Central Bank of India has been awarded first prize for the year 2012-13 by the Andhra Pradesh State-Level Bankers’ Committee for promoting the official language in the bank.
Nara Chandrababu Naidu, Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, handed over the Shield and Certificate to K. Eswar, Field General Manager, Central Bank of India, at the 184th Andhra Pradesh State Level Bankers’ Committee Meeting held in Hyderabad, the public sector bank said in a statement.
All public sector banks (PSBs) implement the Official Language Policy (Hindi) of the Centre in line with the Official Languages Act 1963 and Official Languages Rules 1976.
To comply with the Official Languages Rules 1976, PSBs’ stationery items — name boards, visiting cards, routine forms, I cards — are bilingual, letters received in Hindi are replied in Hindi, and all efforts are made to achieve the targets fixed for originating correspondence in Hindi and noting in Hindi, according to the annual programmes issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs.