Bank Holiday on 1st April: Do you know that if there is any day on 1st April, banks would remain closed. Today we will tell you why banks remain closed on 1st April.
Bank Holiday On 1st April: Private and public sector banks in the country will remain closed on 1st April i.e. Saturday. March is about to end and with that the financial year is also closing. The financial year 2022-23 is ending on 31 March. Do you know that no matter what the day is on 1st April, banks remain closed. Today we will tell you why banks remain closed on 1st April every year.
With April 1, the new financial year will begin. There is a special reason behind the bank closure on April 1, which hardly people know. Due to the end of the financial year in banks on 31st March and full working day, on the next day i.e. on 1st April, there is no-entry 1 for common customers. However, during this time you can use online banking and internet banking on this day.
Banks will remain closed for 15 days in April
Banks will remain closed for a total of 15 days in April 2023. Out of total 15 days holidays, 4 holidays are on Sundays. Many of these holidays are going to fall continuously. Please tell that banks will not remain closed for 15 days in the whole country. According to the list of holidays given on the official website of RBI, these holidays are in different states. All these holidays will not be applicable in all the states. At the same time, according to the guidelines of RBI, apart from Sundays, banks remain closed on the second and fourth Saturdays of the month.
List of Holidays in April 2023
- April 1 – Holiday in banks due to bank account closing
- April 2 – Weekly holiday of banks due to Sunday
- April 4- Bank holiday in Ahmedabad, Aizawl, Belapur, Bangalore, Bhopal, Chandigarh, Chennai, Jaipur, Kanpur, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, New Delhi, Raipur and Ranchi zones due to Mahavir Jayanti.
- April 5 – Birth anniversary of Babu Jagjivan Ram, bank holiday in Telangana zone
- April 7- Aizawl, Belapur, Bengaluru, Bhopal, Bhubaneshwar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Dehradun, Gangtok, Hyderabad, Telangana, Imphal, Kanpur, Kochi, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, New Delhi, Panaji, Patna, due to Good Friday Bank holiday in Raipur, Ranchi, Shillong and Kerala zones
- April 8 – Weekly holiday for banks due to second Saturday
- April 9 – Weekly holiday of banks due to Sunday
- April 14 – Agartala, Ahmedabad, Belapur, Bengaluru, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Dehradun, Gangtok, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Telangana, Imphal, Jaipur, Jammu, Kanpur, Kochi, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, Panaji due to Ambedkar Jayanti Bank holiday in Patna, Ranchi, Srinagar and Kerala.
- April 15 – Bank holiday in Agartala, Guwahati, Kochi, Kolkata, Shimla and Kerala zones due to Bohag Bihu
- April 16 – Weekly holiday of banks due to Sunday
- April 18- Banks closed in Jammu and Srinagar zones due to Shab-e-Kadra
- April 21- Banks closed in Agartala, Jammu, Kochi, Srinagar and Kerala due to Eid
- April 22- Weekly holiday of banks due to fourth Saturday
- April 23 – Weekly holiday of banks due to Sunday
- April 30 – Weekly holiday of banks due to Sunday
