Bank Holiday Alert: Banks To Remain Closed For 15 Days In August, Check Details

In India, banks will remain closed for 15 days in August 2021, which includes Sunday, Second, and Fourth Saturday and holidays for the occasion of various festivals which bank customers are going to witness in the next month. A total of 8 holidays (apart from second and fourth Saturdays and Sundays) are there in the month of August which differ from state to state, according to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) calendar. Not all banks in India will be closed for 8 days in August but these holidays will vary from state to state and are governed by the RBI's Negotiable Instruments Act. Bank holidays in India are divided into three categories by the Reserve Bank of India: Holiday under the Negotiable Instruments Act, Holiday under the Negotiable Instruments Act, Real-Time Gross Settlement Holiday, and Banks' Closing of Accounts.

Bank Holidays In August 2021

According to the Negotiable Instruments Act of RBI, here is the list of bank holidays in August which includes second and fourth Saturdays and Sundays also:

Sr No.	Date	Occasion/Holiday	Day	Celebrated in/State
1	01.08.2021	Sunday	Sunday	National Holiday
2	08.08.2021	Sunday	Sunday	National Holiday
3	13.08.2021	Patriot's Day	Friday	Imphal
4	14.08.2021	Second Saturday	Saturday	National Holiday
5	15.08.2021	Sunday	Sunday	National Holiday
6	16.08.2021	Parse New Year (Shahenshahi)	Monday	Belapur, Mumbai, Nagpur
7	19.08.2021	Muharram (Ashoora)	Thursday	Agartala, Ahmedabad, Belapur, Bhopal, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Jammu, Kanpur, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, New Delhi, Patna, Raipur, Ranchi. Srinagar
8	20.08.2021	Muharram/First Onam	Friday	Bengaluru, Chennai, Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram
9	21.08.2021	Thiruvonam	Saturday	Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram
10	22.08.2021	Sunday	Sunday	National Holiday
11	23.08.2021	Sree Narayana Guru Jayanthi	Monday	Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram
12	28.08.2021	Fourth Saturday	Saturday	National Holiday
13	29.08.2021	Sunday	Sunday	National Holiday
14	30.08.2021	Janmashtami (Shravan Vad-8)/Krishna Jayanthi	Monday	Ahmedabad, Chandigarh, Chennai, Dehradun, Gangtok, Jaipur, Jammu, Kanpur, Lucknow, Patna, Raipur, Ranchi, Shillong, Shimla, Srinagar
15	31.08.2021	Sri Krishna Ashtami	Tuesday	Hyderabad,
Source: RBI