Cities where banks will be closed on May 7
According to the Reserve Bank of India‘s holiday list, banks will be closed on May 7 in the following cities due to the Lok Sabha elections phase 3:
– Ahmedabad
– Bhopal
– Panaji
– Raipur
States where Phase 3 voting will occur
Phase 3 of the Lok Sabha elections will take place in various Lok Sabha constituencies across multiple states.Here’s a list of the regions where elections are scheduled for May 7:
– Assam: Kokrajhar, Dhubri, Barpeta, Guwahati
– Bihar: Jhanjharpur, Supaul, Araria, Madhepura, Khagaria
– Chhattisgarh: Surguja, Raigarh, Janjgir-Champa, Korba, Bilaspur, Durg, Raipur
– Goa: North Goa, South Goa
– Gujarat: Kachchh, Banaskantha, Patan, Mahesana, Sabarkantha, Gandhinagar, Ahmedabad East, Ahmedabad West, Surendrangar, Rajkot, Porbandar, Jamnagar, Junagadh, Amreli, Bhavnagar, Anand, Kheda, Panchmahal, Dahod, Vadodara, Chhota Udaipur, Bharuch, Bardoli, Surat, Navsari, Valsad
– Karnataka: Chikkodi, Belgaum, Bagalkot, Bijapur, Gulbarga, Raichur, Bidar, Koppal, Bellary, Haveri, Dharwad, Uttara Kannada, Davanagere, Shimoga
– Madhya Pradesh: Morena, Bhind, Gwalior, Guna, Sagar, Vidisha, Bhopal, Rajgarh
– Maharashtra: Raigad, Baramati, Osmanabad, Latur, Solapur, Madha, Sangli, Satara, Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg, Kolhapur, Hatkanangle
– Uttar Pradesh: Sambhal, Hathras, Agra, Fatehpur Sikri, Firozabad, Mainpuri, Etah, Badaun, Aonla, Bareilly
– West Bengal: Maldaha Uttar, Maldaha Dakshin, Jangipur, Murshidabad
– Union Territories: Dadar and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Anantnag-Rajouri
These are just some of the key locations where elections are happening. With this in mind, banking operations in these areas will be impacted.
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Upcoming bank holidays in May 2024
In addition to the election-related bank holidays, here are the other notable bank holidays in May 2024:
– May 1: Maharashtra Din/May Day (Labour Day)
– May 7: Lok Sabha General Elections 2024 (various cities closed due to Phase 3 elections)
– May 8: Birthday of Rabindranath Tagore (banks in West Bengal are closed)
– May 10: Basava Jayanti/Akshaya Tritiya (banks in Karnataka are closed)
– May 13: Lok Sabha General Elections 2024 (banks in Srinagar are closed)
– May 16: State Day (banks in Sikkim are closed)
– May 20: Lok Sabha General Elections 2024 (banks in Maharashtra are closed)
– May 23: Buddha Pournima (banks closed in Tripura, Mizoram, Madhya Pradesh, Chandigarh, Uttar Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Jammu, Lucknow, Bengal, New Delhi, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Himachal Pradesh, and Srinagar)
– May 25: Nazrul Jayanti/Lok Sabha General Elections 2024 (banks in Tripura and Orissa are closed)
Bank customers should plan their transactions accordingly to avoid any inconvenience during these holidays.
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