Banks to remain shut for up to 12 days in September 2021
India / Banks to remain shut for up to 12 days in September 2021
India - Banks to remain shut for up to 12 days in September 2021
New Delhi: Bank Holidays in September 2021 in India: Banks in India will remain closed for up to 12 days in September 2021, including second and fourth Saturdays, and Sundays. Apart from six weekly offs, banks will remain shut in different states on account of different holidays. Banks in most states will observe a holiday on 10 September 2021, on account of Ganesh Chaturthi/Samvatsari. Since there are state-specific holidays for different occasions, banks will not be shut for all six days for all states in September 2021. Also, 11 September’s leave overlaps with the second Saturday. The Reserve Bank of India has categorised holidays under three categories — Holiday under Negotiable Instruments Act; Holiday under Negotiable Instruments Act and Real-Time Gross Settlement Holiday; and Banks’ Closing of Accounts. The list of holidays given below has been notified by RBI.Bank holidays in September 202108 September 2021: Tithi of Srimanta Sankardeva09 September 2021: Teej (Haritalika)10 September 2021: Ganesh Chaturthi/Samvatsari (Chaturthi Paksha)/Vinayakar Chathurthi/Varasiddhi Vinayaka Vrata11 September 2021: Ganesh Chaturthi (2nd day)17 September 2021: Karma Puja20 September 2021: Indrajatra21 September 2021: Sree Narayana Guru Samadhi DayOnly banks in Guwahati will observe a holiday on 8 September due to Tithi of Srimanta Sankardeva. Banks in Gangtok will remain closed on 9 September on account of Teej (Haritalika). Banks in most of the states will remain shut on 10 September 2021, except in Agartala, Aizawl, Bhopal, Chandigarh, Dehradun, Gangtok, Guwahati, Imphal, Jaipur, Jammu, Kanpur, Kochi, Kolkata, Lucknow, New Delhi, Patna, Raipur, Ranchi, Shillong, Shimla, Srinagar and Thiruvananthapuram. On 11 September, banks in Panaji will observe a holiday on account of Karma Puja. While only Ranchi will observe a bank holiday on 17 September. Only banks in Gangtok will remain shut on 20 September on account of Indrajatra. Only Kochi and Thiruvananthapuram will observe a bank holiday on 21 September 2021 due to Sree Narayana Guru Samadhi DayWeekend holidays in September 202105 September 2021 – Weekly off (Sunday)11 September 2021 – Second Saturday12 September 2021 – Weekly off (Sunday)19 September 2021 – Weekly off (Sunday)25 September 2021 – Fourth Saturday26 September 2021 – Weekly off (Sunday)