Bank holidays January 2022, closed for 5 days, check now.

 Bank holidays January 2022, closed for 5 days, check now.

Welcome back to our informative blog site knowing steps 360 with new IMP News. Before visiting your bank branch this week, in the month of January 2022, you must take note of the important days during which several bank branches will remain closed in the country.

The banks will be closed for 5 days in total this week, although online banking activities will continue to work. However, you must note that the banks will NOT be closed for the said 5 days in all states or regions. This is the total number of days when banks in different parts of the country will remain closed for state-observed holidays. For example, bank branches might be closed for Thai Poosam in Chennai but not closed for the same festival in Assam.

List of bank holidays for January 2022 Check Now

Holiday Description Day

Missionary Day: January 11

Birthday of Swami Vivekananda: January 12

Makar Sankranti/Pongal: January 14

Uttarayaana Punyakaala Makar Sankranti Festival/Maghe Sankranti/Sankranti/Pongal/Thiruvalluvar Day: January 15

Sunday: January 16

Real-Time Gross Settlement Holiday

Reserve Bank of India places its Holidays under three brackets --Holiday under Negotiable Instruments Act; Holiday under Negotiable Instruments Act and Real-Time Gross Settlement Holiday; and Banks’ Closing of Accounts. However, it must be noted that the bank holidays vary in various states as well not observed by all the banking companies. Banking holidays also depend on the festivals being observed in specific states or notification of specific occasions in those states.

All private and government banks will be closed for a total of 5 days next week (starting January 9, 2022). You must finish all your important work related to the bank while keeping in mind these holidays. 

RBI guidelines state that the public sector, private sector, foreign banks, cooperative banks, and regional banks across the country will stay shut on the specified dates. 

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