commitment given.

👉 Withdraw / keep in abeyance the unilateral and discriminatory PLI scheme.

👉 Modify the PLI scheme through meaningful bilateral discussions with trade unions.

👉 Resolve all pending and residual demands of the banking fraternity.

This is not merely a call for a strike. It is a collective struggle for fairness, dignity, justice and the legitimate rights of bank employees and officers.

🤝 UFBU’s strength lies in our unity.
Every member’s participation matters. Every voice counts.

Let us remain united, disciplined and resolute and ensure maximum participation in every phase of the agitation.

🔥 ONE UNITY. ONE VOICE. ONE STRUGGLE.
✊🏻 UNITED WE STAND — UNITED WE SUCCEED!

Let us make the UFBU call a powerful expression of our collective strength.

[Pramod Shinde @Pramod_Shinde09]

⚠️3 Day Bank Closure
*11 Sep- 1 Day Strike*
12 & 13- Sat & Sun

⚠️ 5 Days Bank Closure
26, 27- Sat & Sun
*28,29,30 Sep- 3 Day Strike*

*Indefinite Strike 26 Oct onwards*

UFBU Demands:
👉Implement 5 Days Banking
👉Withdraw discriminatory PLI

[Ankush Gulab Ghate @Ankyghate]

🚨 ANOTHER ATTACK ON A BANKER!

Another disturbing incident of violence against a banker has been reported at @centralbank_in Khamgaon Branch, Buldhana District, Maharashtra.

Attacks on bankers are attacks on our financial system. Banks are meant to be safe places for employees and customers, not places where bankers fear for their safety.

Bankers work every day to keep the economy moving and serve the public.

Enough is enough! We demand immediate action and strict protection for bankers.
.@Dev_Fadnavis
@mieknathshinde
@SunetraA_Pawar
@supriya_sule Kindly intervene 🙏🏻
#ProtectBankers #BankersProtectionAct #StopAttacksOnBankers

[Ashish Tekale Patil @AshishTekale_]

The banker assaulted at Khamgaon, Buldhana was not making government policy. He was only implementing it. Every farm loan, loan waiver, subsidy, DBT, and welfare scheme announced by the Central and State Governments ultimately reaches the public through a banker.

The policy is announced by @DFS_India @PMOIndia and @CMOMaharashtra. The credit goes to governments. But when anger erupts, the banker becomes the target.

This is not governance. This is shifting the cost of policy failures onto frontline bankers.

We urge @buldhanapolice1 to immediately arrest the culprit and ensure strict legal action. Violence against a public servant performing official duty cannot be tolerated.
@DFS_India @FinMinIndia @nsitharamanoffc @DGPMaharashtra
@infobuldhana
#RespectBankers #BankersProtectionAct

[BOIOA Pune Unit @boioapune]

We extended warm greetings at the AI SC/ST/OBC Asso. GBM in Pune.
Our beloved GS @Pramod_Shinde09 along with office bearers, congratulated the Association for its efforts in unity & employee empowerment.
Both organisations reaffirmed commitment to welfare & collective progress.

[Ashish Tekale Patil @AshishTekale_]

“Work-life balance” in some systems means:

Work till exhaustion.
Balance your mental breakdown quietly.

Young professionals are told they are the “future of the nation,” then welcomed with impossible targets, staff shortages, transfers far from family, endless pressure, and the timeless management philosophy, “adjust kar lo.”

Apparently, being overworked is called commitment. Anxiety is called performance pressure. Silence is called professionalism.

When a 22-year-old reaches a point where life itself feels heavier than the job, maybe the question is not about individual strength. Maybe the system should stop celebrating pressure as productivity.

Policies proudly speak about employment, growth, and development. Strange how nobody mentions the emotional cost hidden behind those glossy reports.

A workforce is not built by squeezing people dry. A country cannot progress by normalizing burnout and calling it discipline.

But yes, keep increasing targets. Human lives are clearly “non-performing assets.”
#Bankerslife #5DaysBanking
#stressfreelife
@PMOIndia @nsitharaman @nsitharamanoffc @FinMinIndia @DFS_India @RBI @LabourMinistry
@nilesh_pawar15 @fboioa_india @aiboc_in @rupamsmail

[Ashish Tekale Patil @AshishTekale_]

𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗗𝗼𝗼𝗿 𝗖𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗱, 𝗘𝘅𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁 𝗕𝗮𝗻𝗸𝘀!
🔒 RBI - Closed
🔒 LIC - Closed
🔒 SEBI - Closed
🔒 DFS - Closed
🔒 NABARD - Closed
🔒 NPCI - Closed
🔒 State Govt - Closed
🔒 Finance Ministry - Closed
🔒 CVC - Closed
🔒 IRDAI - Closed
𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝗕𝗮𝗻𝗸𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗢𝗣𝗘𝗡!
Why should Bankers suffer endless work pressure while others enjoy their weekends?
For the Government, Saturday is a policy-approved holiday; for bankers, it’s a compulsory sacrifice — apparently equality ends where banking begins.
@DFS_India @FinMinIndia @aiboc_in @nsitharaman @nsitharamanoffc @PMOIndia @LabourMinistry @ravish_journo @abplive @BBCHindi @the_hindu @timesofindia @EconomicTimes @bsindia

[Ashish Tekale Patil @AshishTekale_]

𝗗𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗕𝗮𝗻𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗿𝘂𝗻𝘀 ❷❹×❼ 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗮𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻.
• Bankers run 6️⃣ Days without policy empathy
• IBA agrees ✔️
• Files move ✔️
• Meetings conclude ✔️
• DFS reviews ✔️
• Government “considers” ✔️
• Implementation? ❌
• Humans power the system, but policies treat them like servers
• Assurances travel faster than decisions
• Performance is mandatory, relief is optional
• Agreements are signed with confidence, executed with hesitation
• If delay were productivity, implementation would be complete
• Promises don’t need committees—only courage
𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗳𝗲𝗮𝗿 5️⃣ 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗯𝗮𝗻𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲 6️⃣?
#5DayBankingNow #5DaysBanking
@FinMinIndia @DFS_India @nsitharaman @PMOIndia
@aajtak @ABPNews @ndtvindia
@indiatvnews @ravish_journo
@fboioa_india @nilesh_pawar15

[ARVIND PARDESHI @SWARALIARVIND]

@AshishTekale_ @nilesh_pawar15 @ChiefIba @aiboc_in @BOIOAVidarbha @BOIOAMNG @boioapune @BOIOA_Rajasthan @BOIOA2010 @PTI_News @fboioa_india @boioasz @BOIOA_NWU #5daysbankingnow

[Ashish Tekale Patil @AshishTekale_]

𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝗣𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿, 𝗣𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲.
A rare banking product: Assurance with unlimited validity, zero execution.
During the BPS Settlement, 5-Day Banking wasn’t demanded—it was assured. Bankers accepted in good faith and delivered in full performance mode.
A year later, systems are digital, productivity is high, weekends are still working days, and the promise is quietly earning dust—not interest.
Official channels spoke. Time moved. Workloads grew. Implementation stayed on leave.
Bankers honoured the settlement in letter, spirit, and extra hours.
This isn’t about comfort—it’s about credibility.
In a 24×7 economy, commitments can’t remain in “pending” status forever.
Waiting for the assurance to mature into action.
#5DayBankingNow
@nilesh_pawar15 @rupamsmail @aiboc_in @fboioa_india

[ARVIND PARDESHI @SWARALIARVIND]

@AshishTekale_ @nilesh_pawar15 @aiboc_in @fboioa_india @BOIOAVidarbha @BOIOAMNG @BOIOA_Rajasthan @ramshankarsingh @boioapune @BOIOA2010 @aiboc_ms1 @aajtak @ABPNews @ZeeNews @BBCHindi @BBCWorld @abplive @rupamsmail #5daysbankingnow

[Ashish Tekale Patil @AshishTekale_]

𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗗𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮 — 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗯𝗮𝗻𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗱𝗼𝗻’𝘁.
🔹 Policy says “Human Resource”; practice treats humans like non-stop infrastructure.
🔹 Bankers manage money, risk, audits, customers — but family time isn’t budgeted.
🔹 Health is advised in circulars, stress is delivered daily.
🔹 Work–life balance exists beautifully… on paper.
🔹 Children grow up on WhatsApp calls, parents age between lunch breaks.
🔹 Mental wellness is a webinar; exhaustion is the policy outcome.
🔹 A fatigued banker is called “committed,” until something goes wrong.
🔹 5-Day Banking isn’t a demand — it’s a system patch long overdue.
𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆 𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲:
Machines get maintenance windows; bankers get motivational quotes.
#5DayBankingNow
@DFS_India @PMOIndia @FinMinIndia @aiboc_in @aajtak @ndtvindia @ZeeNews @BBCHindi

[Ashish Tekale Patil @AshishTekale_]

🌍 150+ 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 5 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗮 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸.
𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆. That’s it.
Governments run. Economies grow. Productivity improves.
Digital systems deliver services. Life goes on.

𝗠𝗲𝗮𝗻𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮 🇮🇳
Digital payments break global records. Banking is online, instant, paperless, 24×7. Customers rarely visit branches. Technology evolved. Workload transformed.

𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸?
Still living in a museum.

The world moved to #5DaysWorkweek
India moved to UPI, AI, fintech, and digital everything.
Yet banking employees must still prove that rest improves efficiency.

