Bank Holidays in January 2022: In the coming month i.e. January 2022, all private and public sector banks will remain closed for several days. The first month of the new year has many holidays for the banking sector. According to a Reserve Bank of India (RBI) notification, out of 31 days of the month, December is 16 bank holidays when private and public sector banks will remain closed for their customers, depending on which state they are in. lives in. , Reserve Bank of India has released the list of holidays for the year 2022 in its annual list. The holidays have been prepared according to this list.
As per the RBI list, there are nine state-wise holidays in January 2022, which are scheduled to start from the end of this week. This includes the first day of January, where banks will be closed in some states. The remaining seven holidays are weekend holidays when banks are closed nationally. So, if you have any bank related work, you should first contact your nearest branch regarding bank holidays in January so that you can do your work seamlessly.
On that note, you should also note that this should not be of much concern as these bank holidays are largely state-wise. This means that they are usually not uniform in nature. For example, January 12 will be a bank holiday in Kolkata to mark the birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda in the state, but services will remain available in other parts of the country.
Bank holidays are effective as per the list issued by Reserve Bank of India or RBI. According to a list of the central bank, the number of holidays this month has been fixed at 11. The rest are weekend leaves. This includes all Sundays of the month as well as the second and fourth Saturdays. Banks are open on the first and third Saturdays of every month. The RBI holidays list falls into three categories. These are state wise celebrations, religious holidays and festival celebrations.
The central bank’s notification for holidays has been notified under three brackets namely ‘Holiday under Negotiable Instruments Act’, ‘Holiday under Negotiable Instruments Act’ and ‘Real Time Gross Settlement Holiday’ and ‘Banks’ Closing of Accounts. ‘ Are included. On these notified holidays, all branches of banks, including public sector, private sector, foreign banks, co-operative banks and regional banks, will remain closed.
There is no national holiday next month, but most banks will remain closed on 26 January on the occasion of Republic Day. Banks in Imphal, Jaipur, Srinagar, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh and Agartala will remain open on January 26, RBI has notified.
Having said that, let’s take a look at the list of holidays when banks will be closed in the month of January, so that you can schedule accordingly.
Here is the complete list of holidays for the month of January 2022 as per RBI order: (counting from January 1)
Holiday wise list of leaves under the Negotiable Instruments Act
January 1: New Year’s Day – Aizawl, Chennai, Gangtok and Shillong
January 3: New Year Celebrations/Losung – Aizawl and Gangtok
January 4: LOSUNG – GANGTOK
January 11: Missionary Day – Aizawl
January 12: Swami Vivekananda’s Birthday – Kolkata
14 January: Makar Sankranti / Pongal – Ahmedabad and Chennai
15 January: Uttarayan Punyakala Makar Sankranti Festival / Magha Sankranti / Sankranti / Pongal / Thiruvalluvar Day – Bengaluru, Chennai, Gangtok and Hyderabad
January 18: Thai Poosam – Chennai
26 January: Republic Day – All over the country except Imphal, Jaipur, Srinagar, Bhopal, Bhubaneshwar, Chandigarh and Agartala
Apart from individual state wise holidays. Banks will be closed on some weekends. In this regard it should be noted that weekend leaves are similar in nature across India. These are mentioned below:
January 2: Sunday
January 8: second saturday of the month
January 9: Sunday
16 January: Sunday
January 22: fourth saturday of the month
23 January: Sunday
30 January: Sunday
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