Many people in the country are doubtful about the Diwali holiday. They say that the banks will be closed on 31 October or there will be a holiday on 1 November. At the same time, in some states, there will be a bank holiday for 4 consecutive days.
In the month of October, banks will remain closed for 15 days in the entire month including Dussehra and Diwali holidays. At the same time, there will be more than 10 days of bank holidays in the month of November. Meanwhile, there is confusion among people about Diwali holiday. The question arising in the minds of people is whether there will be a bank holiday on 31 October or 1 November on the occasion of Diwali.
Apart from this, many states are having a long weekend due to 4 consecutive days of holiday. In such a situation, before going to the bank for any important work, you must check the list of holidays issued by the Reserve Bank of India. Due to lack of information, you may have to face problems.
There will be bank holiday in these states on 31 October
According to the Reserve Bank of India, all public and private banks will remain closed on 31 October 2024 on the occasion of Diwali in Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Puducherry, Telangana, and Tamil Nadu, Delhi, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal, while all banks in Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Manipur, Meghalaya, Tripura, Maharashtra will continue to function as usual.
Diwali holiday will be on 1st November in these states
Apart from this, on Friday, November 1, all banks in Tripura, Karnataka, Uttarakhand, Jammu and Kashmir, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Sikkim and Manipur will have a public holiday on the occasion of Deepawali, Kut Mahotsav and Kannada Rajyotsava.
After this, on Saturday, November 2, all banks in Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh will remain closed on Diwali (Bali Pratipada) / Balipadyami / Lakshmi Puja / Govardhan Puja / Vikram Samvat New Year’s Day. On the other hand, all
private and government banks will remain closed on Sunday, November 3 due to Sunday being a weekly holiday.
4 day long holiday in these states
Let us tell you that in Karnataka, Maharashtra, banks will remain closed for 4 consecutive days i.e. 31st October, 1st November, 2nd November and 3rd November, whereas in Uttarakhand and Sikkim, banks will remain closed for 3 consecutive days i.e. 1st November, 2nd November and 3rd November.
