Bank Holidays 2021 In India

News About Bank Holidays in India

• Banks to remain closed for more than 10 days from 12 October 2021

  Banks in India will remain closed for more than 10 days across various states in India from 12 October 2021. On 12 October, banks will be closed in West Bengal and Tripura on account of Durga Puja. On 14 October, banks will be closed in Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Odisha, Puducherry, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal on account of Durga Puja/ Ayutha Pooja. On October 15, banks will be closed in all states except Himachal Pradesh and Manipur on account of Durga Puja/ Ayutha Pooja. Banks will remain closed in several states on 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, and 24 October as well.

  12 October 2021

• Holiday list by RBI for the month of September 2021

  As per the list of holidays issued by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), there will be a total of 11 bank holidays for the month of September 2021. The actual figure was 12, but with a Sunday passing, it comes down to 11. These 11 holidays include weekends. However, all these holidays are selective and do not apply to all the states at the same time. For instance, the first mandate holiday for September 2021, as per the RBI list is Tithi of Srimanta Sankardeva, falling on 10 September 2021. It applies to Guwahati, but other states don't have an off. Likewise, 9 cities in India will be celebrating Samvatsari (Chaturthi Paksha)/Ganesh Chaturthi/Varasiddhi Vinayaka Vrata/Vinayakar Chathurthi on 10 September 2021. On account of the same, only the banks located in Mumbai, Hyderabad, Chennai, Ahmedabad, Bhubaneshwar, Belapur, Nagpur, Bengaluru, and Panaji will have an off.

  07 September 2021

• Banks to be closed from 19 August 2021 for five days

  Bank holidays will vary from one state to another, however, there are some common holidays in the month of August across different states in India. There are 15 bank holidays in August on account of various religious festival. For Muharram, banks in Mumbai, Lucknow, New Delhi, Kolkata, as well as other states will closed on 19 August. For Onam, banks will be closed in Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram, Chennai, and Bengaluru, on 20 August. Banks will be closed in Thiruvananthapuram and Kochi on 20 and 21 August also for Thiruvonam. On 23 August, banks in Kochi and Thiruvananthapuram will be closed on account of Sree Narayana Guru Jayanthi. On 30 August, banks across several states will be closed on account of Janmashtami while on 31 August it will be closed for Sri Krishna Ashtami in Hyderabad. Apart from these holidays, all banks are closed on the second and fourth Saturdays as well as on every Sunday of every month.

  18 August 2021

• Bank to be shut in the coming week for 5 days

  According to the bank holiday calendar provided by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), banks will be closed for 15 days in the month of August. Out of the 15 days, 7 days will be on weekends and 8 days will be state-specific holidays. Banks will be closed for five days in the next week. Banks will be closed on 15 August on account of Independence Day. Banks in Maharashtra will remain shut on 16 August due to Parse New Year. Banks will be shut in several states on 19 August on account of Muharram. Banks in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and Karnataka will be shut on 20 August on account of Onam. Banks in Kerala will be shut on 21 August on account of Thiruvonam.

  12 August 2021

• Banks to remain closed for 15 days in August

  In the month of August, all private and government banks operating in the country will remain closed for a total of 15 days. According to the holiday calendar of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), banks will be closed for six days due to second and fourth Saturdays and Sundays in August. Similarly, banks will also remain closed for another nine days throughout the month on account of various regional festivals. However, the holidays will be applicable in only those states where the festivals are observed. The dates when banks shall remain closed over the month are 1st, 8th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 28th, 29th, 30th, and 31st August. It needs to be mentioned here that RBI puts its holiday list under three brackets - Real Time Gross Settlement Holiday, Holiday under Negotiable Instruments Act, and Banks' Closing of Accounts. The bank holidays are listed by the Central government, state governments, and Union Territories (UTs) under the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881.

  25 July 2021

• Banks to remain shut for 6 days in the coming week

  Banks in India will remain inoperative for fifteen days for the month of July. Out of those fifteen days, the banks will remain inactive for nine days due to festival-related holidays while others are weekend holidays.

  As per the RBI, despite the holidays, customers will be able to avail with their online transactions but there might be a shortage of cash in ATMs.

  The banks across Bhubaneshwar will remain shut on 12 July 12 due to the celebration of Rath Yatra. The banks in Imphal will also remain closed on 12 July 12 in Imphal on account of Kang (Rathajatra). Due to the celebration of Bhanu Jayanti in Gangtok, the banks will remain shut on 13 July. On 14 July, banks in Gangtok will remain close due to the celebration of local festival called Drukpa Tshechi.

  The banks will remain closed on 16 July in Dehradun due to the celebration of Harela Puja, and on 17 July on account of U Tirot Singh Day in Agartala and Kharchi Puja in Shillong.

