img

Bank Holidays May 2024 : According to the list of holidays released by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), banks will remain closed for 12 days in May 2024. This includes all Sundays except the second and fourth Saturdays. Apart from this, elections are to be held four times in the month of May. Elections are scheduled to be held on May 7, May 13, May 20, and May 25. There will be a holiday in the states and cities where elections are going to be held. Lok Sabha General Election

These festivals will come in May

Banks will remain closed in some states due to Lok Sabha elections. There are many festivals in May like Rabindranath Tagore's birth anniversary, Nazrul Jayanti, and Akshaya Tritiya due to which banks will not function. Banks will not be closed simultaneously in all states. Internet banking services will continue to be available during holidays.

List of states that will remain closed on these holidays.

1 May: Maharashtra Day/May Day (Labor Day).

Banks in Belapur, Bengaluru, Chennai, Guwahati, Hyderabad - Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad - Telangana, Imphal, Kochi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Nagpur, Panaji, Patna and Thiruvananthapuram will remain closed due to Maharashtra Day/May Day holiday.

May 5: Sunday

Due to the 5th May being Sunday, all banks will remain closed.

8 May: Birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore (Rabindra Jayanti)

All banks of Kolkata will remain closed on the occasion of Rabindra Jayanti on 8th May.

10 May: Basava Jayanti/Akshay Tritiya

There will be a holiday in all the banks of Bengaluru on the occasion of Basava Jayanti/Akshaya Tritiya on 10th May.

May 11: Second Saturday

Banks will remain closed across India on the occasion of the second Saturday on 11th May.

May 12: Sunday

Due to 12th May being Sunday, all banks will remain closed.

16 May: State Day

All banks in Gangtok will remain closed on May 16 due to the Aizawl StateLok Day holiday.

May 19: Sunday

Due to 19th May being Sunday, all banks will remain closed.

20 May: Lok Sabha general election 2024

All banks in Belapur and Mumbai will remain closed on May 20 for the Lok Sabha general elections 2024 to be held between April to June.

May 23: Buddha Purnima

All banks in the states of Agartala, Aizawl, Belapur, Bhopal, Chandigarh, Dehradun, Itanagar, Jammu, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, New Delhi, Raipur, Ranchi, Shimla, Srinagar will remain closed on the occasion of Buddha Purnima holiday.

RBI list

May 20241781016202325
Agartala      ,,
Ahmedabad ,      
aizawl      , 
Imphal,       
Itanagar      , 
Kanpur      , 
Kochi,       
Kolkata, ,   , 
Gangtok    ,   
Guwahati,       
Chandigarh      , 
Chennai,       
Jammu      , 
Jaipur        
Thiruvananthapuram,       
Dehradun      , 
New Delhi      , 
Nagpur,     , 
Patna,       
Panaji,,      
Bangalore,  ,    
Belapur,    ,, 
Bhubaneswar        
Bhopal      , 
Mumbai,    ,, 
Ranchi      , 
Raipur      , 
Lucknow      , 
Srinagar      , 
Shimla      , 
Shillong        
Hyderabad - Andhra Pradesh,       
Hyderabad - Telangana,       
Holidaymay date
Maharashtra Day/May Day (Labor Day)1
Lok Sabha General Election 20247
Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti8
Basava Jayanti/Akshay Tritiya10
state day16
Lok Sabha General Election 202420
Buddha Purnima23
Nazrul Jayanti25

--Advertisement--