According to the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) holiday list, all private and public sector banks across the country will be closed for 15 days in April 2022. The second and fourth Saturday, as well as Sundays, are included in the list of days that banks remain shut. Banks will remain open on the first and third Saturdays of the month, as is usually the case. Banks will be non-functional on April 1 on the occasion of yearly closings of bank account.
The central banks categorize holidays as national and regional. Those in the first category lead to bank holidays across India, while regional holidays lead to closing of branches in some states.
As per the RBI calendar, April 1 will mark the beginning of the new financial year and will also be the first holiday of the month.
List of bank holidays for April 2022
April 1: Banks will remain shut due to the early closing of accounts. Banks will be closed in almost all parts of the country, except for Aizawl, Chandigarh, Shillong and Shimla.
April 2: Banks will be closed in Belapur, Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, Imphal, Jammu, Mumbai, Nagpur, Panaji and Srinagar due to Gudi Padwa/Ugadi Festival/1st Navratra/Telugu New Year’s Day/Sajibu Nongmapanba (Cheiraoba).
April 4: Banks will be closed in Ranchi for Sarhul.
April 5: Banks will be closed in Hyderabad due to Babu Jagjivan Ram’s birthday.
April 14: Banks will be closed in the country for Babasaheb Ambedkar Jayanti/Mahavir Jayanti/Baisakhi/Vaisakhi/Tamil New Year’s Day/Cheiraoba/Biju Festival/Bohag Bihu, except for Shillong and Shimla.
April 15: Banks will be closed in the country on the occasion of Good Friday/Bengali New Year’s Day (Nababarsha)/Himachal Day/Vishu/Bohag Bihu.
April 16: Banks will be closed in Guwahati on the eve of Bohag Bihu
April 21: Banks will be closed in Agartala on account of Garia Puja.
April 19: Banks will be closed in Jammu and Srinagar due to Shab-I-Qadr/Jumat-ul-Vida.
