Coronaviruses disrupted merger process of public sector banks

Kolkata, Mar 17, 2020, Tuesday

Public sector banks are likely to disrupt the merger process from April 1 due to the outbreak of coronavirus. The banks, which are due to merge from January 1st, were planning to hold training sessions for their employees this week. It is currently postponed to hold these sessions or, instead of conducting class sessions, they are considering e-learning. In addition, programs like the Customer Interface have also been suspended, a banker said.

The training sessions that were to be held on an individual basis are now being prepared for video conferencing. In addition, there are plans to provide branch level training through video conferencing.

The bank officials whose plans have been announced for merger have been forced to cancel several meetings held in the current month. It is expected that the outbreak of the coronavirus will come to an end in two weeks, but if it does not, the government will have to decide what to do next, ”a banker said. We have been told to cancel every training program.

Web-based training and video conferencing are currently becoming mainstays of discussion. Banks have some tasks that not everyone can see at home and work.