Date:04/12/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/12/04/stories/2008120451610300.htm

Kerala

Cooperative bank staff stage dharna

Thiruvananathapuram: The All Kerala Cooperative Bank Employees Association held a dharna before the Secretariat on Wednesday demanding the implementation of the cooperative package as per the recommendations of the Vaidyanathan Committee in Kerala also, exemption of cooperative banks from the purview of income tax and sanctioning of pension to all the employees of cooperative banks. All India general secretary of the All India Bank Employees Association C.H. Venkitachalam inaugurated the dharna. — Special Correspondent