With the beginning of the festival season, many holidays start like school, office and bank. In such a situation, it becomes important that you also keep in mind the bank holidays while planning your banking work.
According to the holiday calendar of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), banks will remain closed for three to four consecutive days in many states in October, which also includes second Saturday and Sunday. Let us know, especially how the banks will remain closed for four days on festivals like Dussehra.
Banks will remain closed for 4 days in these states
Banks in the states of Tripura, Assam, Bengal will remain closed on October 10, 11, 12 and 13. Banks in Sikkim will remain closed on October 11, 12, 13, 14.
These states will have holidays
- Durga Puja/Dussehra (Maha Saptami): October 10 – Banks closed in Tripura, Assam, Nagaland, Bengal.
- Dussehra (Mahastami/Mahanavami)/Ayudha Puja/Durga Puja (Dasin)/Durga Ashtami: October 11 – Banks are closed in Tripura, Karnataka, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Assam, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Nagaland, Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand, Meghalaya.
- Dussehra/Dussehra (Mahanavami/Vijayadashami)/Durga Puja (Dasai) – October 12 – Banks are closed in all states as it is the second Saturday of the month.
- Durga Puja (Dassain) – October 14 – Banks are closed in Sikkim.