  09 July 2021

• Banks to remain closed for 15 days in July

  As per Reserve Bank of India, banks will remain closed for a total of 15 days in the month of July. However, online banking activities will continue to work on these days. Of the 15 days, 9 are as per Reserve Bank of India (RBI) holiday calendar list while the remaining are weekends. It needs to be mentioned here that RBI places its holidays under three brackets i.e., Holiday under Negotiable Instruments Act, Holiday under Negotiable Instruments Act and Real Time Gross Settlement Holiday, and Banks Closing of Accounts. Moreover, bank holidays vary from state to state and is not observed by all the banking companies. In the month of July, banks shall remain closed on the occasion of the following festivals – Rath Yatra, Bhanu Jayanti, Drukpa Tschechi, Harela, U Tirot Sing Day, Kharchi Puja, Guru Rimpoche’s Thungkar Tschechu, Bakrid, Id-Ul-Zuha, and Ker Puja. Kharchi Puja and U Tirot Sing Day will be celebrated on the same date.

  29 June 2021

• Banks to remain shut for 4 days in coming week

  Banks in India will remain inactive for 4 days in the coming week from 25 June to 30 June.

  As per the bank holiday calendar, the banks will remain shut on 25 June due to the celebration of Guru Hargobind Ji’s birthday. Notably, the banks will not function only in Jammu and Srinagar. The banks will remain shut on 26 June. The banks across the country will remain shut on 27 June since it will be a Sunday. The bank will not be functional on 30 June in Aizawl, Mizoram, on account of local festival Remna Ni.

  Given below is the complete list of the days on which banks in India will remain closed.

  25 June: Guru Hargobind Ji’s birthday – In Jammu and Srinagar

  26 June: Fourth Saturday

  27 June: Weekly off (Sunday)

  30 June: Remna Ni – In Aizawl, Mizoram

  24 June 2021

• Banks to be closed from June 13 to June 15

  Private and public sector banks have holidays for almost nine days in the month of June, which includes holidays for various festivals as well as weekends. Next week, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced three bank holidays for various states in the country. On 12 June, banks will be closed due to it being the second Saturday following which 13 June is also a holiday on account of it being a Sunday. Following that, 15 June is a bank holiday on account of being YMA Day in Aizawl (Mizoram) and Raja Sankranti in Bhubaneswar (Odisha). Apart from this, banks are also closed every month on Sundays and on the second and fourth Saturdays.

  09 June 2021

• Banks will be closed for 9 days in June

  Indian Banks will be closed for nine days in June, including the weekends, according to Reserve Bank of India (RBI). The calendar shows the schedule of holidays:

  June 15 (YMA Day/Raja Sankranti): Aizawl in Mizoram, Odisha’s Bhubaneswar

  June 25 (Guru Hargobind Ji’s birthday): Jammu, Srinagar

  June 30 (Remna Ni): Aizawl, Mizoram

  31 May 2021

• Banks will be closed for 2 days in a few cities

  Banks will be closed in five states in view of state specific holidays. 14 April 2021 was a holiday since it was of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Jayanti, and banks were closed in most states. Banks will be closed in Guwahati on 15 April as it will be Bohag Bihu.

  16 April 2021

• List of bank holidays in April 2021

  There will be 9 holidays for both public and private sector banks in India in 2021. This is apart from the holidays on the second and fourth Saturdays of every month. Taking those holidays too into account, April will have 15 bank holidays in April. The list of the scheduled holidays are as follows: 1 April (closure for yearly accounts), 2 April (Good Friday), 5 April (Babu Jagjivan Ram’s birthday), 6 April (general elections for the legislative assembly in Tamil Nadu), 13 April (Telugu New Year/Ugadi/Gudi Padwa/Baisakhi/Sajibu Nongmapanba (Cheiraoba)/1st Navratra), 14 April (Vishu/Tamil New Year/Biju/Bohag Bihu/Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Jayanti/Cheiraoba), 15 April (Bengali New Year/Sarhul/Himachal Day/Bohag Bihu), 16 April (Bohag Bihu), and 21 April (Shree Ram Navmi/Garia Puja). The second and fourth Saturdays and the corresponding Sundays will fall on: 4 April (Sunday), 10 April (second Saturday), 11 April (Sunday), 18 April (Sunday), 24 April (fourth Saturday), and 25 April (Sunday).

  29 March 2021

• Banks to work for 2 days between 27 March and 4 April 2021

  Banks will be shut for 3 consecutive days from 27 March to 29 March on account of Holi. On 27 March, banks will remain closed on account of the second Saturday of the month all over India.

  In some cities such as Patna, banks will be shit for 4 consecutive days since 30 March is also declared a holiday as part of the Reserve Bank of India’s holiday list. The banks do not allow customers on 31 March as it would be the last day of the financial year. 1 April will be a holiday for the banks to close their yearly accounts and 2 April is Good Friday.

