Bank Holiday 7th May: Today there will be a bank holiday in 94 cities of 12 states of the country. Voting for the third phase of Lok Sabha elections is to be held today i.e. on 7th May, due to which there will be a holiday for banks in these cities. General elections are being held in the country in 7 phases, hence there will be a holiday in banks in the cities where voting will take place.
The third phase of voting is to be held tomorrow
The third phase of voting in the Lok Sabha elections is to be held today. In this, voting is to be held in 94 cities of 12 states of the country. Let us tell you that Bharatiya Janata Party has already won the Surat Lok Sabha seat without any opposition, now voting for Anantnag-Rajouri seat of Jammu and Kashmir is to be held on May 25 instead of the third phase. At the same time, the second phase of voting will now take place in the third phase in Betul, Madhya Pradesh. Voting has taken place on a total of 190 seats in the first two phases. In which voting took place on 102 seats in the first phase and 88 seats in the second phase.
When will there be bank holidays?
Banks will remain closed in various states due to Lok Sabha elections on 7th May.
8 May: Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti holiday. (Only in Kolkata)
May 10: Banks will remain closed in many states due to Basava Jayanti/Akshay Tritiya.
May 11: Second Saturday holiday in banks.
12 May: Sunday holiday.
Banks will remain closed on May 13 due to Lok Sabha elections in various states.
16 May: Due to State Day holiday, all banks of Gangtok will remain closed on this day.
19 May: Sunday holiday.
May 20: Lok Sabha General Elections 2024, Banks will remain closed in Belapur and Mumbai.
May 23: Buddha Purnima holiday
May 25: Fourth Saturday holiday
26 May: Sunday holiday.
Bank holidays vary according to states
Let us tell you that the list of bank holidays is not the same in all states. According to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), the list of holidays is different for all states. The complete list of these holidays has been given on the official website of RBI, in which complete information about different festivals and holidays is given according to the states.
All bank work will continue to be done online
Although banks will remain closed, customers will not face any problem. Even on holidays, people can complete all their work with the help of online banking. In today’s time, most of the bank’s services are available online. Therefore, even on holidays, you can complete many banking tasks sitting at home.
