Bank Holidays: With the arrival of the festive season, the holiday season has also started. Banks will remain closed for a total of 15 days in the month of October, out of which five holidays are falling this week. Now banks are going to remain closed in many states due to Dussehra. RBI has kept banks closed for five days due to Dussehra. However, RBI has given this five-day leave only to these states.
Banks will remain closed for 5 days this week
On the occasion of Dussehra, banks in some states will remain closed for 5 consecutive days. Like banks will remain closed in Tripura, Assam and West Bengal from 10 to 13 October. Whereas in Sikkim, banks will remain closed from 11 to 14 October.
Banks will remain closed for five days on Dussehra
10 October (Maha Saptami): Banks will remain closed in Tripura, Assam, Nagaland and Bengal on Thursday.
11 October (Maha Satami/Mahanavami/Ayudha Puja): Banks will remain closed in Tripura, Karnataka, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Assam, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Nagaland, Bihar, Jharkhand and Meghalaya on Friday.
12 October (Dussehra/Mahanavami/Vijayadashami): Banks will remain closed in all states on Saturday as it is also the second Saturday of the month.
13 October: sunday
14 October (Durga Puja): Banks will remain closed in Sikkim on Monday.
Remaining holidays of October
16 October: Lakshmi Puja (Agartala, Kolkata)
17 October: Maharishi Valmiki Jayanti/Kati Bihu
20 October: Weekly holiday (Sunday)
26 October: Acquisition Day/Fourth Saturday in Jammu and Kashmir
27 October: Weekly holiday (Sunday)
31st October: Diwali (Deepawali) / Kali Puja / Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Jayanti / Narak Chaturdashi