New Delhi, Sept. 6 -- India's biggest lender, the State Bank of India (SBI), plans to recruit about 12,000 employees and add around 250 new branches to its network in the ongoing financial year, said SBI Chairman CS Setty.

CS Setty told news agency PTI, "In terms of recruitment, I think we would be looking at around 11,000 to 12,000 appointments across both clerical and officer cadres this year."

"This number may vary depending on retirements and emerging requirements, but I expect we should close the year with around 12,000 recruitments," he said.

Setty said that last year, the bank "did fairly large recruitment because we took 1,500 specialist IT officers."

"This year, we do not need such a large number on the IT [information techno...