According to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) holiday list, banks across various states will be closed for a total of 14 days in April. These closures include public holidays, regional holidays, and regular closures on second and fourth Saturdays and all Sundays. In the case of state-specific festivals, the banks will remain shut only in those states, while during national festivals like Id-Ul-Fitr, Ram Navami and Baisakhi, banks will remain shut across the country.
The list of holidays is prepared by RBI for every month. It is notified under three categories namely Negotiable Instruments Act, Holiday, Real Time Gross Settlement Holiday and Banks’ Closing of Accounts.
Bank customers should make sure to check the bank holiday list in the state their are residing in before visiting the bank.
April 2024 bank holidays
These are the holidays for which banks will closed for in April 2024:
Banks to close their yearly accounts, Babu Jagjivan Ram’s Birthday/Jumat-ul-Vida, Gudhi Padwa/Ugadi Festival/Telugu New Year’s Day/Sajibu Nongmapanba (Cheiraoba)/1st Navratra, Ramzan-Id (Id-Ul-Fitr), Bohag Bihu/Cheiraoba/Baisakhi/Biju Festival, Bohag Bihu/Himachal Day, Shree Ram Navami (Chaite Dasain), Garia Puja.
Bank holidays in April- State wise list
April 1, 2024: To enable banks to close their yearly accounts, banks will remain closed in most of the states except Mizoram, Chandigarh, Sikkim, Bengal, Himachal Pradesh, and Meghalaya.
April 5 (Friday)- Babu Jagjivan Ram’s Birthday/Jumat-ul-Vida: Banks are closed in Hyderabad – Telangana, Jammu and Srinagar.
April 9 (Tuesday)- Gudhi Padwa/Ugadi Festival/Telugu New Year’s Day/Sajibu Nongmapanba (Cheiraoba)/1st Navratra: Banks are closed in Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, , Hyderabad – Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad – Telangana, Manipur, Goa, Jammu and Srinagar.
April 10 (Wednesday)- Ramzan-Id (Id-Ul-Fitr): Banks are closed in Kerala.
April 11 (Thursday)- Ramzan-Id (Id-Ul-Fitr) (1st Shawaal): Banks are closed in most of the states except Chandigarh, Sikkim, Kerala and Himachal Pradesh.
April 13 (second Saturday)- Bohag Bihu/Cheiraoba/Baisakhi/Biju Festival: Banks are closed in Tripura, Assam, Manipur, Jammu and Srinagar.
April 15 (Monday)- Bohag Bihu/Himachal Day: Banks are closed in Assam and Himachal Pradesh.
April 16 (Tuesday)- Shree Ram Navami (Chaite Dasain: Banks are closed in Gujarat, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Chandigarh, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, HImachal Pradesh.
April 20 ( third Saturday)- Garia Puja: Banks are closed in Tripura.
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