Banks are the foundation of any country’s economy. Banks provide a variety of financial services in the economy on behalf of the country, enterprise entities, corporations, organisations, and people. Accepting deposits, making loans, wealth management, currency exchange, money transfers, safe deposit boxes, and other services are among the many that banks provide. Banks are classified into three types: investment banks, retail banks, and commercial banks.
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Banks in India base their policies and procedures on the Reserve Bank of India‘s directives. Even bank holidays adhere to the general norms established by the RBI. Banks in India do not operate on national or regional public holidays. While national holidays are observed throughout the country, regional holidays are observed in certain states in response to events of local significance.
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Because regional holidays in a specific state may differ depending on the gazette issued by the relevant state, it is critical that you also review official announcements made by the state government on local holidays. Sundays are a day off for Indian banks. The second and fourth Saturdays of each month are also regular bank holidays. The following is a comprehensive list of Indian bank holidays for April 2022.
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Date | Day | Holiday Description | Applicable in states |
1 April 2022 | Friday | Odisha Day/ Maundy Thursday | Odisha/Many States |
2 April 2022 | Saturday | Telegu New Year/Gudi Padwa | Many States |
4 April 2022 | Monday | Sarhul | Jharkhand |
5 April 2022 | Tuesday | Babu Jagjivan Ram Jayanti | Andhra Pradesh and Telangana |
9 April 2022 | Saturday | Second Saturday | All-over India |
10 April 2022 | Sunday | Ram Navami | Many States |
13 April 2022 | Wednesday | Ugadi, Bohag Bihu | Many States, Assam |
14 April 2022 | Thrusday | Mahavir Jayanti/Dr. Ambedkar Jayanti/Tamil New Year/Vishu/Vaishakh/Bohag Bihu/Maha Vishubha Sankranti/Cheiraoba | Many States |
15 April 2022 | Friday | Good Friday, Bengali New Year & Himachal Day | All over India except in Jharkhand and Haryana, West Bengal and Tripura, Himachal Pradesh |
17 April 2022 | Sunday | Easter Sunday | Nagaland and Kerala |
21 April 2022 | Thursday | Garia Puja | Tripura |
29 April 2022 | Friday | Shab-i-Qadr, Jumat-ul-Wida | All states |
30 April 2022 | Saturday | Fourth Saturday | All states |
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Keep track of the list of bank holidays in April 2022 so that you can plan your bank visits and critical banking operations on working days. Though certain critical banking activities may be impacted by bank holidays, you may always access ATMs 24 hours a day, seven days a week for basic banking functions such as cash deposits and withdrawals.