Now being a Public Sector bankers, it is going to be mandatory for learning the additional language than Hindi or English. Finance Minister has said that there is no point in government banks claiming that they have pan-India presence when in some pockets, where Hindi does not work, their executives still need to learn native language to serve the customers.
Further, she asked banks to prepare a cadre of people who can speak and understand a regional language in order to serve the customer better. This will bring them at par with other All-India services like Indian Administrative Services in true sense, she said while launching the Uniform Training Programme for Induction and Mid-Level Training, including a module on preventive vigilance for officers of public sector banks (PSBs).
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"We need to have a cadre of people who will have to understand the language of the state in which the posting happens," FM Sitharaman said.
She also added that Public Sector Bank officers are unable to speak the language of locals if the postings are deep into a state where Hindi is not spoken. She added that it is important for officers, especially new recruits, on a voluntary basis to decide on a language in which they would want to specialize.