Bank holidays in June 2021: Banks in India would remain closed for nine days in the month of June, including the weekend holidays, according to the holiday calendar of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). The RBI’s calendar also showed that the schedule, except those for the weekends, would be different across various cities in the country.
However, several of these holidays vary from state to state and thus customers are advised to visit the website of their respective banks to find out more about these holidays.
On the second and fourth Saturdays of every month, the private and public sector banks across the country remain closed. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has also made it compulsory for banks to remain shut on Sundays.
As per RBI’s website, bank holidays in June 2021 include Y.M.A. Day/Raja Sankranti, Guru Hargobind Ji’s Birthday and Remna Ni.
Bank Holidays in June 2021:
June 6: Weekly off (Sunday)
June 12: Second Saturday
June 13 – Sunday (Weekly holiday)
June 15 – Y.M.A. Day/Raja Sankranti (banks will be closed in Izwal-Mizoram, Bhubaneswar)
June 20 – Sunday (Weekly Holiday)
June 25: Guru Hargobind Ji’s birthday – All banks will be closed in Jammu and Srinagar
June 26: Fourth Saturday
June 27: Weekly off (Sunday)
June 30: Remna Ni – On this day, banks will be closed in Mizoram’s Aizawl only.
In the month of May, there were six days which were declared as holiday under negotiable instruments act across various cities on May 1 (Maharashtra Din/May Day or Labour Day), May 7 (Jumat-ul-Vida), May 10 (Shab-i-Qadr), May 13 (Ramzan-Id (Id-Ul-Fitr) (Shawal-1)), May 14 (Bhagvan Shree Parshuram Jayanti/Ramjan-Eid (Eid-UI-Fitra)/Basava Jayanti/Akshaya Tritiya) and May 26 (Buddha Pournima), the RBI holiday calendar also showed.
