CHENNAI: Bank staff are upset over the Centre’s direction to banks on Tuesday to apply indelible ink mark on the fingers of people coming to exchange banned notes.
They said they were already burdened with a heavy workload. The latest move, to prevent the same persons from turning up at banks repeatedly, may lead to unnecessary friction between them and the people who scramble to exchange the demonetised currencies.
“The move to put the indelible mark on the fingers of people who approach the banks for exchanging old notes is not a practical move. It will consume more time and cause delay in transaction of business,” CH Venkatachalam, general secretary, All India Bank Employees Association (AIBEA), told Express.
He added “The move may create unnecessary friction between the bank employees and customers at the counters.”
Picking holes in the announcement of applying indelible ink, as is done during elections, he criticised the government of adopting impractical measures.
Another senior leader of bank employees said the overnight announcement of demonetisation had a debilitating effect on employees already as they were forced to work overtime and the fresh move to put the indelible mark on customers’ fingers would put them under further stress.