Bank Strike and Holidays: Banks will remain closed for 9 days in the remaining days of the month of February. At the same time, due to the strike for two days this month, work is not going to happen in the bank branch.
New Delhi. In the second month of the year i.e. February, there will be 12 days of bank holidays. These holidays of February also include the holidays of the second and fourth Saturdays and Sundays. At the same time, due to the strike for two days this month, work is not going to happen in the bank branch. According to the list of holidays released by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), banks will now be closed for 9 days in the month of February. Banks are closed all over India on the first day i.e. National Holiday, while bank branches will be closed in some states due to regional holidays.
Know which day is the strike
At the beginning of the new year, the Central Trade Union (CTU) and some other organizations together have announced a bank strike on 23 and 24 February. In which the employees of all government and private banks across the country are going to strike once again on 23 and 24 February.
Bank unions went on strike on 16 and 17 December in protest against the government’s plan for privatization of public sector banks. Then the effect of the bank strike was on the functioning of State Bank of India (SBI), Punjab National Bank (PNB), Central Bank and RBL Bank. Work related to check clearance, fund transfer, debit card was also stuck.
View holiday list
- February 15: Bank branches in Imphal, Kanpur and Lucknow will be closed due to the birthday of Mohammad Hazrat Ali/Louis Nagai Ni.
- 16 February: Guru Ravidas Jayanti falls on that day. Banks will remain closed in Chandigarh.
- February 18: Bank branches in Kolkata to remain closed due to Doljatra.
- February 19: Banks will remain closed in Belapur, Mumbai and Nagpur on account of the birth anniversary of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.
- 23 February, Wednesday Bank Strike
- 24 February, Thursday Bank Strike
Banks will remain closed on these dates
Apart from these holidays, banks will remain closed on February 13, 20 and 27 due to Sundays and on February 12 and 26 due to second and fourth Saturdays.
