Bank Holidays In December, 2020: With the festive season coming to a close, it’s time to plan your year end holidays and New Year. However, it is also important to note that the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has come up with days when the banking operations will remain closed in December, 2020. Also Read: Aadhaar Card, PAN Details: Know How To Fix Wrong Name In Aadhaar Card And PAN

But remember the bank holidays might vary in states and the same occasion may not be observed by all the banking companies. Such holidays mostly depend on the festivals being observed in the states and based on the notification of specific occasions in those states.

Christmas is celebrated on December 25 (Friday), which is observed as a holiday across the country. RBI considers this day as a Holiday under Negotiable Instruments Act and Real Time Gross Settlement Holiday.

Check the list of bank holidays in December 2020.

December 1: Ordinary Elections to Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation
December 3: Kanakadasa Jayanthi/Feast of St. Francis Xavier:
December 12: Pa-Togan Nengminza Sangma
December 17: Losoong/Namsoong
December 18: Death Anniversary of U SoSo Tham/Losoong/Namsoong:
December 19: Goa Liberation Day
December 24: Christmas Festival:
December 25: Christmas
December 26: Christmas Festival:
December 30: U Kiang Nangbah
December 31: Year’s Eve

Note that the holidays of the mentioned days will be observed in regions according to the state declared holidays. However, banks will be closed all over the country on the gazetted holidays.

In case you have a banking activity, then it's better to track the holidays above and complete the transactions in advance. The list will also help you plan for long weekends and your year end holidays as well.