Indian Bank Makes Pregnant Women  Temporarily Unfit for Joining

After the State Bank of India, another public sector creditor Indian Bank has created pregnant women with over 3 months gestation temporarily unfit to hitch the bank, appealing criticism from numerous organisations.

As per the rules and criteria for physical fitness for pre-employment recently issued by Indian Bank, candidates would be re-examined six weeks when delivered for the appointment of the designated post.

A women candidate, who as a result of tests, is found to be pregnant of twelve weeks standing or over, ought to be declared briefly unfit till the confinement is over. The candidate ought to be re-examined for a fitness certificate six weeks before the date of labour, subject to the assembly of a medical certificate of fitness from a registered health professional, according to the bank.

As a result, the change of integrity of such women would be delayed and such candidates would lose seniority.

Messages sent to Indian Bank seeking comments on the rules didn't elicit any immediate response.

All India Democratic Women's Association (AIDWA) powerfully condemned Indian Bank's "anti-women" call to not appoint designated women candidates who are quite twelve weeks pregnant.

This retrograde clause is very discriminatory to women, the AIDWA aforesaid in its statement.

In a letter written to minister Nirmala Sitharaman, the All India working women Forum termed the move as a regressive and misogynistic posture of the Indian Bank.

Classifying gestation as unfit is disgracing and dishonouring a relationship. Gestation could be a phenomenon and it's not solely the basic right of the women to convey birth however conjointly necessary for the existence of the human race, the letter aforesaid.

Earlier in Jan, the country's largest loaner SBI has placed in situ new rules whereby a woman candidate with quite 3 months gestation is thought of temporarily unfit and may be a part of the bank inside four months when delivery.

After criticism from numerous quarters, SBI suspended the revised tips on the enlisting of pregnant women.