Bank Holidays February 2021: First holiday on February 12, check other 5 RBI-sanctioned holidays this month

Bank Holiday Calendar 2021: Everyone has banking needs and we often have to frequently visit banks for various reasons. Ranging from opening bank accounts, transferring money to updating our KYC details. We tend to sometime even reach bank branches on holidays. So, it is only important that we know bank holidays in advance.   

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To ensure that you don't have to regret later and remain well-informed when planning your banking visits in February, you must know these dates when banks will remain closed next month. The banks will remain closed for six days in February.   

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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has mentioned some days when the banking operations will remain closed in the month of February 2021.   

However, it must be noted that the bank holidays vary in various states as well not observed by all the banking companies. Banking holidays also depend on the festivals being observed in specific states or notification of specific occasions in those states. 

As per the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), the banks in general will remain closed for six days— 12th, 15th, 16th, 19th, 20th  and 26th of February 2021. 

These banking holidays as described by the RBI falls on 

Losar/Sonam Lochhar (12) 
Lui-Ngai-Ni(15) 
Saraswati Puja (Shree Panchami)/Basanta Panchami (16) 
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Jayanti (19) 
State Day (20) 
Md. Hazarat Ali birthday (26) 

Holidays of the mentioned days will be observed in various regions according to the state declared holidays, however for the gazetted holidays, banks will be closed all over the country.