As many as 41,177 positions or 5% of the total sanctioned posts at public sector banks (PSBs) were vacant as on December 1, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said in a written reply in Lok Sabha. There are over 8,05,986 sanctioned positions at PSBs. No vacancy/post was abolished in last six years, except one in Punjab & Sind Bank, Sitharaman said.