Exclusive: Indian banks consider opening fewer branches during lockdown - sources

NEW DELHI/MUMBAI (Reuters) - India's central bank and major lenders are considering staffing fewer branches during the country's lockdown to reduce the chances of tens of thousands of employees catching coronavirus, four sources and a senior bank union official said.The world's second most populous nation is still very much a cash society and banks have been exempted from a 21-day lockdown of India's 1.3 billion people that began this week as they are considered an essential service.Prime..