  24 March 2021

• Banking services to be affected, over 10 lakh employees to join UFBC's two-day agitation

  Banks will be closed across India on 15 March 2021 and 16 March 2021 as employees of various public banks have gotten together to protest against the government decision to privatise two state owned banks. The protest is organised by the United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU).

  Customers will have problems in depositing and withdrawing amounts from their respective bank’s branches. However, ATMs will remain functional.

  Employees of banks like Canara Bank, State Bank of India, etc. will take part in the nationwide protest. However, private lenders such as Axis Bank, HDFC Bank, etc. will continue to function without any problems.

  16 March 2021

• Banks to be closed from 13 March and 16 March

  While 13 March and 14 March, the bank unions have announced a nationwide strike on March 15 and 16. Public sector banks (PSBs) under the Union Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU) of nine unions have called for a two-day strike on 15 March and 16 March. This will be a mark of protest against the proposed privatisation of two major state-owned lenders by the central government.

  12 March 2021

• March 2021 bank holidays

  However, bank holidays are not observed by all states and it may vary as per the specific state or region. Banks across the country will observe all the gazetted holidays while other holidays are specific to the state. In March 2021, there are 11 bank holidays as announced on the calendar of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). The actual holidays are for five days while the rest are the two Saturdays and four Sundays for which banks are always closed. The other five days that banks will be closed are 5 March 5, 11 March, 22 March, 29 March, and 30 March.

  01 March 2021

• Banks to remain closed on 12 days in February

  Banks operating in the country shall remain closed on 12 days in the month of February. These holidays will be on account of second and fourth Saturdays, Sundays, and some state holidays. The dates when banks shall remain closed are 7, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 19, 20, 21 26, 27, and 28 February. In addition to second and fourth Saturdays and four Sundays of the month, six state festivals will be celebrated in February across different states of the country. It needs to be mentioned here that though bank branches will remain closed on the specific dates, transactions can be carried out online using internet banking or mobile banking facility.

  01 February 2021

• Banks will be closed on these days for December

  All banks in India are closed on Sundays and also the second and fourth Saturdays of every month. Apart from this, here are the bank holidays for December:

  December 1

  State Inauguration Day- Nagaland

  Indigenous Faith Day- Arunachal Pradesh

  December 3

  Kanakadasa Jayanti- Karnataka

  World Disabled Day- Tripura

  Feast of St. Francis Xavire- Goa

  December 5

  Birthday of Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah- Jammu and Kashmir

  December 12- Second Saturday

  December 18

  Death Anniversary of U SoSo Tham- Meghalaya

  Guru Ghasidas Jayanti- Chandigarh

  December 19

  Goa Liberation Day- Goa

  Sri Guru Teg Bahadur Ji’s Martyrdom Day- Punjab

  December 25- Christmas Day- National holiday

  December 26- Fourth Saturday

  December 30-

  Tamu Losar- Sikkim

  U Kiang Nangbah- Meghalaya

  December 31

  New Year’s Eve- Manipur

  30 November 2020

• Eight bank holidays in the month of November in India

  All banks in the country will be closed for eight days in November. Banks in the country will be closed on all Sundays, two Saturdays, and two other national holidays. However, there will be special holidays in every state. On 1 November and 8 November, banks will remain closed as the days fall on a Sunday. On 14 November, banks will remain closed due to Diwali and Second Saturday. On 15 November and 22 November, banks will remain closed as the days fall on a Sunday. On 28 November, banks will be closed as it is the Fourth Saturday. Banks will be closed on 29 November as it falls on a Sunday. Banks will be closed on 30 November due to Guru Nanak Jayanti.

  28 October 2020

• Bank holidays in October 2020

  The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) had announced that that the banking operations would remain closed on a few days in October. On these holidays, the banks will be closed. The holidays will differ from state to state. The bank holidays will depend on the festivals that are celebrated in every state.

  • 2 October, Friday- Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti
  • 4 October- Sunday
  • 8 October, Thursday- Chellum regional holiday
  • 10 October -Second Saturday
  • 11 October -Sunday
  • 17 October, Saturday- Kati Bihu in Assam
  • 18 October-Sunday
  • 23 October, Friday- Mahashaptami Regional Holiday
  • 24 October, Saturday- Mahashtami Regional Holiday
  • 25 October- Sunday
  • 26 October, Monday- Vijaya Dashami
  • 29 October, Thursday- Milad-e-sharif, regional holiday
  • 30 October, Friday- Eid-e-Milad
  • 31 October, Saturday- Maharshi Valmiki, Sardar Patel Jayanti, regional holiday

  30 September 2020

• List of bank holidays for the month of August 2020

  Banks in India fix their holidays every month on account of important events and festivals. The two different types of holidays are national holidays and state holidays. Depending on the state, the bank holidays will vary. All banks are closed across India on national holidays. In August, banks will be closed on 13 days inclusive of Saturdays and Sundays. On 1 August, banks will be closed in Jammu and Kashmir due to Bakrid. Banks will be closed in many states on 3 August on account of Raksha Bandhan. Banks will be closed in Sikkim on 8 August because of Tendong Lho Rum Faat. On 11 August, banks will be closed in many states because of Janmashtami. Banks will be closed across India on 15 August on account of Independence Day. On 22 August, banks will be closed in many on account of Ganesh Chaturthi. Banks will remain shut in Maharashtra and Gujarat on 17 August as Parsi New Year is celebrated.

