No Staff Shortage in Bank! Bank of Baroda says in RTI Reply
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Bank of Baroda has said in an RTI Reply that there is no staff shortage in Bank. Bank of Baroda also said that there is no deficit zone and surplus zone in the country. This means that there is no staff shortage and all the zones and branches have adequate manpower.
RTI Reply received from Bank of Baroda
| Sr. No | Sought Information | Reply |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Total No. of Zone in the Bank categorised as Deficit Zone with respect to the manpower planning along with the names. | Nil |
| 2 | Total No. of Zone in the Bank categorised as Surplus Zone with respect to the manpower planning along with the names. | Nil |
| 3 | Details of Deficit Zone in the following format Zone in Ascending Order. | Not Applicable |
| 4 | Details of Surplus Zone in the following format in Ascending order – Top 10. | Not Applicable |
| 5 | Details of the authority/Committee to suggest the indicative deficit and surplus zone. | Not Applicable |
But the main issue is that this reply does not reflect the actual situation prevailing in Bank of Baroda. The matter of staff shortage is already with the office of the Labour Commissioner.
An email/letter dated 21.8.2025 was sent by Shri K Srinivasarao, General Secretary, All lndia Bank of Baroda Officers’ Union to the Managing Director & CEO, Bank of Baroda, regarding acute shortage of manpower in Bank of Baroda.
The Union stated that there is an acute staff shortage in Bank of Baroda. Officers are being forced to handle multiple tasks, and the situation is even worse in rural and semi-urban areas. Frequent transfers of officers are further affecting manpower. Several branches are operating with less than the minimum required staff strength, which is impacting both business development and customer service.
The Assistant Labour Commissioner has written a letter to Deputy CLC, Mumbai to look into the issue and resolve the matter at the earliest.
This shows that the reply from Bank of Baroda is completely contradictory to the ground reality.
