Transfer Culture in PS Banks

Public sector banks are passing through worst days because these banks are managed by team of corrupt officials. There is growing sickness in Public sector banks due to the fact that corrupt top officials are selected as ED or CMD by MOF and due to the fact that protectors of officers called as trader union leaders are also hand in glove with corrupt executives of the banks. Corrupt ED and CMD then keep corrupt GM and DGM around them to promote culture of flattery and bribery. As a result GM os these banks also adopt the same culture of flattery and bribery. This is why an officer become DGM, CM,AGM, or other senior level or middle management officers only when he or she has some God father at Head office or controlling offices or he or she has good relation with members of Interview panel members.Trade Union Leaders are nothing but other side of same mutilated coin which represent character of management of bank.

Munsi Prem Chand ji wrote in his books that

"Jab Rakchak hi Bhakchak ho jaye to Vinash nishchit Hai" .

Since only corrupt officers are promoted to executive rank, decisions taken at upper level and policy framed by such corrupt officers are opposite to each other. These officers never bother for the health of the bank but only think for growth in their promotion, their posting, personal wealth and personal bank balance and this is why NPA in PSBs is fastly growing and growing without any break.

The most disheartening bitter truth is that officers who indulge in bribe based bad lending is promoted and the officer who recover the bad advances is made scapegoat. None can therefore save these sick banks. Mass transfer to far places may satisfy the ego of corrupt executive but cannot improve the health of sick banks; they may add fuel to fire and nothing else.

These clever executives know how to befool MOF by submitting lame excuses for their lapses. They talk of global recession or inflation to hide their ill motivated decisions and conceal their misdeeds.

One should therefore never expect consistent and respectful growth in career in such banks without involving oneself in evil work without and supporting evil works of bosses. Flattery and bribery is the only key to success. Attrition rate is therefore much higher in PSBs even though private banks are paying less than PSBs to low level or middle level officers. I am unable to visualize any benefit for banks if scale I officers are transferred from Hindi belt to Non Hindi belt or vice versa.

Man power planning is in hands of money power makers and hence quality of manpower and adequate quantity at all branches is non imaginable proposition. Corrupt officers are given enough manpower to enable him to earn money through illegal means and share with bosses whereas on the contrary officers who believes in safe lending and lending without any greed of money as bribe is always subjected to shortage of manpower so that his image is tarnished and he is either punished or thrown in critical remote places.

Banks suffered in the past due to large scale expansion of branches in eighties and nineties and hence for few years top bankers and politicians started closing unviable branches. Loss making branches were closed or converted into satellite branches. Government started suggesting merger and acquisition of banks. But unfortunately the same government is now pleading for opening of more and more branches in remote villages even if there is no possibility of profit. Same government is now talking of giving license to new entrepreneurs. No consistency policy. Banks are managed by whimsical politicians and corrupt officials.

People may say me as pessimistic but I am not over optimistic too particularly when I know the field level reality. I do not believe in financial data published by various banks and certificates issued by corrupt officials of RBI or corrupt ministers because I know ground level bitter truth.
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