Will all Saturdays be bank holidays? Govt clarifies viral notification
Will all Saturdays be bank holidays? Govt clarifies viral notification
Bank Holiday News: The clarification comes days after bank unions deferred a three-day nationwide strike scheduled from September 28 to 30
The government’s fact-checking unit, PIB Fact Check, has clarified that a social media claim stating that all Saturdays have been declared holidays for public sector banks, including SBI, is fake.
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“A Gazette circulating on social media, purportedly issued by the Ministry of Finance (Department of Financial Services), claims that the Central Government has declared every Saturday a public holiday for all Public Sector Banks, including SBI,” PIB Fact Check said in a post.
It added, “The document being circulated is fake. No such notification has been issued by @FinMinIndia declaring every Saturday as public holiday for public sector banks.”
The clarification comes days after bank unions deferred a three-day nationwide strike scheduled from September 28 to 30. One of the key demands of the United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU) was a five-day banking week, which would effectively make all Saturdays holidays for bank employees.