IBA Circular regarding 2nd and 4th Saturday Off for Banks in India

Following is the Original Copy of IBA ( Indian Bank's Association ) regarding negotiation between Bank Union and IBA regarding 2nd and 4th Saturday Holiday for Banks in India under NI act.

Our Verdict : With so many rounds of negotiations finally we have seen that some conclusion has been arrived or at least some positive have come for the poor public sector bankers, by going through this circular dated 21 April 2015, we can say that sooner or later there will be 2nd and 4th Saturday off for bankers then exact date is not known but we can assume that it may happen from June or July 2015.

Regarding the issue on number of Holidays , it seems that IBA wants to reduce the number of holiday under NI act for bankers but this seems to be a tough nut to crack as the holidays available to banker under NI act are lesser as compared to State / Central government employees presently. And these days the holidays or festivals are becoming more of a political tool , we assume that hardly there will be any reduction in the existing holidays for banks and one or the another state government announcing holiday on Festivals and Birthdays of old prominence leaders in days to come we may see even increase in the number of festival holidays for banks state wise