Thinking of going to the bank? Before leaving home, know whether banks are open or closed today on Dhanteras:

News India Live, Digital Desk: RBI Holiday List: As the festive season approaches, work in banks also increases. The day of Dhanteras, just before Diwali, is considered very special for shopping and transactions. This year Dhanteras is on Saturday, 18 October. In such a situation, the question in the minds of many people is whether banks will remain open on this special day or will they be found locked?

If you too are preparing to go to the bank today, then wait and read this news first.

Is Dhanteras a holiday?

First of all, remove this dilemma from your mind that there is a holiday for banks in the entire country on the occasion of Dhanteras. No national holiday has been declared for Dhanteras in the list of holidays released by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). Therefore, banks in most states and cities will function normally today.

Then why is there confusion?

Actually, today 18th October is the third Saturday of the month. According to the rules, banks are closed only on the second and fourth Saturdays of the month, while work is done on the first and third Saturdays. According to this also, work should be done in banks today.

Banks will remain closed only in this city

According to the RBI holiday list, there will be a bank holiday in only one city on October 18, and that is GuwahatiThe festival of ‘Kati Bihu’ is being celebrated today in Assam, which is a big local festival there. For this reason, only banks in Guwahati and other parts of Assam will remain closed today.

Apart from this, banks are fully open in all the other big and small cities of the country like Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Bengaluru, Lucknow, Patna, Bhopal. You can complete your banking related work without any worries.

Take advantage of online services

One more thing to remember is that even if the bank is closed in your area, you do not need to worry. Digital services like mobile banking, internet banking, UPI and ATM remain operational 24×7. You can easily transfer money and avail other banking facilities while sitting at home.