All India Bank Holidays 2017

(The list of holidays and festivals in Indian for all states/UTs of India during 2017)

Indian bank holidays are declared under explanation to section 25 of the Negotiable Instrument Act 1881. These holidays are declared separately by each administration of various Union Territories and State Governments. Bank holidays declared by a state/UT is observed only by the banks situated within the administrative limit of that state/UT. The banks situated in other states where it is not a holiday would remain open for normal banking transactions.

Bank Holidays 2017:

We have updated the holidays and names of the states that have already declared holidays under the explanation to Section 25 of NI Act 1881.  However, the dates of the holidays marked (#) alongside the names of states in the below list have till date not announced the official list of state holidays under NI Act. Yet, in view of the occasions of local importance, we have shown the dates and names of some important festivals which were reflected in previous years holiday list of those states with the mark (#), as a general information. We will update this page and remove (#) marks as soon as the official holiday lists are released by the concerned State Governments.

In addition to public holidays listed below, all the commercial & Co-operative Banks across the country closed on all Sundays and 2nd & 4th Saturdays as ‘Public Holidays’ under the explanation to section 25 of the Negotiable Instrument Act 1881.

The list of holidays and festivals during 2017 are as under.

JANUARY 2017

FEBRUARY 2017

MARCH 2017

APRIL 2017

MAY 2017

JUNE 2017

JULY 2017

AUGUST 2017

SEPTEMBER 2017

OCTOBER 2017

NOVEMBER 2017

DECEMBER 2017

1. Bank holiday for annual closing on April 1^st is applicable only to commercial banks including co-operative banks in India. All other offices will be opened. The banks are closed for public dealings on September 30 for their half-yearly closing of accounts. The day for banks’ half-yearly closing of accounts sometime falls on dissimilar dates at different states due to holidays declared by different States under the Negotiable Instruments Act, In such cases, the last working day in September may be closed by the commercial and co-operative banks in India for their half-yearly closing.
2. If any of the holidays for the festivals of Muslim fraternity notified above does not fall on the date notified, the holiday date may be altered by the concerned Government.

Disclaimer: Every effort has been taken to avoid errors or omissions in the list of holidays published above. In spite of this, it is possible that any mistake, errors, ambiguity, inconsistency, discrepancy or doubts may inadvertently creep up. Such mistakes or errors noticed by anyone may please be brought to the notice of the author for the rectification.  The author or anyone connected directly or indirectly to this website accepts no responsibility whatsoever and will not be liable for any losses, claims or damages which may arise because of inaccuracy in the information.

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