On the third anniversary of the Supreme Court verdict that struck down Section 377, a law that criminalised homosexuality, Axis Bank recently announced a slew of inclusive measures for its LGBTQIA+ staff and customers.
Under its campaign 바카라Come As You Are바카라, the lender on September 6 released a charter of policies and practices that 바카라embrace diversity, equity and inclusion바카라.
Effective September 20, individuals belonging to the LGBTQIA+ community will be able to open a joint savings bank account or a term deposit with their same-sex partner. The bank will also let customers make their same-sex partner a nominee in their savings or term deposit account, it said in a press release.
For gender non-binary, gender fluid or transgender persons, the bank will offer the option of choosing 바카라Mx바카라 as their title in their accounts.
In an interview to Outlook Money, Prof Manabi Bandyopadhyay, India바카라s first transgender principal at a government college in West Bengal, had earlier highlighted how she had to struggle even while trying to open a bank account because of her gender status. 바카라Transgenders have always been deprived from most economic benefits. Little has changed even today. The visibility of transgender people should be increased,바카라 Bandyopadhyay had said.
As for its employees, the Mumbai-headquartered bank will let them list their partners for Mediclaim benefits irrespective of gender, sex or marital status. The lender has also said that its employees can choose to dress as well as use restrooms in accordance with their gender or gender expression. We have initiated all-gender restrooms at our large offices, it added.
In case of issues faced by employees that belong to the community, the bank said it has a 바카라Diversity, Equity and Inclusion policy and a Human Rights Policy바카라 that would offer redressal.
바카라At Axis, we have put our focus on diversity, equity and inclusion that respects and recognizes the importance of distinctive life journeys and several identities that extend beyond the paradigms of gender. This for us is as much about the invisible markers as it is about the visible ones. It is our belief that it fosters a culture of innovation and leverages the multiple talent pools that exist in a rich demography like ours,바카라 said Rajesh Dahiya, Executive Director, Axis Bank, adding that the 바카라diversity & inclusion바카라 agenda has been a 바카라strategic focus바카라 in the bank바카라s wider Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) aligned commitments.
