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
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Holiday | may date |
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Maharashtra Day/May Day (Labor Day) | 1 |
Lok Sabha General Election 2024 | 7 |
Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti | 8 |
Basava Jayanti/Akshay Tritiya | 10 |
state day | 16 |
Lok Sabha General Election 2024 | 20 |
Buddha Purnima | 23 |
Nazrul Jayanti | 25 |
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