Bank Holidays List May 2024: Banks To Remain Closed 14 Days this month. In May 2024, there are about 16 days when there will be a holiday in banks. If you have work in the bank, you should settle on the same day when the banks are open. There are 10 days in May when there will be a holiday due to regular weekly holidays and holidays. The National Bank will be closed for 16 days this month including the second and fourth Saturdays as well as Sunday holidays.
Let us know that the Central Bank of India (Reserve Bank of India) decides on the schedule when banks will be closed along with government holidays. Apart from regional holidays, banks ‘ holidays in every state are also fixed according to the regional festivals there. Apart from this, banks will remain closed on polling day even after the Lok Sabha elections 2024 in May.
Bank Holidays List May 2024
Bank Holidays List May.Here is an elaborate list of bank holidays falling in May 2024. Check out the full list of holidays:
- Maharashtra Din/May Day (Labour Day): May 1, 2024
- Lok Sabha General Elections 2024: May 7, 2024
- Birthday of Rabindranath Tagore: May 8, 2024
- Basava Jayanti/Akshaya Tritiya: May 10, 2024
- Lok Sabha General Elections 2024: May 13, 2024
- State Day: May 16, 2024
- Lok Sabha General Elections 2024: May 20, 2024
- Buddha Poornima: May 23, 2024
- Nazrul Jayanti/Lok Sabha General Elections 2024: May 25, 2024
- Weekends and Second Saturdays
- May 5, 2024: Sunday
- May 11, 2024: Second Saturday
- May 12, 2024: Sunday
- May 19, 2024: Sunday
- May 25, 2024: Fourth Saturday
- May 26, 2024: Sunday
Apart from this, banks will remain closed for several days at the state level in the country on the occasion of various festivals including Akshaya Tritiya 2024, Buddha Purnima 2024 and Lok Sabha elections 2024 in May.
- RBI Holiday List 2024: Check Complete Holiday Calendar.
Bank Holidays List May 2024: State Wise
| May 1 (Wednesday) |
|
Maharashtra Day/May Day (Labor Day) |
| 5 May (Sunday) | Weekly holidays across the country | Sunday |
| 7 May (Tuesday) | Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Goa | Voting for the third phase of Lok Sabha elections 2024 |
| 8 May (Wednesday) | West Bengal | Rabindra Jayanti |
| 10 May (Friday) | Karnataka | Basava Jayanti/Akshay Tritiya |
| 11 May (Saturday) | all over the country | second Sunday of the month |
| 12 May (Sunday) | all over the country | weekly off |
| 13 May (Monday) | Jammu and Kashmir | Lok Sabha Elections |
| 16 May (Thursday) | Sikkim | State day |
| 19 May (Sunday) | all over the country | Weekly off |
| 23 May (Thursday) | Holidays in big cities across the country | Buddha Purnima |
| 25 May (Saturday) | Agartala, Bhubaneswar | Lok Sabha elections, second Saturday |
| 26 May (Sunday) | all over the country | Weekly off |
Bank Holidays List May 2024: How many Bank holidays in May 2024?
According to the RBI holiday calendar, banks will be closed for a total of 14 days in May 2024. This includes second and fourth Saturdays and 4 Sundays. The list of holidays given on the official website of RBI varies according to different states. With this, banks will remain closed on the day of polling in the election areas this time.
| Holiday details | Day |
| Maharashtra Day/May Day (Labor Day) | 1 May 2024 |
| Lok Sabha General Election 2024 | 7 May 2024 |
| Rabindranath Tagore’s birthday | 8 May 2024 |
| Basava Jayanti/Akshay Tritiya | 10 May 2024 |
| Lok Sabha General Election 2024 | 13 May 2024 |
| Sikkim state day | 16 May 2024 |
| Lok Sabha General Election 2024 | 20 May 2024 |
| Buddha Purnima | 23 May 2024 |
| Nazrul Jayanti/Lok Sabha General Election 2024 | 25 May 2024 |
How many Banks in India in 2024?
| Scheduled Public Sector Banks (After Merger) | |
|---|---|
| 1 | Bank of Baroda |
| 2 | Bank of India |
| 3 | Bank of Maharashtra |
| 4 | Canara Bank |
| 5 | Central Bank of India |
| 6 | Indian Bank |
| 7 | Indian Overseas Bank |
| 8 | Punjab and Sindh Bank |
| 9 | Punjab National Bank |
| 10 | state Bank of India |
| 11 | UCO Bank |
| 12 | Union Bank of India |
| Scheduled Private Sector Bank | |
| 13 | axis Bank |
| 14 | City Union Bank |
| 15 | DCB Bank |
| 16 | Federal Bank |
| 17 | HDFC Bank |
| 18 | ICICI Bank |
| 19 | IDBI Bank |
| 20 | IDFC First Bank |
| 21 | IndusInd Bank |
| 22 | Jammu and Kashmir Bank* |
| 23 | Karnataka Bank |
| 24 | Karur Vysya Bank |
| 25 | Kotak Mahindra Bank |
| 26 | RBL Bank |
| 27 | South Indian Bank |
| 28 | yes bank |
| 29 | Dhanlaxmi Bank |
| 30 | Bandhan Bank |
| 31 | CSB bank |
| 32 | Tamil Nadu Mercantile Bank |
| Foreign Bank | |
| 33 | DBS Bank India Limited # |