  31 July 2020

• List of bank holidays in July

  Banks all across India observe a few holidays every month, however these are the same and uniform all over the country. The main banks holiday in July is Bakri Eid.

  A few states will celebrate the regional holidays. For example, Punjab and Haryana will have a holiday on Haryali Teej and Jammu and Kashmir will have holidays on 5 July for Guru Hargobind Ji’s Birthday and 13 July for Martyr’s Day.

  5 July: Guru Hargobind Ji Birthday (Jammu and Kashmir)

  6 July: MHIP Day (Mizoram)

  13 July : Martyr’s Day (Jammu and Kashmir)

  13 July : Bhanu Jayanthi (Sikkim)

  16 July: Bonalu (Telangana)

  17 July: U Tirot Sing Day (Meghalaya)

  23 July: Haryali Teej (Haryana, Punjab)

  27 July: Kharchi Puja (Tripura)

  31 July: Eid-ul-Fitr (All states)

  29 June 2020

• Bank holidays list for June 2020

  The month of June will have no major festivals, hence apart from usual weekends. The banks in India will be functioning all days as usual in the month. There are no scheduled off days for stock markets in June either.

  However, certain Indian states will observe some regional holidays due to which the banks in those states will be closed. Jammu & Kashmir will observe Guru Hargobind Ji's Birthday while Remna Ni and YMA Day will be celebrated in Mizoram. Here is the list of bank holidays in June 2020: National

  7 June 2020, Sunday,

  13 June 2020, Saturday,

  14 June 2020, Sunday,

  21 June 2020, Sunday,

  27 June 2020, Saturday,

  28 June 2020, Sunday

  Jammu and Kashmir

  18 June 2020, Thursday, Guru Hargobind Ji's Birthday

  Mizoram

  18 June 2020, Monday, Y.M.A. Day/Raja Sankranti

  30 June 2020, Tuesday, Remna Ni

  Odisha

  18 June 2020 Monday Y.M.A. Day/Raja Sankranti

  23 June 2020 Tuesday Ratha Yatra

  Sikkim

  5 June 2020, Friday, Saga Dawa

  27 May 2020

• Bank to remain closed for 13 days in May 2020

  As India grapples against the effect of Coronavirus, various banks and other financial entities will be closed in order to observe social distancing norms. Apart from that various festivals, important dates, and weekends will also keep the banks from operating. The banks in India will be shut for a total of 13 days. Given below are the list of dates on which the banks in India will remain unoperational.

  May 1: International Labour Day (Friday)

  May 3: Sunday

  May 7: Buddh Purnima (Thursday)

  May 9: Second Saturday

  May 10: Sunday

  May 17: Sunday

  May 23: Fourth Saturday

  May 24: Sunday

  May 25: Eid-ul-Fitr (Saturday)

  May 31: Sunday

  Banks in Jammu and Kashmir will observe another two days of holidays apart from the ones mentioned above. The holidays are on May 21 and 22 on the occasion of Shab-E-Qadr and Jamat-ul-Vida.

  The banks in India are operating for only 4 hours between 10:00 a.m. and 02:00 p.m. due to coronavirus pandemic lockdown.

  28 April 2020

• Banks in the country to be closed for 15 days out of the 30 days in April

  With the nationwide lockdown for 21 days in effect which will last till 15 April in order to prevent the spread of COVID-19, banks have been functional with lesser staff. To prevent the spread, banks have reduced the staff or the working hours of the employees in order to promote social distancing. Public and private banks in the country will be closed for 9 days in the month of April due to various bank holidays. Once the week offs of the banks are added, the total number of days banks will be closed is 15.

  According to the RBI, the bank holidays in the month of April 2020 include festivals such as Ram Navami, Mahavir Jayanti, Good Friday, Bihu, etc. It has also been speculated that during the bank holidays, ATMs might not be disbursing cash.

  The complete list of bank holidays in April include:

  Annual closing of Banks – 1 April

  Ram Navami – 2 April

  Mahavir Jayanti – 6 April

  Good Friday – 10 April

  Bihu, Bohag Bihu, Baisakhi – 13 April

  Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Jayanti – 14 April

  Bohag Bihu – 15 April

  Garia Puja – 20 April

  Bhagvan Shree Parshram Jayanti – 25 April

  These are the list of bank holidays in the month of April. Including this, 6 more days will be a holiday for banks on account of weekends, second and fourth Saturdays.

