Banking Holidays in March 2022: The month of March is special for banking every year. With March being the last month of the financial year, there is more pressure on banking operations. However, this month also brings a festival like Holi, which puts pressure on the banking sector to celebrate holidays in March.

Talking about this week of Holi, during this time 4 out of 7 days banks are going to be closed. If any of your important work is stuck, then deal with it without delay, otherwise, you may have to face unnecessary trouble later.

According to the list of holidays of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), the work of banks is going to be closed for several days due to Holi this week. According to RBI, out of the 4 holidays of this week, some are local holidays, while banks are going to be closed across the country on some holidays. That is why it is important to check the list of bank holidays before leaving the house. Let us know when and where the banks are going to be closed this week.

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List of Holidays for this week (RBI Holidays List):

March 17: Bank branches in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and Jharkhand will remain closed on Thursday this week due to the Holika Dahan holiday.
March 18: The festival of Holi is celebrated in different names and forms across the country. Festivals like Holi, Dhuleti, and Dol Jatra will be celebrated in different parts of the country on Friday. Due to this, banks will remain closed in all states except Karnataka, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Manipur, Kerala, and West Bengal.
March 19: Banks will remain closed in Odisha, Manipur, and Bihar on Saturday, the day after Holi.

March 20: Due to Sunday being a weekly holiday, there will be a holiday in banks across the country.
However, even after the closure of branches of banks, many types of banking operations can be done digitally. There will be no effect of holidays on digital services like UPI, mobile banking, internet banking. In view of the holidays for 4 consecutive days, all the banks are already taking care that the customers do not face any problem in withdrawing money from the ATM. Banks always take special care that the availability of cash in ATMs remains intact even after the holidays.