Gujarat Gramin Bank Staff Allege Overlapping Campaign Targets and After-Hours Meetings

What staff members have reported

Gujarat Gramin Bank employees speaking anonymously to The Kanal have described a period of heightened pressure in branches during the run-up to Diwali. The outlet published their accounts on 4 November 2026. The staff members attributed their concerns to concurrent business campaigns, routine operational responsibilities, staffing arrangements and meetings that they said extended beyond normal office hours. These are employee accounts reported by the publisher, not findings from an independent investigation or an authenticated bank circular.

The report alleges that some branches lack adequate staff even after recruitment and that branch-level employees are struggling to balance customer service with performance drives. It also describes complaints about handling of leave requests and delays in certain allowances. Branch Wale has not obtained an independently authenticated staff deployment record, leave-rejection order or allowance-payment register that would establish how widely these practices occur.

Which workstreams were said to overlap?

The employees supplied the publication with descriptions of several campaigns. The reported car-loan drive ran from 29 October to 6 November 2026, while a Kisan Credit Card saturation campaign was described as running from 2 to 25 November. The staff accounts also mentioned an asset-quality reduction campaign, insurance enrolment initiatives and a Gujarat RRB insurance-focused drive. These campaign dates and details are attributed to the anonymous contributors and have not been independently checked against the bank’s current instructions.

Alongside the special campaigns, the report says that some staff were expected to handle daily activities involving nominations, periodic know-your-customer updates, central KYC records, savings accounts and government insurance or pension scheme enrolments. These are legitimate categories of banking work; what is disputed in the reporting is the combined volume, timing and resources available to complete them. No verified institution-wide target sheet was available for this article.

After-hours meetings and leave concerns

Some employees told the outlet that video conferences about target achievement were occasionally held after regular working hours, including around 7 pm. They also said that longer leave requests around Diwali had been discouraged. The allegations are material to discussions about workload, staffing and employee wellbeing, but the available report does not confirm a formal change in bank working hours or a blanket prohibition on leave.

There is no independently verified response from Gujarat Gramin Bank management addressing these particular claims in the source inspected for this article. It would be inaccurate to state that the reported conduct has been proved, or that management has accepted the allegations. The identities of the contributors remain confidential in the original report, and no private employee details are reproduced here.

Why the distinction matters for RRB staff

Regional Rural Bank branches commonly handle lending, recoveries, government-linked enrolments and customer documentation at the same time. A report of overlapping activity is relevant to staff allocation and professional workload, but it does not by itself prove unlawful treatment or an operational breakdown. Reliable assessment would require bank-level campaign instructions, staffing numbers by branch, applicable leave procedures, the timing of any meetings and the institution’s response.

Employees concerned about workload or leave should rely on their bank’s actual service rules, written instructions and recognized grievance channels rather than assuming that anonymous allegations establish an enforceable entitlement. No new pay benefit, leave entitlement, work-hour rule or disciplinary decision has been announced or verified through this report.

What remains unverified

• Whether every reported campaign operated simultaneously at all branches or only in selected regions.
• The number of employees affected and the actual staffing position in the branches concerned.
• Whether reported after-hours meetings or rejected leave requests reflected formal instructions.
• Any bank management, sponsor institution or regulator response to the specific employee allegations.

This is a delayed-coverage report on allegations published on 4 November, not a claim that fresh disciplinary or regulatory action occurred on 7 November. The situation should be revisited only if credible new documents, a bank response or another material development becomes available.

Sources and References

1. The Kanal — “Working Under Pressure, Even Diwali Comes Without Happiness” Gujarat Gramin Bank Employees Allege Excessive Targets and Mental Stress (published 4 November 2026; anonymous employee accounts).