Bank Holidays: Banks will be open only 5 days a week from April 1, the government has made it clear, know more..

Bank Holidays: Banks will be open only 5 days a week from April 1, the government has made it clear, know more.. India-employmentnews | 23/03/2025 20:15:03

April Bank Holidays: With the new financial year (Financial year 2025-2026), many things and rules are going to change. Now for the last few days, there were discussions that from April (banking hours April 2025), banks will open only 5 days a week, that is, banks will be closed two days a week, Saturday and Sunday. Now due to these discussions, information has been given by the government. Let us tell you through the news what information the government has given.

PIB made it clear-

There was a lot of discussion in the media report that RBI (RBI official notification 2025) has decided that banking will be only five days a week (5-day workweek banks India). That is, there will be no work in the bank on Saturday and Sunday. According to the report, from April 2025, banks will follow the same schedule as government offices. There are many rumors about these things on social media. Now, however, PIB (, PIB factcheck bank news) has investigated this claim and called it fake news.

What will be the 5-day working week -

However, let us tell you that RBI (Reserva Bank of India) has not yet formally announced that banks will work for five days. According to the rules, it is mandatory to work on the first, third, and fifth Saturdays of the month and this is still part of the current banking work pattern. However, there has been a continuous discussion between RBI and the Indian Banking Association for the last few days on the 5-day working week. Banking unions are also arguing to reduce the working week to better maintain the professional and personal lives of the employees.

Know what is the ongoing guidelines-

National and regional holidays are given by the banks and apart from this, bank branches (bank closures weekends) also remain closed on the second and fourth Saturdays of every month. Let us tell you that bank branches remain open on the first, third, and fifth Saturdays of the month. Sunday is a public holiday in the country.

Although RBI has not confirmed any change regarding the working week, the proposal of 5 day week is being discussed between banking unions and officials.

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