Banking hours restricted to 2 p.m. in Tamil Nadu

With sudden rise in COVID-19 cases in Tamil Nadu and to prevent further spread, bank branches in the state will function between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. from April 26 to April 30. The timing will be reviewed after April 30, based on the COVID-19 situation.

The State Level Bankers’ Committee-Tamil Nadu (SLBC-TN) issued a series of guidelines to its member banks in the state. In addition, the SLBC-TN has said wherever possible cluster based functioning of branches in consultation with the local administration shall be adopted.

Branches that are routinely facing huge crowds, shall seek the help of police for crowd management, by taking up through the Lead District Manager. There will be no change in the working hours of administrative/zonal/regional/back offices of the banks where the staff do not have direct contact with the public.