Bank Holiday Eid 2023: Public and private sector banks in India will remain closed on Saturday, 22 August, on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr. According to the bank holidays calendar of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), this year Eid-ul-Fitr falls on the fourth Saturday.
Banks are closed on the fourth Saturday. However, banks will also remain closed on the fourth Saturday on account of Eid-ul-Fitr, but in some cities tomorrow, Friday, April 21, will be a holiday due to Eid-ul-Fitr (Ramadan Eid)/Garia Puja/Jumat-ul-Vida. Is. Bank holidays in India are divided into two categories, national holidays and government holidays.
Banks will remain closed in these cities tomorrow, April 21 and April 22
Public and private sector banks in India will be closed for Eid-ul-Fitr or Ramzan Eid/Garia Puja/Jumat-ul-Vida on Friday, April 21, according to the official holidays calendar of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). Also, on Saturday, April 22, it will be closed for Eid-ul-Fitr or Ramzan Eid. However, some places including Agartala, Jammu, Kochi, Srinagar, and Thiruvananthapuram will observe a holiday on April 21.
Whereas, other cities like Belapur, Bhopal, Chennai, Dehradun, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Imphal, Jaipur, Kanpur, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, New Delhi, Panaji, Patna, Raipur, Ranchi, Shillong and Srinagar on April 21 and April 22 Will be closed on both days. Customers can also check with their local bank branch for the holiday.
These are the categories of bank holidays
National Holiday also known as Gazetted Holiday. This includes three days Republic Day, Independence Day and Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti. Banks and financial institutions remain closed on these days. Government holidays are further divided into two categories State Government Bank Holidays and Central Government Bank Holidays.
Central government bank holidays are observed throughout the country, while state government bank holidays are observed only in that state. For example, banks will remain closed only in Maharashtra for Maharashtra Day. Banks will remain closed only in Goa on Goa Liberation Day. At the same time, banks will remain closed in Haryana on Haryana Day.
Banks remain closed even these days
Apart from national holidays and government holidays, banks in India are closed on the second and fourth Saturdays of every month. However, if there are 5 Saturdays in a month, then the banks work on the fifth Saturday. Earlier banks used to work for half a day on every Saturday…
