Training Institute for bank employees in August

Tiruchirapalli, June 18: A Training Institute and Research Centre for Bank employees would be inaugurated at Mamallapuram near Chennai in August, this year.

Talking to newspersons here today, R J Sridharan, General Secretary of All India Bank Officers' Association (AIBOA) said the Institute would address the requirements of bank officials to orient and update themselves with the banking procedures and amended laws and also enable them to familiarise with the action plans and procedures envisaged by the trade unions.

The Rs 75 lakh project, sponsored by AIBOA in association with All India Bank Employees Association (AIBEA), would come up at a spacious area along the coastal road at Mamallapuram near Chennai.

Mooted under the name of Tarak Institute of Banking and Trade Union Research, it would hold all basic infrastructures required for a teaching institution of its kind, he added.

Mr Sridharan said the Institute would offer programmes meant for bank officials and the employees across the country, that would enrich their banking operations knowledge.

The Institute has proposed to conduct coaching classes numbering six every year, comprising ten days' learning modules and at a time fifty candidates could be accommodated in a batch.

He said it will be a national-level training centre and research activities are also to be included in the fields of banking practices, provision of value added services to the constituents and also on to enlighten how bank employees could avail the services of the associations.

Mr Sridharan said the AIBOA would raise a corpus fund for the unorganised workers in banking sector. Earlier, at the Conference of Canara Bank Officers Union (Chennai and Madurai Circle Councils) it was resolved that the bank officers would oppose the moves of the Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram for the merger of Nationalised banks under the plan of consolidation of banking sector.

AIBOA and AIBEA have jointly decided to hold series of agitation on core issues affecting the banking industry and service condition of the bank employees and officers.

The meeting called for steps by the Government and managements of the banks for the recovery of Non-Performing Assets(NPA) that had accrued close to Rs two lakh crore.

The associations have decided to launch a nationwide stir, including one day All India strike on August one. The demands of the bankmen included, the withdrawal of RBI circular on outsourcing issued to the banks.

The bankmen also opposed the creation of Payment Corporation of India to privatise the Clearing Houses, as it would render unemployment of 1300 staff members.

The bankmen has also addressed the filling up of 1.5 lakh vacancies, lying in various departments for the last five years.

The All India Demands Day would be observed on July 19, followed by dharnas at all state capitals and district headquarters on July 25, he added.

UNI