Bank Holidays: With the arrival of Diwali, the country becomes lively, markets are decorated, schools are closed, and banks are closed in many places. If you’re planning to complete any important banking work this week, first find out whether banks will be open in your city.

When will banks be closed during Diwali 2025?

This year, Diwali will be celebrated from October 18th to October 23rd. Starting on October 18th (Dhanteras) and continuing until October 23rd (Bhai Dooj), bank holidays vary in different cities.

October 18th (Dhanteras)

On Dhanteras, banks will be closed only in Guwahati. Banks will remain open in other cities, including Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Chennai, Bengaluru, Kolkata, and Jaipur.

October 19 (Sunday): It is a Sunday, so banks will be closed in all states.

October 20 (Diwali): Banks will be closed in Agartala, Ahmedabad, Aizawl, Bengaluru, Bhopal, Chandigarh, Chennai, Dehradun, Gangtok, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Itanagar, Jaipur, Kanpur, Kochi, Kohima, Kolkata, Lucknow, New Delhi, Panaji, Patna, Raipur, Ranchi, Shillong, Shimla, Thiruvananthapuram, Vijayawada. Banks will remain open in Belapur, Bhubaneswar, Imphal, Jammu, Mumbai, Nagpur, and Srinagar.

October 21 (Diwali Amavasya/Lakshmi Puja/Deepawali/Govardhan Puja): Banks will remain open in Belapur, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Gangtok, Imphal, Jammu, Mumbai, Nagpur, and Srinagar, while banks will remain open in all other cities.

October 22 (Govardhan Puja, Gujarati New Year): Banks will be closed in Ahmedabad, Belapur, Bengaluru, Dehradun, Gangtok, Jaipur, Kanpur, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur. Banks will remain open in all other cities.

October 23 (Bhai Dooj, Chitragupta Jayanti): Banks will be closed in Ahmedabad, Gangtok, Imphal, Kanpur, Kolkata, Lucknow, Shimla. Banks will remain open in all other cities.

Banks Closed in These Cities for Chhath

The evening Arghya (offering) of Chhath Puja will take place on Monday, October 27, 2025. According to the RBI holiday calendar, banks will be closed on this day in Kolkata, Patna, and Ranchi. Additionally, banks will be closed for Chhath in Patna and Ranchi on October 28.

What to do if you have important work to do on a bank holiday?

Banks across the country are closed for festivals or special occasions. However, these holidays are not consistent across the country; banks remain closed in some cities while others remain open. Therefore, if you need to deposit a check or visit a branch to complete an important task, these tasks will not be possible on the holiday.

Online Banking Will Remain Open

There’s no need to panic on a bank holiday. A bank holiday doesn’t mean all your banking needs will be halted. Nowadays, you can perform most tasks from home using mobile or internet banking. Online services like IMPS, NEFT, and RTGS remain operational. Payments, transfers, and bill payments via UPI continue uninterrupted. It is also possible to withdraw money, check balance or get a mini statement from the ATM.

Good news! The metro is coming to this city, with 10 metro stations built in 25 km, making these areas a great place to live.

The post Bank Holiday Alert : Banks will remain closed from Dhanteras to Chhath! See the full list first appeared on Rightsofemployees.com.

RBI has clarified that all banks which handle government transactions will remain open on 31 March 2025. The purpose of this is to ensure that all government transactions, receipts and payments are recorded in the financial year 2024-25 itself.

Banks will remain open across the country

Earlier, banks were going to remain closed in most states on March 31 due to Eid-ul-Fitr. It was also declared a bank holiday in almost all the states except Himachal Pradesh and Mizoram. But now under the new instructions of the government and RBI, all banks will remain open on this day.

March 31 is the last day of the financial year

March 31 is the last day of the government’s financial year. All government revenues, payments and other financial transactions need to be completed on this day. Therefore, the government took this step to ensure correct reporting of the financial year 2024-25.

Which banking services will be available?

On this day, payment of government taxes like Income Tax, GST, Custom and Excise Duty will be possible. Along with this, the work of pension payment, government subsidy transfer, details of government salary and allowances will also continue.

Soon a note with the signature of the new governor will be issued

The Reserve Bank of India will soon issue Rs 50 banknotes bearing the signature of newly appointed Governor Sanjay Malhotra. Malhotra replaced Shaktikanta Das in December 2024. The central bank said in a statement on Wednesday that the design of these notes will be similar to the Rs 50 banknotes of the Mahatma Gandhi (New) series.

Related Articles:-

• Toll Plaza Closed: Big relief….THIS Toll plaza will be closed from February 17, check details
• Alimony Can Be Given Even if Marriage is Invalid under Hindu Marriage Act: Supreme Court
• Toll Collection New System: NHAI is considering installing audit cameras at toll plazas that collect higher tolls
• Vande Bharat: Good news! Now Vande Bharat train will run in this state, PM Modi can flag it off next month
• Bank a/c Holders ALERT! RBI has imposed a ban on withdrawing money from this bank, do you also have an account there ?

