India's biggest private sector lender, ICICI Bank said on Monday that it is going to hire more people this year. The number given by the private sector bank was in between 5,000-7,000 people.

The information was given by a senior official of the bank. Meanwhile, talking to media, ICICI Bank's Managing Director and CEO, Chanda Kochhar said that the bank was looking forward to declare bonus and increment for its employees this year.

She made this announcement during the inauguration of the 2,000th branch of the bank in Mumbai.

Kochhar also said that the bank is the first of its kind in India in the private sector, which has been able to reach this level.

This is another step ahead in the way to become the bank with the widest distribution network in the country. As part of this plan, the bank is also going to open more branches and ATMs, Kochhar added.

When asked by the reporters about the origin and plans of the bank , she said that ICICI is very much India. And even after foreign investments, nothing has changed and it is still governed by the RBI.