Updated On: 15 March, 2021 02:20 PM IST | Mumbai | PTI
The pan-India strike on March 15-16 has been called by the United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU), an umbrella body of nine unions

Bank employees protest during the two-day nationwide strike, called by United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU) at Connaught Place in New Delhi, Monday, March 15, 2021. Pic: PTI
Banking services in the state got affected on Monday as around 40,000 bank employees and officers have gone on a two-day strike to protest against the government`s decision to privatise two more state-run banks.
Last month, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had announced the privatisation of two public sector banks (PSBs) as part of the government`s disinvestment plan in the Union Budget for the next fiscal.