Guwahati: As
we head towards the New Year, the first list of bank holidays in January 2021
is out.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) listed the first list
of holidays, while banking operations will remain closed. In order to prevent
any last-minute difficulties, customers are advised to plan their bank-related
work accordingly.
In the month of January 2021, banks would remain closed for 16
days. These include the four Sundays and the second and fourth Saturdays.
Here is the list of the holidays for the month of January 2021:
Sl No |
Dates |
Holidays |
1 |
1 January |
New Year's Day |
2 |
2 January |
New Year's Celebration |
3 |
3 January |
Sunday |
4 |
9 January |
Second Saturday |
5 |
10 January |
Weekly off (Sunday) |
6 |
12 January |
Birthday of Swami Vivekananda |
7 |
14 January |
Makar Sankranti/Pongal/Maghe Sankranti |
8 |
15 January |
Thiruvalluvar Day/Magh Bihu and Tusu Puja |
9 |
16 January |
Uzhavar Thirunal |
10 |
17 January |
Sunday |
11 |
20 January |
Guru Govind Singh Ji Birthday |
12 |
23 January |
Fourth Saturday, Birthday of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose |
13 |
24 January |
Sunday |
14 |
25 January |
Imoinu Iratpa |
15 |
26 January |
Republic Day |
16 |
31 January |
Sunday |
As per the RBI guidelines, banks remain shut on the second and fourth Saturdays of all months. It is to be noted that the bank holidays differ in various states, and not all the banking companies observed it. It also depends on festivals being observed in specific states or notification of specific occasions in those states.
Holidays on the above mentioned days will be observed in various regions according to state declared holidays. However, for the gazetted holidays, banks will be closed all over the country.
RBI states that in 2021 banks would remain closed more
than 40 days through the year. Although the mobile and internet banking will
remain functional as normal while bank branches would remain closed on these
dates.
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