Bank Holiday In October 2024: Will banks remain open or closed today? Here is the complete list of bank holidays
Today is the second Saturday of the month. According to the Reserve Bank, all government and private banks remain closed on the second and fourth Saturdays of every month. On the other hand, today is the second Saturday and also Dussehra. In such a situation, banks will remain closed across the country today i.e. Saturday.
If you are also going to the branch today to get some work related to the bank done, then definitely read this news once. Actually, today Dussehra is being celebrated in many states of India.
Today the festival of Vijayadashami is being celebrated across the country, so people are apprehensive that banks will remain closed today.
The Reserve Bank releases the list of all holidays including festivals and Saturdays and Sundays at the beginning of the month. In such a situation, let us know whether the banks will remain closed or open today according to the RBI list.
Will banks remain closed?
Today is the second Saturday of the month. According to the Reserve Bank, all government and private banks remain closed on the second and fourth Saturdays of every month. On the other hand, today is the second Saturday and also Dussehra. In such a situation, banks will remain closed across the country today i.e. Saturday.
Banks will remain closed for so many days in October
Apart from Dussehra, there are many more festivals to come in October. In such a situation, there will be holidays in many states in the remaining days of this month.
These include Durga Puja (Dasin), Durga Puja (Dasin), Lakshmi Puja, Maharishi Valmiki Jayanti, Kati Bihu, Parikarshan Divas, Diwali, Kali Puja, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel's birthday, Narak Chaturdashi.
- October 12: Second Saturday of the month.
- October 13: Banks will remain closed across the country due to Sunday.
- October 14: Banks will remain closed in Sikkim on account of Durga Puja (Dasan).
- October 16: Banks will remain closed in Tripura and Bengal due to Lakshmi Puja.
- October 17: Banks will remain closed in Karnataka, Assam, Himachal Pradesh due to Maharishi Valmiki Jayanti/Kati Bihu.
- October 20: Banks will remain closed across the country due to Sunday.
- October 26: Banks will remain closed in Jammu and Srinagar on account of Accession Day.
- October 27: Banks will remain closed across the country due to Sunday.
- October 31: Diwali/Kali Puja/Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel's Birthday/Narak Chaturdashi. Due to this, banks will remain closed in most states except Tripura, Maharashtra, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Manipur, Meghalaya.