Mumbai: Banks will remain closed for 16 days in January 2024. This includes second and fourth Saturdays and Sundays. Digital services like mobile banking, UPI, and Internet banking will continue to operate without any interruptions.
Some of the holidays in the list are specific to certain states only. Not all banks in the country will be closed on regional holidays. Many bank holidays are regional and may differ from state to state and bank to bank.
The apex bank in the country, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) releases the list of bank holidays every month. Bank holidays are notified under 3 categories- Negotiable Instruments Act, Holiday, Real Time Gross Settlement Holiday and Banks’ Closing of Accounts. The regional holidays are decided by the respective state governments.
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Bank Holidays January 2024:
January 01 (Monday)- New Year’s Day
January 07 (Sunday)
January 11 (Thursday)- Missionary Day (Mizoram)
January 12 (Friday)- Swami Vivekananda Jayanti (West Bengal)
January 13 (Saturday)- Second Saturday
January 14 (Sunday)
January 15 (Monday)- Pongal/Thiruvalluvar Day (Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh)
January 16 (Tuesday)- Tusu Puja (West Bengal and Assam)
January 17 (Wednesday)- Guru Govind Singh Jayanti
January 21 (Sunday)
January 23 (Tuesday)- Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Jayanti
January 25 (Thursday)- State Day (Himachal Pradesh)
January 26 (Friday)- Republic Day
January 27 (Saturday)-Fourth Saturday
January 28 (Sunday)
January 31 (Wednesday): Me-Dam-Me-Phi (Assam)
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