Private and public banks in India are most likely to remain closed for 15 days in April 2021 on account of several bank holidays. These off days also include the second and fourth Saturdays as the banks remain shut on these days. As per the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) website, bank holidays in April 2021 include several festivals like Ram Navmi, Good Friday, Bihu, Babu Jagjivan Ram’s Birthday. Tamil New Year etc.
The detailed list of bank holidays in April 2021 are as follows:
1 April – To enable Banks to close their yearly accounts
2 April – Good Friday
5 April – Babu Jagjivan Ram’s Birthday
6 April – General Elections to Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly 2021
13 April – Gudhi Padwa/Telugu New Year’s Day/Ugadi Festival/Sajibu Nongmapanba (Cheiraoba)/1st Navratra/Baisakhi
14 April- Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Jayanti/Tamil New Year’s Day/Vishu/Biju Festival/Cheiraoba/Bohag Bihu
15 April – Himachal Day/Bengali New Year’s Day/Bohag Bihu/Sarhul
16 April – Bohag Bihu
21 April – Shree Ram Navmi (Chaite Dashain)/Garia Puja
Apart from Sundays, the banks remain closed on second and fourth Saturdays
4 April – Sunday
10 April – Second Saturday
11 April – Sunday
18 April – Sunday
24 April – Fourth Saturday
25 April – Sunday
Also Read: Bank Holidays: Banks to open only for two days from March 27 to April 4
