{"id":236353,"date":"2022-09-17T14:12:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-17T14:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/?p=236353"},"modified":"2022-09-17T14:12:00","modified_gmt":"2022-09-17T14:12:00","slug":"banks-must-appoint-staff-who-speak-local-language-says-nirmala-sitharaman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2022\/09\/17\/banks-must-appoint-staff-who-speak-local-language-says-nirmala-sitharaman\/","title":{"rendered":"Banks Must Appoint Staff Who Speak Local Language, Says Nirmala Sitharaman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\" id=\"ins_storybody\"><!-- \n\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\" class=\"sp-cn ins_storybody\" id=\"ins_storybody\">--><\/p>\n<div class=\"ins_instory_dv\">\n<div class=\"ins_instory_dv_cont\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Banks Must Appoint Staff Who Speak Local Language, Says Nirmala Sitharaman\" alt=\"Banks Must Appoint Staff Who Speak Local Language, Says Nirmala Sitharaman\" id=\"story_image_main\" src=\"https:\/\/c.ndtvimg.com\/2021-10\/8fd22ra8_nirmala-sitharaman-pti-photo_625x300_16_October_21.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<p class=\"ins_instory_dv_caption sp_b\">Nirmala Sitharaman asked banks have a more sensible ways of recruiting people.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><b class=\"place_cont\">New Delhi: <\/b><\/p>\n<p>Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday called upon banks to appoint staff who could &#8220;speak the local language&#8221; and thus urged them to show inclusivity in their recruitment, media reports said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You are there for doing business. You are not there to cultivate certain value system into the citizens,&#8221; Nirmala Sitharaman said while speaking at the 75th Annual General Meeting of Indian Banks&#8217; Association in Mumbai, the Hindu <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/business\/fm-urges-banks-to-be-more-digital-savvy\/article65899977.ece?homepage=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindubusinessline.com\/money-and-banking\/fm-asks-banks-to-review-staffing-at-branches\/article65900271.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hindu Business Line<\/a>, Ms Sitharaman highlighted this need &#8220;because of the diversity of our country&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When you have staff at the branch level who do not talk in the regional language and who are patriotic enough to say &#8220;hey, you don&#8217;t talk Hindi, maybe you are not Indian&#8221; &#8230; \u00a0I think, this doesn&#8217;t do any good for business,&#8221; Ms Sitharaman said.<\/p>\n<p>She further asked banks to review the people posted at branches and make sure that those who cannot speak the local language &#8220;should not be assigned to roles dealing with customers. You must have a lot more sensible ways of recruiting people&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Sitharaman asked banks to encourage an energy of positivity in their facilitation of customers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I want you to now say &#8230; we are ready to serve you, be proactive and convey to the customers that you will meet them wherever they want and do business with them, keeping your norms intact,&#8221; she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/india-news\/banks-must-appoint-staff-who-speak-local-language-says-nirmala-sitharaman-3352956\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Nirmala Sitharaman asked banks have a more sensible ways of recruiting people. New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday called upon banks to appoint staff who could &#8220;speak the local language&#8221; and thus urged them to show inclusivity in their recruitment, media reports said.\u00a0 &#8220;You are there for doing business. 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