Except in Chennai, Aizawl, Gangtok, Imphal, and Shillong, the
banks will remain open across all other major cities of India on 1 January 2021.
The Reserve
Bank of India (RBI) has updated its calendar for the year 2021 and declared
16 bank holidays in all for the month of January.
Except in Chennai, Aizawl, Gangtok, Imphal, and Shillong, the banks will remain
open in all other major cities of India on January 1, 2021.
Among the 16
holidays, four Sundays along with the second and fourth Saturdays are included.
Banks would also remain closed on Republic Day, the only national holiday for
the month of January.
On January 2,
Aizawl banks to get another holiday for New
Year celebrations. Similarly, on January 12, Kolkata banks to remain closed
over Swami Vivekananda's birthday.
To celebrate Makar
Sankranti on January 14, banks in Ahmedabad, Gangtok, Chennai, Bengaluru and
Hyderabad will remain shut.
From January
15-17, banks in Chennai will remain closed on account of various holidays. In
Hyderabad, banks will remain closed on anuary 15 for Thiruvalluvar Day, Magh
Bihu, and Tusu Puja celebrations.
To celebrate the
birthday of Guru Govind Singh on January 20, banks in Chandigarh will remain
closed.
On January 25,
Imphal will observe a bank holiday to celebrate the Manipuri religious festival
of Imoinu Iratpa. Gaan-Ngai, a festival of the Zeliangrong people of Assam,
Manipur, and Nagaland, falls on the same day as Republic Day, i.e January 26
and thus, banks will remain closed.
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