DFS Secy urges states to vaccinate bank and insurance staff, provide safety

Debasish Panda says bankers have played a key role in providing services in such difficult times, many have contracted the virus, and some have even lost their lives

Financial Services Secretary Debasish Panda has written to the chief secretaries of states asking them to vaccinate bank and insurance staff, business correspondents, and other financial services providers on priority, and provide them safety following reports of manhandling of bank employees by state law enforcement authorities.

Bankers have been playing a critical role in providing banking services during such difficult times, and many have contracted the virus with some even losing their lives, Panda wrote in a letter dated today.

Last month, the finance ministry had requested the home ministry to facilitate vaccinations for the entire 1.35 million staff in the banking