Bank Holidays: The year 2024 is about to end and with the beginning of 2025, many changes are going to impact people’s lives. One of these questions is whether there will be a bank holiday on January 1, 2025. However, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has not yet released its official holidays list for 2025, due to which there is confusion among the people.
Banks will remain closed on Wednesday 1 January 2025
Banks will remain closed in most of the states of the country on the occasion of New Year on Wednesday, January 1, 2025. Although the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has not released the official holidays calendar for 2025, January 1, 2025 is not a gazetted holiday. This is a registered holiday. That is, banks are not going to remain closed in the entire country. January 1, 2025 is expected to be a bank holiday in most states. It is decided as per the RBI holidays list for 2024, which includes Aizawl, Chennai, Gangtok, Imphal, Itanagar, Kohima, Kolkata. Therefore, it is not certain that banks will remain closed in all states.
Online service will remain active
Even if the banks remain closed, it is a matter of relief for the customers that the online and mobile banking services of the bank will remain operational. Customers can transact using these services. Apart from this, ATM services will also be available as usual. For cash or other banking needs during holidays, banks can use online services or mobile banking apps. Customers can also withdraw cash through ATM.
Banks will remain closed in these states on 31st December
Apart from this, banks will remain closed in Mizoram and Sikkim on the occasion of New Year’s Eve on 31 December 2024. Customers are advised to contact their local bank branch to get information about holidays and plan their work in advance.
List of holidays for January 2025
January 1, 2025 (Wednesday): New Year Day – Banks will remain closed in some states of the country.
5 January 2025 (Sunday): Weekly holiday
6 January 2025 (Monday): Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti — Chandigarh, Haryana
11 January 2025 (Saturday): Second Saturday and Missionary Day – Banks will remain closed in all the states of the country except Mizoram.
12 January 2025 (Sunday): Weekly holiday and Swami Vivekananda Jayanti — West Bengal
13 January 2025 (Monday): Lohri — Punjab, Jammu, Himachal Pradesh
January 14, 2025 (Tuesday): Sankranti (in many states) and Pongal — Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh
15 January 2025 (Wednesday): Thiruvalluvar Day — Tamil Nadu and Tusu Puja — West Bengal, Assam
19 January 2025 (Sunday): Weekly holiday
23 January 2025 (Thursday): Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Jayanti — Odisha, Tripura, West Bengal
24 January 2025 (Saturday): Fourth Saturday
26 January 2025 (Sunday): Republic Day — All India
30 January 2025 (Thursday): Sonam Losar — Sikkim