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If you are dependent on bank branches for your banking facilities, then you must read this news. According to the list of holidays released by the Reserve Bank of India for August, banks will be closed for 18 days in this month due to different reasons.
Banks were also closed on August 1, the first day of the month. In the month of August, the week starting on August 8 will have maximum number of holidays. Banks will remain closed for five days between August 8 and August 15. This means banking operations will be held for only three days this week. Let’s take a look at how many days banks will remain closed for the remaining days of the month of August?
Banks will remain closed on August 9 due to Muharram
There will be a Muharram holiday in the bank on Tuesday (August 9). After that Friday (August 12) will be a holiday for Raksha Bandhan. In some places, August 11 will also be a holiday for Raksha Bandhan. Banks will remain closed on 13th August being the second Saturday of the month of August. On August 14, being a Sunday, there will be a holiday in the banks. However, branches that open on Sundays will remain open on this day. The next day on August 15, the branches of banks will remain closed on the occasion of Independence Day.
Janmashtami holidays will be in banks on 18th and 19th August
After this week, there will be a bank holiday on August 18 (Thursday) and August 19 (Friday) on account of Janmashtami. The next holiday will be on August 27 as it is the fourth Saturday of the month. August 28 will be a Sunday so banks will remain closed.
Let us see the Bank Holidays in August in the form listed.
date | Day | Vacation |
9 august | Tuesday | muharram |
12 august | Friday | Raksha Bandhan |
13 August | Saturday | second saturday of the month |
14 august | sunday | weekly off |
August 15 | monday | Independence day |
August 18 | Thursday | Janmashtami |
August 19 | Friday | Janmashtami |
21 August | sunday | weekly off |
27 August | Saturday | fourth saturday of the month |
August 28 | sunday | weekly off |