Apparently, in our system,
servers can work nonstop,
apps can run round the clock,
but humans must stay “available” to justify progress.
A #5DayBankingNow is not a luxury.
It’s not a demand.
It’s a global norm.

So the question is simple:
Are we building a 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝗗𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝘆 or proudly preserving a
𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗖𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 —updated with 𝗤𝗥 𝗖𝗼𝗱𝗲𝘀?
#5DayBankingNow
@DFS_India @PMOIndia @FinMinIndia @nilesh_pawar15 @rupamsmail @aiboc_in @fboioa_india

[Ashish Tekale Patil @AshishTekale_]

𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐈𝐬 𝟏𝟎𝟎% 𝐃𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥… 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐁𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐋𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝟏𝟗𝟗𝟓. 𝐖𝐞 𝐖𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝟓-𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝐁𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠.
UPI runs 24×7, ATMs work 365 days, and digital payments touch 14+ billion transactions a month — yet the humans behind this digital revolution still work 312 days a year. Something doesn’t add up.

𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝟓-𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝐁𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥-𝐞𝐫𝐚 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧:
Digital India has reduced 60–70% cash counters, but not reduced banker workload — a clear mismatch.
▶️ Mobile + UPI handle 90% of routine banking, yet staff are stuck in old schedules with modern pressure.
▶️ 6-day work = 47% more stress + 62% burnout, harming the people who keep digital payments running smoothly.
▶️ A shift to 5-Day Banking saves ₹5,000 crore (equal to 28+ operational days) — funds that can power digital infra, cybersecurity, and customer service.
▶️ Better work-life balance directly improves the Human Happiness Index — because healthy employees deliver better digital and physical service.
▶️ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐲: India’s digital economy is lightning fast, but its bankers still don’t get a two-day recharge. Digital India deserves digital-era work culture.

𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐝:
Bankers want 5-Day Banking because bankers are humans — not machines.
#5daybanking #DigitalIndia

[Ashish Tekale Patil @AshishTekale_]

𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐈𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐅𝐚𝐢𝐥, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐏𝐚𝐲𝐬 — 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐏𝐒𝐁𝐬 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫.
It takes just 1 airline meltdown to remind us how fragile essential services become when a “market leader” hits turbulence.
The parallels with banking aren’t theoretical — they’re a warning.
1️⃣ When a private giant sneezes, the whole system catches fever.
2️⃣ Profit-first models don’t pause to consider national interest.
3️⃣ Public accountability isn’t a luxury; it’s a safety net.

PSBs may not chase headlines, but they protect livelihoods, ensure inclusion, and absorb shocks that private players can’t even acknowledge.
If a single airline glitch can ground a nation, imagine the chaos if credit, pensions, and payments were left to pure profit logic.
Strengthening PSBs isn’t nostalgia — it’s national risk management.
#IndigoDelay #merger #Privatisation #Psb

[ARVIND PARDESHI @SWARALIARVIND]

Great Service @airindiax #FlyAsYouAre #FrictionlessJourneys

[Ashish Tekale Patil @AshishTekale_]

With pride and purpose, @fboioa_india launches Fboioa Connect for officers of BOI — a landmark moment where technology meets Trade Unionism. This app is not just digital access; it is collective power in your hands. Launched by Shri @rupamsmail Ji General Secretary @aiboc_in, and @nilesh_pawar15 Ji General Secretary @fboioa_india, along with the entire Executive Committee, the launch reflects the vision of a Federation that has always protected officers’ rights with courage, leadership, and relentless struggle. This marks a new chapter in unity, justice, and empowerment for all officers.
#FboioaConnect

[Pramod Shinde @Pramod_Shinde09]

✨ FBOIOA CONNECT App is officially launched today!
We call upon all our members to download & register now.

Our heartfelt thanks to the Federation Leadership for their vision & guidance in making this digital leap possible. 🙏

#FBOIOAConnect #BOI4NationSince1906
@boioapune @aiboc_ms1 @UFBUPUNE

[Nilesh Pawar @nilesh_pawar15]

The Launch of the #FboioaConnect Mobile App in the esteemed presence of @rupamsmail stands as a milestone moment. Beyond technology, it reflects our deeper commitment to safeguard and advance the rights of officers across the nation.
@fboioa_india continues to serve as the true custodian of officers’ interests, ensuring fair representation, legal protection, and genuine Trade Unionism on the Right Path. With unity, strength, and solidarity, we reaffirm our resolve to protect service conditions and uphold the dignity of every officer.
#FboioaConnect @aiboc_in @fboioa_india @rupamsmail

[ARVIND PARDESHI @SWARALIARVIND]

@AshishTekale_ @sanjaybpi Long live our Star. ✨⭐

Celebrating trust of 120 years.