New Delhi: All Banks across India will remain shut for 21 days next month including second and fourth Saturdays and Sundays. Financial Express reports, “Apart from weekly offs, banks will remain shut in different states on account of different holidays. Banks will not be closed for all 21 days for all states as these are state-specific holidays for different occasions. On October 2, banks across the country will remain shut as it will be a gazetted holiday. The Reserve Bank of India has categorised holidays under three categories — Holiday under Negotiable Instruments Act; Holiday under Negotiable Instruments Act and Real-Time Gross Settlement Holiday; and Banks’ Closing of Accounts. The list of holidays given below has been notified by RBI.”
Here’s a list of Holidays for Banks as mentioned in Financial Express:
1 October 2021 – Half Yearly Closing of Bank Accounts
2 October 2021 – Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti
6 October 2021 – Mahalaya Amavasye
7 October 2021 – Mera Chaoren Houba of Lainingthou Sanamahi
12 October 2021 – Durga Puja (Maha Saptami)
13 October 2021 – Durga Puja (Maha Ashtami)
14 October 2021 – Durga Puja/Dussehra (Maha Navami)/Ayutha Pooja
15 October 2021 – Durga Puja/Dasara/Dusshera (Vijaya Dashmi)
16 October 2021 – Durga Puja (Dasain)
18 October 2021 – Kati Bihu
19 October 2021 – Id-E-Milad/Eid-e-Miladunnabi/Milad-i-Sherif (Prophet Mohammad’s Birthday)/Baravafat
20 October 2021 – Maharishi Valmiki’s Birthday/Lakshmi Puja/Id-E-Milad
22 October 2021 – Friday following Eid-i-Milad-ul-Nabi
October 26 – Accession Day
