RBI employees to strike against pension policy
RBI employees to strike against pension policy
Mumbai: Employees at Reserve Bank of India have called a one-day strike on Friday to protest against the pension policy, union officials said on Wednesday, a move that could hit bonds trading and settlement of cheques.
Samir Ghosh, general secretary of the All India Reserve Bank of India Employees Association, representing around 8,000 clerks, typists and attendants, said the government had refused to align the central bank’s pensions in line with that of the federal and state governments.
“This issue is not being resolved and the strike will be cent percent successful," Ghosh told Reuters over telephone from his office in the eastern city of Kolkata, adding the strike may disrupt cheque clearing operations and settlement transactions in the currency market.
A senior official representing the officers union said more than 7,000 central bank offices across the country could be affected. RBI declined comment on the strike call.
Traders said the strike would affect the debt markets as the central bank runs the electronic trading platform on which the majority of participants, including banks, deal.
As banks are closed on Monday for a holiday, the strike will result in a four-day break, traders said.The central bank has four unions, which together represent all its 21,500 employees.
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