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The Indian Journalists Union (IJU) and the AP Union of Working Journalists (APUWJ) have expressed shock at the call given by Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) president K. Chandrasekhar Rao to journalists from Telangana to quit APUWJ and form their union for which he would contribute Rs. 10 lakh.

In a statement here, the IJU secretary general K. Srinivas Reddy and APUWJ president D. Somasundar said they had never imagined that a leader like Mr. Rao who has led a long drawn struggle for separate Telangana would make such a statement as it did not behove his stature.

They said they left it to the good sense of Mr. Rao to consider his statement in the light of five decades of interrupted service by APUWJ to the newspaper industry and welfare of journalists.

They also asked Mr. Rao to take note that the survival of professional organisations as APUWJ depended on their service to members and not donations by leaders. The APUWJ would continue to serve the media community even in the future, they added.

Bank exams in 2011 would not be same, as public banks have decided on a common test to fillvacancies.Although such an arrangement was in the talks, a consensus has been reached now among the organizations.This common test is expected to minimize the hassles involved in bank recruitments.

Test Process: The common entrance test would be conducted, by the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) at all-India level.Successful candidates will be given a scorecard with a validity of 1 or 1½ yrs.Within this period, they can apply for bank job notifications & appear for Interview.The candidate has to take the test again, after the validity expires.The test is likely to happen atleast 3 – 4 times a year.

By this method, banks are expecting to complete the recruitment process in 4 months time compared to one year now(sometimes higher), as candidates would be available on demand.

SBI stays away: While explaining the above details – Dr K.Ramakrishnan,Chief Executive,Indian Bank`s Association also mentioned that 20 public sector banks have agreed on this common test proposal except State Bank of India (SBI) & its five associate banks as they have separate selection process.

Nearly 50% employees of public sector banks would retire within the next ten years, says a recent survey.Inorder to fill this void gradually, the proposed All-India common test for bank jobs is very much required especially when 80000 bank jobs are to be created in the next 3 years!