  7 April 2020

• Bank holidays in April 2020

  In April 2020, the major festivals include Ram Navami, Mahavir Jayanti, Good Friday and Bihu. Banks would be closed on these festivals along with on a few other days in different parts of the country depending on the occasion. Assam will be celebrating Bihu for 3 days for the festival of Bihu.

  In the other states, some banks will also be closed on account of regional holidays which would be state specific. These holidays include Babasaheb Ambedkar Jayanthi in various states and state day in Himachal Pradesh along with Garia Puja in the state of Tripura.

  31 March 2020

• Banks could be closed for four days next week due to holidays and strike

  Banks may be open for only three days next week due to various holidays and a day-long bank strike. The main reason for the strike is to protest against the bank merger of 10 public sector banks.

  The strike will be on 27 March 2020 and the All India Bank Officers’ Association (AIBOA), All India Bank Employees’ Association (AIBEA), and the Bank Employees Federation of India will take part in it. Next week, all banks will be open on Monday and Tuesday but will be closed in several cities on Wednesday due to Telugu New Year’s Day and Gudhi Padwa. On 25 March 2020, banks in Nagpur, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Chennai, and Bengaluru will be closed due to the spring festival. Banks will remain open on 26 March 2020. However, banks will be closed on 27 March 2020 and 28 March 2020 because of the bank strike and the fourth Saturday. Bank unions wanted to sit on a strike on 11 March 2020 but later cancelled it. Banks were closed on 31 January and 1 February as employees demanded a 20% hike in their salary. The merger of 10 public sector banks will come into effect from 1 April 2020. However, bank unions have demanded that the government rollback the plans.

  17 March 2020

• Bank strikes in March to protest the merger of banks

  After bank unions called of a strike on March 11, couple of other unions have called for a strike on March 27 to protest against the merger of PSU banks.

  Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had announced that the Union Cabinet has approved the plan to merge 10 PSU banks into four larger banks. The plan will come into effect from 1 April 2020.

  A joint call has been given by The All India Bank Employees' Association (AIBEA) and All India Bank Officers Association (AIBOA) to observe bandh on 27 March. The Unions have demanded the stopping of the merger of the banks. The other demands the Unions have kept forward are the stopping of the privatisation of IDBI Bank, rolling back banking reforms, increase of interest rates on deposits, and recovery of bad loans.

  C.H. Venkatachalam, general secretary, AIBEA, said that the Union has planned a series of protest this month. The Bank Employees Federation of India (BEFI) has announced that they will also protest againts the merger.

  The Finance Minister in her defense said that merger will help enhance customer convenience, better branch service, higher credit flow, and lesser time in loan sanctions. There will be an increase in synergy which will allow more competitiveness amongst the banks.

  As per the plans, United Bank of India and Oriental Bank of Commerce would be merged with Punjab National Bank, which would make it the second largest public sector bank in India.

  The decision was taken that Syndicate Bank will merge with Canara Bank, while Allahabad Bank will merge with Indian Bank. Similarly, Corporation Bank and Syndicate Bank will consolidate with Union Bank of India.

  6 March 2020

• Days that Indian banks will be closed in the month of March

  It is important that individuals know the days that banks in India are closed. Apart from planning their bank work, leisure activities can also be planned accordingly.

  Even though bank holidays vary from state to state, certain days are fixed by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), where all banks across India will be closed. Apart from various festivals, all private and public sector banks in India will be closed on 26 January, 15 August, and 2 October on account of Republic Day, Independence Day, and Gandhi Jayanti, respectively. Depending on the state and what festivals are celebrated, bank holidays will vary. In Odisha, banks will be closed on 5 March 2020 on account of Panchayati Raj Diwas. All banks in Uttar Pradesh will be closed on 9 March 2020 because of Hazrat Ali’s Birthday. Banks in several states will be closed on 10 March 2020 on account of Holi. Banks in Haryana and Punjab will be closed on 23 March 2020 on account of Martyr’s Day. Banks in Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, and Karnataka will be closed on 25 March 2020 due to Telugu New Year/Gudi Padwa/Ugadi. On 28 March 2020, banks will remain shut in Jharkhand because of Sarhul.

  3 March 2020

• Bank holidays in February and March 2020

  Banks were closed on account of Maha Shivarathri on 21 February, Friday, and on 22 February, Saturday, on account of it being a fourth Saturday (which is always a bank holiday), and Sunday being a holiday too, it was a 3-day bank holiday in February. In March too, banks are expected to be closed for 3 days at a stretch due to a strike that falls on 11, 12, and 13 March, which falls on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. However, prior to this strike, banks will also remain closed on 10 March for Holi (which is a Tuesday) with 14 March also being a holiday on account of being a second Saturday. This means that, not taking in account Sunday, which is a bank holiday anyway, in the second week of March, banks will remain open only on one day of the week, which is on 9 March, Monday. This is the third bank strike in 2020 so far, with the first one between 8 to 9 January and the second one on 31 January and 1 February.

