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42% Director Positions Vacant on PSB Boards

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March 18, 2025

Almost 42 per cent of director seats on the boards of 12 public sector banks (PSBs) lie vacant, the government told Parliament on Monday.

- HARSH KUMAR

42% Director Positions Vacant on PSB Boards

The Ministry of Finance, in a reply in Lok Sabha, said that the PSBs intimate the vacancies on the board of the bank and difficulties faced by them, if any, from time to time.

"The government takes all the required action to fill up the vacancies at the earliest possible," said Minister of State (MOS) for the Ministry of Finance, Pankaj Chaudhary in a written reply in Lok Sabha.

The banks listed have varying numbers of director positions on their boards, with different levels of vacancies.

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