Bank Holiday Alert: Banks will remain closed for 5 consecutive days due to Dussehra

Bank Holiday : With the arrival of the festive season, the holiday season has also started. Banks will remain closed for a total of 15 days in the month of October, out of which five holidays are coming this week.

Now banks are going to remain closed in many states due to Dussehra. RBI has kept banks closed for five days due to Dussehra. However, RBI has given these five-day holidays only to these states.

Banks will remain closed for 5 days this week

On the occasion of Dussehra, banks will remain closed for 5 consecutive days in some states. For example, banks will remain closed from 10 to 13 October in Tripura, Assam and West Bengal. Whereas, banks will remain closed from 11 to 14 October in Sikkim.

Banks will remain closed for five days on Dussehra

• October 10 (Mahasaptami): Banks will be closed in Tripura, Assam, Nagaland and Bengal on Thursday.
• October 11 (Maha Ashtami/Mahanavami/Ayudha Puja): Banks will be closed in Tripura, Karnataka, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Assam, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Nagaland, Bihar, Jharkhand, and Meghalaya on Friday.
• October 12 (Dussehra/Mahannavami/Vijayadashami): Banks will be closed across all states on Saturday as it is also the second Saturday of the month.
• October 13: Sunday
• October 14 (Durga Puja) : Banks will remain closed in Sikkim on Monday.
• Rest of the holidays in October
• October 16: Lakshmi Puja (Agartala, Kolkata)
• October 17: Maharishi Valmiki Jayanti / Kati Bihu
• October 20: Weekly Holiday (Sunday)
• 26 October: Acquisition Day / Fourth Saturday in Jammu and Kashmir
• October 27: Weekly Holiday (Sunday)
• October 31: Diwali (Deepawali) / Kali Puja / Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Jayanti / Narak Chaturdashi

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