Which officer conciliated the Bihar Gramin Bank disputes?
- A.The Banking Ombudsman, Patna
- B.The Assistant Labour Commissioner (Central), Patna
- C.The Registrar of Co-operative Societies, Bihar
- D.The Industrial Tribunal, Patna
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Explanation
The correct answer is the Assistant Labour Commissioner (Central), Patna, who functions under the Office of the Chief Labour Commissioner (Central) in the Ministry of Labour and Employment. The two disputes were resolved amicably through that officer conciliation efforts rather than through adjudication. The Banking Ombudsman handles customer complaints against banks and has no role in a dispute between a bank and its employees, so that option is wrong. The Registrar of Co-operative Societies deals with co-operative institutions and is not the authority here. An Industrial Tribunal decides references made to it, which is adjudication and not conciliation, so that option is incorrect as well. The distinction between conciliation and adjudication under industrial relations law is itself a favourite question, and this case supplies a current example of conciliation succeeding, with a Negotiating Council to be formed as part of the second settlement.
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Practice Questions
The two industrial settlements of October 2026 involved which bank?
- A.Bihar Gramin Bank
- B.Dakshin Bihar Gramin Bank
- C.Bihar State Co-operative Bank
- D.Central Bank of India
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Two disputes between its management and its employees organisations were settled on 22 and 23 October 2026 through the conciliation efforts of the Assistant Labour Commissioner (Central), Patna, working under the Office of the Chief Labour Commissioner (Central) in the Ministry of Labour and Employment.
Read the full explanation →What is the approximate total financial benefit from the two Bihar Gramin Bank settlements?
- A.Rs 10.52 crore
- B.Rs 67.17 crore
- C.Rs 77.69 crore
- D.Rs 92.40 crore
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The option of Rs 10.52 crore is the benefit under the second settlement alone, signed on 23 October 2026 with the Bihar Gramin Bank Workers Organisation for around 2,500 employees, so it is a part and not the whole.
Read the full explanation →Under which scheme were 13 crore people said to have become entrepreneurs for the first time?
- A.PM SVANidhi
- B.Mudra Yojana
- C.PM Vishwakarma
- D.Atal Pension Yojana
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The Prime Minister said that this scheme made 13 crore people entrepreneurs for the first time, as part of a wider point that a borrower with nothing to offer as security can now raise a cheap and easy loan to start work.
Read the full explanation →Which two Reserve Bank of India facilities were inaugurated at Bhubaneswar on 25 October 2026?
- A.A currency printing press and a note sorting centre
- B.A data centre and a cyber security training institute
- C.A regional office and a banking ombudsman office
- D.A coin museum and a financial literacy centre
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The Prime Minister inaugurated exactly these two units of the Reserve Bank of India at Bhubaneswar, the capital of Odisha, and called the occasion an important one for the state and for the country.
Read the full explanation →Who is the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India who attended the Bhubaneswar inauguration?
- A.Shaktikanta Das
- B.Nirmala Sitharaman
- C.Sanjay Malhotra
- D.Mohan Charan Majhi
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The Prime Minister named him as the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India while greeting the guests on the dais at Bhubaneswar.
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