For the first time in five years, public sector banks (PSBs) reported no locker theft cases in 2025-26, according to the government. This marks a significant improvement after the country’s 12 PSBs reported 40 established locker theft cases between 2021-22 and 2024-25.
In a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary said that 40 cases of locker theft were established during FY21-22 to FY25-26. He further informed that a total of 11,111,077 bank lockers were operational across PSBs as on March 31, 2026.
The years immediately after the Covid-19 pandemic saw the highest number of locker theft cases. While 16 cases were reported in 2021-22 and 17 in 2022-23, the number declined to three in 2023-24 and four in 2024-25 before falling to zero in 2025-26.
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