  21 February 2020

• 3 days of bank strike in March due to salary hik

  Following a 2-day strike that took place on the last day of January and the first day of February, PSU banks’ employees have asserted that another strike is on the cards. In case of a successful shutdown, a number of banks as well as ATMs may remain closed for 5 days straight in the month of March. The Bank Employees Federation of India as well as the All India Bank Employees’ Association has revealed that there will be a strike for 3 days starting from the 11th of March to the 13th of March following the failure of wage revision talks. The talks were held with the Indian Banks’ Association and there was no positive outcome for bank employees. The strike will take place just before the second Saturday of March, which means that in addition to the 3 days of the strike, the bank will remain closed over the weekend as well, thereby making it a 5-day off for employees. Certain private banks such as HDFC Bank and ICICI Bank will continue operations as usual. In case it happens, this will mark the third bank strike of 2020 following the recent 2-day strike and the Bharat Bandh on the 8th of January.

  9 February 2020

• Banks to be closed for 8 days in February including on February 1 for strike

  Banks in India will remain closed for 8 days in the month of February. The bank has already completed one of the days on which it was closed on 1 February 2020 due to an All India Bank Strike.

  The banks in India will not function on all the four Saturdays and two Sundays. There is only one weekday on which the bank will not function which will be on 21 February on which Maha Shivratri will be celebrated all over the country.

  Given below are the dates on which the Banks will be closed.

  1 February 2020 – All India Bank Strike/ First Saturday

  2 February – Sunday

  8 February – Second Saturday

  9 February – Second Sunday

  15 February – Third Saturday

  16 February – Third Sunday

  21 February – Maha Shivratri

  22 February – Fourth Saturday

  23 February – Fourth Sunday

  1 February 2020

• Bank unions call for two-day bank strike from 31 January 2020

  Post the failure of wage revision talks with the Indian Banks Association (IBA), the union of bank employees has called for a two-day nationwide bank strike on 31 January and 1 February 2020. The strike will be the second bank strike this month after the Bharat Bandh that was observed on 8 January 2020. The timing of the bank strike is significant as it falls on the same day as Budget Day. On 31 January, the Finance Minister of India will present the budget and because 1 February is the first Saturday of the month, all commercial banks are supposed to be working on the Budget Day. Even stock exchanges have agreed to remain open on the Budget Day. Bipartite talks were held by representatives of 9 constituents of the United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU) recently in which many wage-related demands were turned down. A 20% hike on payslip components, uniform 5-day work week, merger of special allowance with basic pay, scrapping of New Pension Scheme (NPS), etc., were some of the demands of the bank unions.

  17 January 2020

• List of bank holidays for the month of January across major cities in India

  The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has declared a holiday on 1 January 2020 across certain north-eastern states and in Chennai on account of New Year 2020.

  Apart from Shillong, Imphal, Gangtok, Aizawl, and Chennai, banks will remain open across the other major cities in India on 1 January 2020. Apart from Sundays, banks will remain closed on the second and fourth Saturdays of every month. Under the Negotiable Instruments Act, there are other bank holidays as well. In Chandigarh, banks will be closed on 2 January 2020 on account of Guru Govind Singh’s birthday. Banks will remain closed in Ahmedabad and other parts of Gujarat on 14 January 2020 on account of Makar Sankranti. On 15 January 2020, banks will remain closed in Hyderabad, Guwahati, Chennai, and Bengaluru on account of Tusu Puja, Magh Bihu, Pongal, and Uttarayaana Punyakaala Makara Sankranti Festival. Banks will be closed in Chennai from 15 January 2020 to 17 January 2020 on account of several festivals. Banks in Tripura, Kolkata, and the rest of West Bengal will be closed on 23 January 2020 due to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s birthday. Banks in Kolkata, Agartala, and Bhubaneshwar will be closed on 30 January 2020 on account of Basanta Panchami and Saraswati Puja.

  31 December 2019

• Banks to remain closed on 2 Saturdays, all Sundays, and 2 public holidays in December

  As per the information revealed by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), banks will be shut for a total of 9 days in December 2019 due to which ATMs may face a shortage of cash during these days. Hence, it is advised that you plan accordingly to ensure that you do not face any cash crunch. Banks will remain shut on all Sundays and two Saturdays in December. Besides that, there will be two public holidays on 25 and 26 December on account of Christmas and Boxing Day. 25 Christmas will fall on a Wednesday while Boxing Day on a Thursday. The second and fourth Saturdays in December will be non-working days for the banks. The list of all the holidays in December can be found on the official website of RBI.

