Employees Transfer Rules: Department of Financial Services: The suggested changes include allowing banks to automate the transfer process and create an online process for it, as well as giving location preference option to their employees.
PSU Banks Transfer Policy: If you or your friend or relative works in a bank, then this news is useful for you. Yes, the government has advised to update the transfer policy for bank employees. The Finance Ministry has advised public sector banks (PSBs) like SBI, PNB, Bank of Baroda (BoB) etc. to include several measures in the transfer policy. The Finance Ministry also said that these rules should be implemented from the beginning of the financial year 2026 after getting approval from the board.
It will help in preparing a uniform policy.
The Department of Financial Services, in a letter to all public sector banks (PSBs), said that the transfer policy has been reviewed. This will promote more transparency. This will then help in preparing a uniform policy. Some of the suggested changes include allowing banks to automate the transfer process and create an online process for it, as well as giving location preference options to their employees.
Complaints received from employees should be resolved
The letter said that as far as possible, women employees should be transferred to nearby places, stations, areas. It also said that complaints received from employees citing violation of transfer policy should be resolved. The Finance Ministry’s advice said that PSBs are advised to send a copy of the changed policy to the department as soon as possible.’
What changes can be made?
Banks are now trying to make their transfer policy more transparent. This will enable employees to know why and how they will be transferred. Apart from this, many banks are doing the transfer process in automation mode. Banks also give employees the option to give their choice regarding the place of transfer policy. There is an effort to transfer women employees working in banks to nearby stations.