Bank Holiday for Lok Sabha 2024: Banks will remain closed on April 19 due to the first phase of general elections in many states of the country. We are going to explain its complete list in detail in the article.
Lok Sabha elections in the country are going to start on 19th April. The first phase of voting will take place on this day. Cities where elections will be held. There will be holiday in both government and private offices. In such a situation, you should know in which cities banks will remain closed on 19th April.
In which cities banks will remain closed on 19th April?
According to the information, the first phase of Lok Sabha elections 2024 on April 19, Arunachal Pradesh Assembly elections, is a by-election in Vilavancode in Kanniyakumari district of Tamil Nadu. There are also general elections in Uttarakhand, Assam and Nagaland. Due to this, there will be holiday in Dehradun, Chennai, Itanagar, Jaipur, Kohima, Nagpur and Shillong.
First phase of voting in these states also
Apart from the above states, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Manipur, Mizoram, Sikkim, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Jammu and Kashmir, Lakshadweep and Puducherry and Andaman and Nicobar Islands also have general elections in the first phase. However, at present no information has been given by RBI on the holiday of banks in these states.
Let us tell you, a calendar of bank holidays is brought out by RBI at the beginning of the year and accordingly the banks remain closed throughout the year. Whenever any change is made in it, its notification is issued by the Central Bank.
Lok Sabha elections will be held in seven phases
The first phase of Lok Sabha elections will be held on April 19. The second phase is on 26 April, the third phase is on 7 May, the fourth phase is on 13 May, the fifth phase is on 20 May, the sixth phase is on 25 May and the seventh phase is on 1 June and banks will remain closed accordingly.
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