  01 December 2019

• Banks to stay shut on 3, 9, 10, 12, 17, 24, and 25 November

  Private and public banks in India generally are closed on public holidays and besides that, banks are also shut on the second and fourth Saturdays which can vary from state to state. However, on national holidays such as Independence Day (15 August), Gandhi Jayanti (2 October), and Republic Day (26 January) banks observe holidays. Banks will remain shut for 7 days in November when 3 November is a Sunday, 9 November is a second Saturday, and 10 November is a Sunday. 12 November will also see banks observing a holiday on account of Guru Nanak Jayanti. Banks will remain closed on 17 and 25 November because it is a Sunday. 24 November will also see banks remain shut as it is the fourth Saturday of the month. In October, banks had 8 holidays which includes Saturdays and Sundays.

  01 November 2019

• Indian bank holidays in November and December 2019

  Banks in the metros of Chennai, Delhi, Kolkata, and Mumbai will be closed for a total of 14 days in the months of November and December 2019. This is besides the second and fourth Saturdays and Sundays, for which all banks are closed in India. Some bank holidays vary from state to state. In Bengaluru and Shillong alone, 1 November will be a holiday on account of Kannada Rajyotsava/Kut and the Wangala festivals respectively. Some of the holidays are 12 November for Guru Nanak Jayanti, Kartika Purnima, and Rahasa Purnima and 25 December for Christmas. Other public holidays that fall in November are on 3, 9, 10, 12, 17, 23, and 24 November. In December, the public holidays fall on 1, 8, 14, 15, 22, 25, 28, and 29 December.

  30 October 2019

• Bank holidays in Bengaluru, Mumbai, and other cities after Diwali

  Banks in Nagpur, Ahmedabad, Pune, Bengaluru, and Mumbai will get an additional holiday even though Diwali falls on 27 October 2019. Banks will either be closed on 28 October 2019 or 29 October 2019.

  Diwali is followed by various festivals such as Bhaidooj, Govardhan Puja, Laxmi Puja among others. Various business communities also celebrate Vikram Samvat New Year Day, which comes right after Diwali. All banks in India will be closed on 26 October 2019 as it is the fourth Saturday. All banks in the country are closed on Sundays. Under the Negotiable Instruments Act, banks in several cities such as Jaipur, Kanpur, Lucknow, Ahmedabad, Pune, and Mumbai will be closed on 28 October 2019. The holidays will be due to Govardhan Puja, Laxmi Puja, and Vikram Samvat New Year Day. Kanpur and Lucknow are the only major cities where banks will be closed on 28 October 2019 and 29 October 2019 on account of Chitragupt Puja and Bhaidooj. Banks in Karnataka, including Bengaluru, will be closed on 29 October 2019 due to Bali Padyam. Ranchi, Raipur, Goa, Chandigarh, Bhubaneswar, Bhopal, Srinagar, Jammu, Patna, Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Chennai, and New Delhi are among the cities where banks will not be closed after Diwali. Banks in Haryana and Maharashtra were closed on 21 October 2019 due to assembly elections. Various banks were also closed on 22 October 2019 because of the strike called by unions to protest the merger of banks.

  24 October 2019

• Banks to be closed for four days in Mumbai and Pune

  Banks will be closed in Mumbai, Pune and some of the cities in Maharashtra and Haryana due to the assembly elections scheduled to be held in Maharashtra and Haryana. The branches of banks will be active for only three days this week. Bank strikes and other bank holidays will also contribute to banks remaining closed this week.

  Banks will function in all the states and Union Territories in India except for Maharashtra and Haryana after Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced bank holidays in these two states due to assembly elections scheduled.

  Chandigarh which is the capital city of both Punjab and Haryana will have banks operating as normal.

  All India Bank Employees Association (AlBEA) and the Bank Employees Federation of India (BEFI) have decided to go on a nationwide strike on Tuesday to protest against the merging of banks. If the protest is successful, then it is very much likely that the banking transaction would take a severe hit all over the country. On the next three days of the week till October 25, banks are likely to resume its normal services throughout the country.

  21 October 2019

• List of October bank holidays

  In India, the month of October marks the start of the festive season which has holidays such as Diwali, Dussehra, Ram Navmi, Bhai Dooj, and Govardhan Pooja. There will be 11 holidays for government offices and banks on account of festivals and weekends which leaves only 20 working days in the month. The 11 holidays are as follows: 2 October (Gandhi Jayanti), 6-8 (Ram Navmi and Dussehra), 12-13 (second Saturday and Sunday), 20 (Sunday), 26-27 (Diwali), and 28-29 (Govardhan Pooja and Bhai Dooj).

  30 September 2019

• 2-day strike deferred by bank unions

  Public sector banks have deferred the planned two-day strike after assurances were provided by the Finance Secretary, Rajiv Kumar, that they would look into their concerns. Four bank unions had planned to go on a two-day strike on September 26 and September 27 after the announcement was made to consolidate 10 banks to four.

