The Reserve Bank of India has released its bank holidays list for August 2022 and it shows that banks will remain closed for 13 days in the month. Private and public banks will remain closed on gazette holidays and Sundays, apart from the fact that banks don\u2019t operate on second and fourth Saturdays of every month.<\/p>\n
Apart from these, there are several regional festivals that will be celebrated in different states and local branches of the banks will also remain closed on those days. However, online banking services will be available during those days. The list of holidays are as follows (some of these include national and\/regional holidays):<\/p>\n
August 1: Sunday\/Drukpa Tshe-zi (Sikkim)<\/p>\n
August 8: Sunday<\/p>\n
August 8 & 9: Muharram<\/p>\n
August 11 & 12: Raksha Bandhan<\/p>\n
August 13: Patriot\u2019s Day<\/p>\n
August 14: second Saturday<\/p>\n
August 15: Sunday\/Independence Day<\/p>\n
August 16: Parsi New Year (Shahenshahi)<\/p>\n
August 18: Janmashtami<\/p>\n
August 19: Shravan Vad\/Krishna Jayanthi<\/p>\n
August 20: Sri Krishna Ashtami<\/p>\n
August 22: Sunday<\/p>\n
August 28: Fourth Saturday<\/p>\n
August 29: Sunday\/Tithi of Srimanta Sankardeva<\/p>\n
August 31: Samvatsari (Chaturthi Paksha)\/Ganesh Chaturthi\/Varasiddhi Vinayak Vrata\/Vinayakar Chathurthi<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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