Bankers keep India connected 24×7.
But behind every transaction, target and deadline is a human being, with a family, responsibilities and a life beyond the branch.
A 5-day week was agreed in March 2024, with bankers accepting longer working hours from Monday to Friday.
The demand is reasonable. The commitment is proven. The delay is difficult to justify.
Implement 5-Day Banking now.
@PMOIndia@narendramodi@FinMinIndia@nsitharaman@DFS_India
#5DayBankingNow
The art of governance seems to have found a new formula: agreements can be signed today and implemented sometime in the future.
Five-Day Banking was recorded in the MOU of 7 December 2023 and incorporated in the 9th Joint Note of 8 March 2024. Employees accepted 40 additional minutes every day. Yet the agreement still waits for implementation.
Meanwhile, the revised PLI matrix can push 20% of officers into a zero-PLI bracket even when the bank performs excellently.
So, the agreement gets a waiting list, while the inequality gets a framework.
Government must honour its commitment and withdraw discriminatory PLI.
Banking needs fairness and collective recognition, not delayed promises and compulsory losers.
#5DayWeekandFairPLI #FBOIOA
@DFS_India@PMOIndia@nsitharaman@nsitharamanoffc@FinMinIndia@LabourMinistry
Prioritizing a 5-day banking week cultivates trust in financial institutions, showcasing their commitment to employees’ welfare. #5DayWeekandFairPLI#AIBEA@PMOIndia
🚨 BANKING DOESN’T RUN ON MACHINES. IT RUNS ON PEOPLE.
People who deserve weekends.
People who deserve balance.
People who deserve fair rewards for their work.
🔥 5 DAYS BANKING.
🔥 FAIR PLI.
🔥 NO DISCRIMINATION.
WE WORK. WE SERVE. WE STAND.
#5DayWeekandFairPLI