  According to the joint statement that was issued on September 23, the strike has been deferred after the Finance Minister was positive about setting up a committee to look into the issue. Therefore, normal banking will not be affected on these two days. The four unions that called for a strike were the National Organisation of Bank Officers (NOBO), Indian National Bank Officers’ Congress (INBOC), All India Bank Officers’ Association (AIBOA), and All India Bank Officers’ Confederation (AIBOC). An announcement was made by the government to bring down the number of public sector banks from 19 to 12. As per the plan, Syndicate Bank and Canara Bank will merge, Indian Bank and Allahabad Bank will merge, while Oriental Bank of Commerce and Union Bank of India will merge with Punjab National Bank. Earlier, Bank of Baroda merged with Dena Bank and Vijaya Bank. Effective April 2017, State Bank of India had merged its associate banks, State Bank of Hyderabad, State Bank of Travancore, State Bank of Mysore, State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur, and State Bank of Patiala.

  25 September 2019

• September 2019 bank holidays

  Four Saturdays are present in the month of September that fall on 7, 16, 21, and 28. It is important to know the dates that banks are closed in the month of September as it could help in completing any bank-related activities. 

  However, depending on the Union Territory or the state, bank holidays may vary. 2 September 2019 is a bank holiday in Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Gujarat, Telangana, Daman and Diu, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, and Puducherry on account of Chaturthi. 3 September 2019 is also a bank holiday in Goa and Odisha on account of Ganesh Chaturthi and Nuakhai, respectively. 7 September 2019 is a bank holiday in Punjab because of Baba Sri Chand Ji Jayanti. 8 September 2019 is a bank holiday in Rajasthan because of Ramdev Jayanti and Teja Dashmi. 10 September 2019 is a bank holiday in Kerala because of Onam. 10 September 2019 is also a bank holiday in all states and union territories other than Tripura, Puducherry, Nagaland, Kerala, Daman and Diu, Punjab, Sikkim, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Manipur, Assam, Goa, Arunachal Pradesh, and Uttarakhand on account of Muharram. Banks in Kerala will be closed on September 11, 13, and 21 on account of Thiruvonam, Sree Narayana Guru Jayanti, and Sree Narayana Guru Samadhi, respectively. Banks in Karnataka, Odisha, Tripura, and West Bengal will be closed on 28 September 2019 on account of Mahalaya. Banks will also remain shut on the second and fourth Saturday of every month. 

  2 September 2019

• List of bank holidays till the September-end

  Individuals can save a lot of time and money if they know the list of bank holidays as they can plan their schedule accordingly. In India, banks are closed for up to 6 days for the months of August and September. However, bank holidays could vary depending on the State.

  For the month of August, banks will remain closed on August 15 and August 24 on account of Independence Day/Rakshabandhan and Janmashtami, respectively. For the month of September, banks will remain closed on September 2, September 10, and September 11, on account on Vinayak Chaturthi, Muharram, and Onam, respectively. In the case of states, banks will remain closed in Ahmedabad, Nagpur, and Mumbai on August 17 on account of Parsi New Year. In Assam, banks will be shut on August 20 because of Sri Sri Madhav Dev. Banks in Haryana and Punjab will remain closed on August 31 as Pahila Prakash Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji is celebrated on that day.

  14 August 2019

• Here’s the list of Bank Holidays in August 2019

  If you have to take care of some important bank work, you need to know the days on which banks will remain open.

  Here is a list of bank holidays in August 2019:

  In the month of August, banks have three public holidays for Independence Day, Eid-ul-Adha, and Janmashtami.

  • 3 August 2019: Saturday – banks will remain closed in Punjab, Chandigarh, and Haryana due to Hariyali Teej in the month of Sawan.
  • 4 August 2019: Sunday
  • 12 August 2019: Monday - Eid ul-Adha. Banks will remain closed across all states.
  • 15 August 2019: Thursday - Independence Day. Banks will remain closed across all states.
  • 17 August 2019: Saturday – Parsi New Year – Banks will remain closed in Mumbai on the occasion of Navroz.
  • 18 August 2019: Sunday
  • 24 August 2019: Janmashthami – It will be a bank holiday across India on the occasion of Krishna Janmashtami.
  • 25 August 2019: Sunday

  2 August 2019

• RBI Declares 1st April as Bank Holiday

  In the view of annual closing of accounts, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has declared a holiday for all commercial and co-operative banks in India on Monday, 1st of April.

  To facilitate a few services such as government receipt and payment transactions, some of the bank branch offices remained open on 31st March, Sunday.

  The same has been notified by the RBI on 26th March that all Pay and Account Offices will remain open on March 31, 2019 to facilitate the above-mentioned transactions.

  The RBI has also issued another notification on 28th March according to which special clearing will be conducted at all clearing houses across India on 30th and 31st of March.

  The bank working hours have also been set by the RBI – Up to 8.00 p.m. on 30th March and up to 6.00 p.m. on 31st March.

  1st April 2019 marks the beginning of the next financial year, FY 2019-20.

  31 March 2019