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<section class="gmail-title_section gmail-clearfix"><h1 class="gmail-heading1"><span>Deputy Chief Minister urges banks to transact in Kannada</span></h1><div class="gmail-brandwire_txt"></div><span class="gmail-time_cptn"><span><span>TNN</span></span> | <span>Updated: Aug 9, 2018, 09:22 IST<time datetime="2018-08-09T09:22:01+05:30"></time></span></span><div class="gmail-leftsocial"><div id="gmail-widget-two"></div><div class="gmail-toiwidgets_social"><span class="gmail-fb gmail-show_sprite gmail-toishare"></span><span class="gmail-twitter gmail-show_sprite gmail-toishare"></span><span class="gmail-gplus gmail-show_sprite gmail-toishare"></span><span class="gmail-linkedin gmail-show_sprite gmail-toishare"></span><span class="gmail-pinterest gmail-show_sprite gmail-toishare"></span><span class="gmail-comment-slider gmail-show_sprite gmail-toishare gmail-comment-loaded"></span></div></div><div class="gmail-topsocial gmail-actions"><div class="gmail-toiwidgets_social"><span class="email gmail-show_sprite gmail-toishare"></span><span class="gmail-print gmail-show_sprite gmail-toishare"></span><span class="gmail-fontd gmail-show_sprite gmail-toishare"></span><span class="gmail-fonti gmail-show_sprite gmail-toishare"></span></div></div></section><section class="gmail-highlight gmail-clearfix"><img src="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/thumb/msid-65331370,imgsize-265345,width-400,resizemode-4/65331370.jpg" alt="Deputy chief minister G Parameshwara" title="Deputy chief minister G Parameshwara"><span class="gmail-img_cptn">Deputy chief minister G Parameshwara</span></section><div class="gmail-article_content gmail-clearfix"><span><div class="gmail-section1"><div class="gmail-Normal">BENGALURU: Siddaramaiah had fought for it when he was chief minister and now deputy chief minister <a class="gmail-key_underline" href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/G-Parameshwara">G Parameshwara</a> has taken up the baton. Advocating the use of the local language in <a class="gmail-key_underline" href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/over-the-counter-banking-transactions">over-the-counter banking transactions</a>,
Parameshwara took to Twitter to send out a stern warning to bank
officials assaulting customers who insist on conducting transactions in <a class="gmail-key_underline" href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Kannada">Kannada</a>.
<br>Prompted by recent incidents including one in Bangarpet in Kolar
district where a bank official attacked a customer for speaking in
Kannada, Parameshwara urged bank authorities to take action against the
official.
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<div class="gmail-blockquote"><div class="gmail-author">TimesView<p>The
deputy chief minister does have a point. Having a bank account is no
longer the prerogative of the moneyed, but a basic need. It is absurd to
expect people, especially those in rural areas, to conduct transactions
in languages alien to them. Not everyone has access to education in an
English-medium school, while Hindi is only one of the 22 official
languages. By turning away customers just because they wish to
communicate in their native language in their own backyard, banks are
not only insulting them, but also denying them a basic right to service.</p><small></small></div></div>
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<br>“It has come to our notice that customers are being attacked for
wanting to transact in Kannada,” Parameshwara tweeted in Kannada on
Monday. “Banks must warn their staff against such incidents and take
action against officials who take law into their own hands.”
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<br>Citing Reserve Bank of India (RBI) guidelines, Parameshwara said
banks are expected to adopt a threelanguage policy. He said printed
material including challans must be in English, Hindi and the local
language of the state.
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<div class="gmail-last7brdiv"></div><br>“The state government has time and
again reminded bank officials at high-level meetings that they must
follow the three-language policy in accordance with RBI guidelines,” he
said in another tweet. “But it has not been implemented. The non-Kannada
speaking bank officials should at least put in an effort to learn
Kannada.”
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<div class="gmail-last5brdiv"></div><br>Parameshwara’s tweets drew plenty of
praise on the microblogging platform, especially since it comes at a
time when pro-Kannada organisations and the Kannada Development
Authority are fighting to ensure Indian Banking Personnel Selection
(IBPS) exams can also be taken in Kannada.
<div class="gmail-last4brdiv"><div class="gmail-show_wdgt gmail-topcomment"><div class="gmail-msg"><h2><span>Top</span> Comment</h2><span class="gmail-cmnttxt">Absolutely
the officials need to learn kanada, most north side people are employed
in banking sector, every now & then lower staff translate well who
are locals. When we can learn hindi why not the others kanada.</span><span class="gmail-cmntauthor">imtiaz ahmed</span></div></div></div></div></div></span></div><br>
<div class="gmail-last3brdiv"></div><br>Pro-Kannada organisations are also
demanding an amendment to the IBPS rules, which has done away with an
eligibility clause that mandates a job applicant must have studied
Kannada as a language till preuniversity, be reversed.
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<div class="gmail-last1brdiv"></div><br>“This is all because of the Centre
relaxing banking recruitment rules,” one Twitter user said in response
to Parameshwara’s tweets. “Earlier, it was compulsory that bank staff
learn Kannada within six months after their appointment, but now it has
been relaxed. You should prevail upon the Centre to bring it back.” S G
Siddaramaiah, KDA chairman, welcomed Parameshwara’s tweets and said the
DCM now has to walk the talk
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