Bank holiday 2018: 5 days of continuous break coming this week, ATMs to run dry? Full list and more here
The banks will be closed on Thursday and Friday owing to Mahaveer Jayanthi and Good Friday. Saturday will remain open since it is the fifth Saturday of the month. Banks are only closed on second and fourth Saturdays.
Allaying fears of long bank holidays, and consequently ATMs running out of cash, a union leader on Monday said banks will not remain closed for five consecutive days starting from Thursday. "The banks will work on March 31 (Saturday) and there is no continuous holidays as per messages in the social media," D Thomas Franco Rajendra Dev, General Secretary of the All India Bank Officers Confederation told IANS.
He said banks will be closed on Thursday and Friday owing to Mahaveer Jayanthi and Good Friday. Saturday will remain open since it is the fifth Saturday of the month. Banks are only closed on second and fourth Saturdays.
On April 2, the banks will remain shut for annual closing of accounts.
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We have compiled the important dates to remember for this week and the upcoming week:
Date: 29 March 2018
Day: Thursday
Holiday on Account of: Mahavir Jayanti
Date: 30 March 2018
Day: Friday
Holiday on Account of: Good Friday
Date: 30 March 2018
Day: Friday
Holiday on Account of: Hazrat Ali's Birthday
Date: 02 April 2018
Day: Sunday
Holiday on Account of: Annual Closing of Bank Accounts
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