National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) Chairman Vijay Sampla has informed that All Public Sector Banks (PSBs) will begin a special campaign drive for filling up the backlog vacancies of scheduled castes. The drive will be conducted from 2 October till 31 December 2022.

NCSC Chairman held the press conference a day after a review meeting that he chaired jointly with Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman regarding the performance of PSBs on credit and other welfare schemes for scheduled castes.

Sampla also directed the banks to “clear and complete the pending grievances of SCs during this drive, till October 31.”

PSBs were also directed to give minimum wages to all the outsourced employees and submit the report regarding this to Department of Financial Services (DFS) and NCSC.

It was found that there are a lot of cases in SC-VCF (Scheduled Caste-Venture Capital Fund) where accounts have become Nonperforming asset (NPA). Banks were directed to examine the backward forward linkages at the time of sanctioning of loan.

Sampla said that bankers should ensure that the benefits of schemes such as National Livelihood Mission, Credit Enhancement Guarantee Scheme for Scheduled Castes, Venture Capital Fund for Scheduled Castes, Self-Employment Scheme for Rehabilitation of Manual Scavengers etc. should reach the targeted population.