After Indian Bank's Rule Against Hiring of Pregnant Women, DCW Writes to RBI

A circular issued by the bank prevents immediate recruitment for women who are more than three months pregnant.

After backlash over the discriminatory guidelines issued by Indian Bank, which deemed pregnant women with over three months pregnancy "temporarily unfit" to join the bank, the Delhi Commission for Women on Monday, 20 June, issued a notice to the bank seeking withdrawal of the rule.

"The Commission has issued notice to Indian bank and has asked them to withdraw the newly issued anti-women guidelines and to provide complete details as to how the policy was framed along with its approving authority. The Bank has been asked by the Commission to provide a detailed action taken report in the matter by 23.06.2022," the DCW said in a press release.

A recent circular issued by the bank prevents immediate recruitment for women who are more than three months pregnant.