Banks will remain closed today in Guwahati pertaining to the 24-hour nationwide strike called by the All India Bank Officers' Confederation (AIBOC).

The demands include inter-alia, full and unconditional mandate for the XIth bipartite wage revision talks based on the charter of demands submitted by four officers' organisations – AIBOC, AIBOA, NOBO and INBOC on the minimum wages concept, focus on core business and NPA recovery, abolishing new pension scheme, updation/revision of pension and family pension, etc.

The AIBOC has also opposed the amalgamation of Vijaya Bank, Dena Bank and Bank of Baroda, merger/amalgamation of regional rural banks, attack and assault on bank officers across the country, reduction of existing medical benefits, steep hike in insurance premium of retirees, etc.