New Delhi. Like every month, there are going to be many bank holidays in May 2024 too. We are going to tell you on which dates there will be holidays in banks. RBI has released the list of bank holidays. If you have any bank related work in May, then go there only after seeing this list of holidays. Lok Sabha elections are also the reason for more holidays in banks. Four phases of Lok Sabha elections are to be held in the month of May. In such a situation, even in the places where voting will take place, banks are going to remain closed on that date.
Banks will remain closed in Kolkata, Mumbai, Nagpur, Kochi, Hyderabad, Chennai, Bengaluru, Belapur, Guwahati on May 1, Labor Day and Maharashtra Day. May 5 is Sunday and there will be a bank holiday. There will be a holiday for banks in Bhopal, Raipur, Panaji and Ahmedabad due to the third phase of Lok Sabha elections on 7th May. At the same time, banks will remain closed in Kolkata on May 8, the birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore. On May 10, there will be a holiday for Basava Jayanti and Akshaya Tritiya in the banks of Bengaluru. There will be a holiday on second Saturday on 11th May and Sunday on 12th May.
Banks are going to remain closed in Srinagar due to voting for Lok Sabha elections on 13th May. Banks will remain closed in Gangtok on May 16 due to Sikkim State Day. May 19 is Sunday and will be a bank holiday. Banks in Mumbai and Belapur will remain closed on May 20 due to election voting. There will be no functioning of banks in Lucknow, Kanpur, Delhi, Kolkata, Agartala, Aizawl, Bhopal, Dehradun, Chandigarh, Itanagar, Jammu, Mumbai, Nagpur, Ranchi, Raipur, Shimla and Srinagar on Buddha Purnima on 23 May. There will be bank holiday also due to fourth Saturday on 25th May and Sunday on 26th May. During this period online transactions can be done. If you want to withdraw more amount, then go to your bank branch after looking at this list of holidays.