Banks to remain shut for 18 days in August; Full list here
Hyderabad: According to the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) calendar of holidays, banks will be closed for a total of 18 days in August including six-weekend leaves. Many bank holidays are regional and differ from state to state and bank to bank. The RBI has classified the holidays into three categories: holidays under the Negotiable […]
Hyderabad: According to the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) calendar of holidays, banks will be closed for a total of 18 days in August including six-weekend leaves.
Many bank holidays are regional and differ from state to state and bank to bank. The RBI has classified the holidays into three categories: holidays under the Negotiable Instruments Act, holidays under the Negotiable Instruments Act and Real-Time Gross Settlement, and bank closings.
Here are bank holidays in August under Negotiable Instruments Act:
August 1: Drukpa Tshe-zi – Gangtok
August 8: Muharram (Ashoora) – Jammu and Srinagar
August 9: Muharram (Ashoora) – Agartala, Ahmedabad, Aizawl, Belapur, Bengaluru, Bhopal, Chennai, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kanpur, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, New Delhi, Patna, Raipur, and Ranchi
August 11: Raksha Bandhan – Ahmedabad, Bhopal, Dehradun, Jaipur, and Shimla
August 12: Raksha Bandhan – Kanpur and Lucknow
August 13: Patriot’s Day – Imphal
August 15: Independence Day – All over India
August 16: Parsi New Year (Shahenshahi) – Belapur, Mumbai, and Nagpur
August 18: Janmashtami – Bhubaneswar, Dehradun, Kanpur, and Lucknow
August 19: Janmashtami (Shravan Vad-8)/Krishna Jayanthi – Ahmedabad, Bhopal, Chandigarh, Chennai, Gangtok, Jaipur, Jammu, Patna, Raipur, Ranchi, Shillong, and Shimla
August 20: Sri Krishna Ashtami – Hyderabad
August 29: Tithi of Srimanta Sankardeva – Guwahati
August 31: Samvatsari (Chaturthi Paksha)/Ganesh Chaturthi/Varasiddhi Vinayaka Vrata/Vinayakar Chathurthi – Ahmedabad, Belapur, Bengaluru, Bhubaneswar, Chennai, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Nagpur, and Panaji
List of weekend leaves:
August 7: First Sunday
August 13: Second Saturday + Patriot’s Day
August 14: Second Sunday
August 21: Third Sunday
August 27: Fourth Saturday
August 28: Fourth Sunday