The post Bank Holiday Cancelled: RBI has canceled Eid-ul-Fitr holiday on 31 March 2025 – Know What is the Reason first appeared on Rightsofemployees.com.

Bank Holiday Cancelled: Banks will remain open across the country this Saturday and Sunday. However, there is a bank holiday on Friday, March 29 on the occasion of Good Friday. On the other hand, there will be no trading in the stock market from this Friday to Sunday. The market remains closed on Saturday and Sunday.

In fact, the Reserve Bank has ordered to keep all bank branches open on March 30 and 31 for the convenience of taxpayers. Recently, RBI has said in a statement that electronic transactions can be done till the stipulated time even after March 30 and March 31 being Saturday and Sunday.

According to RBI, any transaction through the national NIFT and RTGS system will continue till 12 midnight on March 31, 2024. Necessary arrangements have also been made to conduct clearing operations to facilitate government receipts and payments, it said.

There will be special clearing for government checks in these two days on March 30 and 31, 2024. The reporting window of March 31 in respect of reporting of transactions by the Central and State Governments to the RBI will remain open till 12 noon on April 1. , 2024.

Bank Holiday in April 2024: When will banks remain closed in April?

Banks across India in April will remain closed on the occasion of various festivals including Gudi Padwa, Eid-ul-Fitr, Bohag Bihu, Ram Navami, Baisakhi and others. Let us tell you that the total number of holidays remains equal in the entire country. Some specific holidays may differ depending on the state or region.

Banks will remain closed on these occasions

1 April: Banks closed for closing of annual accounts.
5 April: Birthday of Babu Jagjivan Ram/Jumaat-ul-Vida
9 April: Gudi Padwa/Ugadi Festival/Telugu New Year Day/Sajibu Nongmapanba (Cheiraoba)/First Navratri
10 April: Ramzan-Eid (Eid-ul-Fitr) 11 April: Ramzan-Eid (Eid-ul-Fitr)
13 April: Bohag Bihu/Cheiraoba/Baisakhi/Biju Festival
15 April: Bohag Bihu/Himachal Day 17 April: Shri Ram Navami (Chaite Dasain)
20 April: Garia Puja
Apart from the listed holidays, banks will also remain closed on weekends as per holidays under Negotiable Instruments Act. these days are like this

7th April: Sunday

13 April: Second Saturday (Bohag Bihu/Cheiraoba/Baisakhi/Biju Festival)
14 April: Sunday
April 21: Sunday
April 27: Fourth Saturday
28 April: Sunday

The post Bank Holiday Cancelled: Big News! Banks will remain open even on Saturday-Sunday, stock market will remain closed for so many days first appeared on Rightsofemployees.com.

Thursday. There was going to be a bank holiday on September 28 on the occasion of Eid-e-Milad, but the Central Bank issued a new order on Wednesday, canceling this holiday and declaring Friday, September 29 as a holiday. Is.

Money market operation underway

It is important for bank customers and employees that today’s holiday will be available tomorrow. After the decision of Maharashtra Government, Reserve Bank has now decided to declare bank holiday on 29th September. However, now GSec, Forex, Money, Rs interest derivative markets will not only open today on 28th but will also remain open on 29th. In view of quarterly and half yearly closing, it has been decided to keep GSec, Forex, Money, Rupee interest derivative markets open.

Where will banks remain closed?

It is important to know that bank holidays are different for different states. Where whatever festival or day is celebrated, the list of holidays is released accordingly. Bank holiday has been declared on 28th in many states, which include Ahmedabad, Aizawl, Belapur, Bengaluru, Chennai, Dehradun, Hyderabad, Imphal, Kanpur, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, New Delhi, Raipur, Ranchi. But now there will be a holiday in Maharashtra on 29th September. Apart from this, banks will also remain closed in Gangtok, Jammu and Srinagar tomorrow.

Later announcement of Maharashtra Government’s decision

In fact, the Maharashtra government had decided to advance the holiday of Eid Milad-un-Nabi by one day to Friday (29 September). Earlier, the official state holiday of Anant Chaturdashi falling on the occasion of immersion ceremony and Eid Milad-un-Nabi is falling on the same day on 28th September.

Since huge processions are taken out for both the festivals, it could have caused problems and it would have been difficult for the police to manage the huge crowd, hence a holiday had to be declared.

Bank Holidays October, 2023

There are 31 days in the entire month and 16 banks will remain closed. The second and fourth Saturdays are also included in these 16 days. Also Sundays are also holidays. Apart from this, there will be bank holidays in different states on different occasions.

The post Bank Holiday Cancelled: RBI issued new order, Holidays have been cancelled, banks will remain closed on this day first appeared on Rightsofemployees.com.