Bank Holidays: Banks in India will remain closed for a total of seven days in the rest of March 2022. So, if you have an important banking line up, you must take note of all upcoming bank holidays in your state before stepping out to visit your nearby bank branch. Bank Holidays: Banks will remain closed for 7 days in coming weeks.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) comes up with the list of holidays in a calendar year. The RBI’s list of holidays can be divided into three categories state-wise holidays, religious holidays, and festivals. However, even on bank holidays, customers can use net-banking services to complete crucial banking work. In total, banks were to remain closed for a total of 13 days in March 2022.
Out of the total 13 bank holidays, 7 are as per the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) holiday calendar list while the remaining holidays are of 2n and 4th Saturdays and all Sundays in the month. But bank customers should note that not all banks will be closed at the same time on all days, barring the weekend leaves.
Here is the complete list of bank holidays in the remaining March 2022:
March 17, 2022: Holika Dahan- Banks will remain closed in Dehradun, Kanpur, Lucknow and Ranchi.
March 18, 2022: Holi/Holi 2nd Day Dhuleti/Doljatra- Banks will remain closed in Ahmedabad, Aizawl, Belapur, Bhopal, Chandigarh, Dehradun, Gangtok, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Jammu, Kanpur, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, New Delhi, Panaji, Patna, Raipur, Ranchi, Shillong, Shimla and Srinagar.
March 19, 2022: Holi/Yaosang 2nd Day- Banks will remain closed in Bhubaneswar, Imphal, and Patna.
March 20, 2022: Sunday.
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In the fourth week of March, banks in Patna will stay shut on 22 March on the account of Bihar Diwas, whereas banks across the country will be shut on March 26 (fourth Saturday) and March 27 (Sunday).
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