July Bank Holidays Alert: Banks to be Closed for 15 Days in July- Full List Here
India: The banks will be closed for 15 days in July. Some of these bank holidays include second, fourth Saturdays and Sundays apart from the festival-related holidays.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) releases list of bank holidays every month and for the month of July there are fifteen days when public and private banking operations will remain closed.
Out of these fifteen days nine days are festival-related holidays while the remaining are weekend holidays. People who are engaged in banking services or who have to visit banks in the coming week of July can note the dates on which the banking operations will remain closed and can plan their work accordingly.
Here is the complete list of the 14 holidays for lenders in July 2021: (Counting from July 7 onwards)
1) 10 July 2021 – Second Saturday (Weekend off)
2) 11 July 2021 – Sunday (Weekend off)
3) 12 July 2021 – Monday – Kang (Rathajatra) / Rath Yatra (Bhubaneswar, Imphal)
4) 13 July 2021 – Tuesday – Bhanu Jayanti (Gangtok)
5) 14 July 2021 – Wednesday – Drukpa Tshechi (Gangtok)
6) 16 July 2021- Thursday – Harela Puja (Dehradun)
7) 17 July 2021 – Saturday – U Tirot Sing Day / Kharchi Puja (Agartala, Shillong)
8) 18 July 2021 – Sunday (Weekend off)
9) 19 July 2021 – Monday – Guru Rimpoche’s Thungkar Tshechu (Gangtok)
10) 20 July 2021 – Tuesday – Bakrid (Jammu, Kochi, Srinagar, Thiruvananthapuram)
11) 21 July 2021 – Tuesday – Eid-Ul-Adha (Pan-India with the exception of Aizawl, Bhubaneswar, Gangtok, Kochi and Thiruvananthapuram)
12) 24 July 2021 – 4th Saturday (Weekend off)
13) 25 July 2021 – Sunday (Weekend off)
14) 31 July 2021- Saturday – Ker Puja (Agartala)
Keep in mind that these holidays do not overlap for most of the states with only Eid on July 21 being an off across most states. Even in that case, there are a few exceptions – Aizawl, Bhubaneswar, Gangtok, Kochi and Thiruvananthapuram will be open during that date.