Open Letter to the Prime Minister’s Office and All State Governments of India.
This is not a big demand, just a small and honest request for the people of India.
Indian Bankers are on strike today, demanding the global practice of the five-day work week.
-At present, only the 2nd and 4th Saturdays are holidays.for them.
- To ensure there is no reduction in actual working hours, they have agreed that the daily working time can be extended.
- Bank employees forego one day’s salary for going on strikes on the principle of 'no work, no pay'.
- Apart from the central and state govts, many Institutions such as RBI, DFS, LIC, Ministries, IRDAI, stock exchanges, and several other public and private organisations already follow a five-day work week.
- Many of these institutions do not provide any weekend alternatives to citizens, whereas banks offer 24×7 alternative banking channels like digital banking, ATMs, and UPI.
- Notably, the Central Government, which has to take the final decision on this issue, has itself been following a five-day work week for its employees since 1985.
@ankit_khanna Sir also please post
1)why courts are working 5 days in a week. Is there is no pendency.
2) why all the regulatory bodies working 5 days in a week.
3) why state/central offices working 5 days in a week.
4) why most of the research institutes working 5 days in a week.
@ankit_khanna Sir, why you are not downloading the statement using NetBanking or mobile banking & why you are not doing digital transaction instead of cash transaction. I think you are enough literate for this. Now the time has been changed, we have to focus on digital.
- Bankers on Strike Today
- Demanding all Saturdays Off
- Currently only 2nd & 4th Off
- 40 mints will be extended daily
- No Loss of actual Working Hours
- One Day Salary will be deducted
- RBI, DFS, LIC, Ministry, IRDAI, other key offcies have 5 Days week already
#5DaysBanking
A 5-day banking week in India would promote better work-life balance for employees and enhance productivity in the banking sector! #5DaysWeekForBankers#AIBOC
Jo apni community ke nhi ho sakte, wo kisi ke nahi ho sakte.
Laanat un sabhi BANK OFFICERS par jinhone aaj branch open ki hai and karwayi hai.
Aese officers ko #5DaysWeekForBankers ki koi need nhi hai. Inhe gulaami me hi maja aata hai.
📍 Garkheda Branch, chatrapati sambhaji nagar, Maharashtra
Bank employees are the backbone of India’s financial system, powering inclusion, safeguarding stability, and enabling growth.
Yet, they’re still denied a humane work–life balance.
A 5-day work week in the banking industry isn’t a “perk”, it’s a long-overdue necessity. The commitment has been made. Now it must be honoured.
Act now. Implement a 5-day week for bankers too, without delay.
#BankersDemand5DayWeek
🚨 Bank Employees protest after an employee of Uttar Pradesh Gramin Bank in Ghazipur met with an accident after returning from late night meeting. Employees say they are being harassed and subjected to undue pressure. #upgb#UttarPradeshNews#uttarpradesh#bank
🚨 UPGB: From Banking to Brutality: The Truth No One Wants to Hear 🚨
Last night, Manager #Amit_Kumar returned from the Regional Office after a meeting that ended post 10:30 PM. While returning home late at night, he met with a serious accident and is currently struggling for his life in the hospital.
Since amalgamation, #UPGB has turned into a pressure cooker of fear, unsafe late nights, and an inhuman work culture. Meetings running till 10-11 PM are being normalized, workloads are endless, and employee health, safety, and dignity are ignored.
The responsibility for this toxic culture lies with #HR #Saurabh_Gupta (888776429O) and #RM #Anirudh_Singh (7389937I86), who together have institutionalized late night pressure and intimidation.
RM Anirudh Singh, who came from @bankofbaroda , is widely perceived to be treating RRB employees as subordinates rather than professionals, enforcing a command-and-control culture that is alien to the ethos of Regional Rural Banks. This growing sense of discrimination and disrespect has deeply demoralized long-serving RRB staff.
On 31st December at 11:40 PM, bill transfers were rejected despite full knowledge that the portal would close the next day causing avoidable financial loss and mental harassment to employees. This was not an accident; it reflects reckless authority without accountability.
For an entire week, meetings stretched till 10–11 PM daily, pushing bankers beyond human limits. HR dictates, RMs execute, and questioning this culture invites punishment.
Last night, tragedy struck:
A manager returning home late after work met with a serious accident and fractured both legs. This is the real human cost of glorifying late-night “commitment.”
This was completely preventable.
Yet, senior union leadership remains silent, watching employees burn out, suffer, and risk their lives.
Under Chairman #YS_Thakur, UPGB is no longer functioning like a bank: it resembles a system of fear, where employees are driven by targets, threats, and exhaustion rather than professionalism.
How can #5DaysBanking survive when employees are forced to work late nights and weekends?
This is a call to all banking unions, regulators, and authorities:
👉 Stop late-night meetings
👉 End discriminatory and authoritarian management practices
👉 Restore humane working hours
👉 Fix accountability in HR and regional management
@finminindia@dfs_india@bankofbaroda
Banking cannot run on fear. Productivity cannot come from intimidation.
#UPGBBrutality #StopLateNightMeetings #BankersSafety #BankersVoice #RRBEmployees