Ganesh Chaturthi Bank Holiday: Ganesh Chaturthi festival is starting from today, which is celebrated with great pomp in many parts of the country. This festival has special significance from Maharashtra to Gujarat. In such a situation, banks remain closed on this occasion at many places and no work is done. Banks are going to remain closed at many places even today. If you have kept any bank related work pending for today, then before visiting the bank, do check whether the bank is closed in your city as well.
The Reserve Bank issues bank holidays every month. According to RBI, there will be no holiday across India on Ganesh Chaturthi, but banks will remain closed in many places. According to the RBI Bank Holidays Calendar, banks will remain closed in Mumbai, Nagpur, Panaji, Ahmedabad, Belapur, Bangalore, Chennai, Bhubaneswar, Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh and Telangana) on the day of Ganesh Chaturthi. However, banks will function normally in the rest of the states of the country.
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When will the banks remain closed in September
There are a lot of holidays in the month of September. This time banks will remain closed for 15 days instead of 10 or 12 days in all parts of the country.
September 1: Sunday
September 4: Tirubhava Tithi of Srimanta Sankardeva (Guwahati)
September 7: Ganesh Chaturthi
September 8: Sunday
September 14: Second Saturday, First Onam (Kochi, Ranchi and Thiruvananthapuram)
September 15: Sunday
September 16: Baravafat
September 17: Milad-un-Nabi (Gangtok and Raipur)
September 18: Pang-Lhabsol (Gangtok)
September 20: Eid-e-Milad-ul-Nabi (Jammu and Srinagar)
September 22: Sunday
September 21: Sree Narayana Guru Samadhi Day (Kochi and Thiruvananthapuram)
23 September: Birthday of Maharaja Harisinghji (Jammu and Srinagar)
September 28: Fourth Saturday
September 29: Sunday
All states have different holidays
The list of holidays for banks is not the same in all states. According to the Reserve Bank of India, the list of holidays for all states is different. The complete list of these holidays is given on the official website of RBI, which gives complete details of different festivals and holidays according to the states. Despite the banks being closed, customers will not face any problem. Even on holidays, people can complete all their work with the help of online banking. In today’s time, most of the bank services are available online. Therefore, even on holidays, you can complete many banking tasks sitting at home.