All public and private sector banks in India will remain closed for 16 days in January 2021, including four Sundays as well as the second and fourth Saturdays. Meanwhile, January 1 is a bank holiday only in select cities and not a national bank holiday. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has released a list of bank holidays for the year 2021. The holidays specified hereunder are largely specific to states only: 2 January 2021: New Year's Celebration 3 January 2021: Sunday 9 January 2021: Second Saturday 10 January 2021: Sunday 12 January 2021: Swami Vivekananda Birth Anniversary 14 January 2021: Makar Sankranti/Pongal/Maghe Sankranti 15 January 2021: Thiruvalluvar Day/ Magh Bihu and Tusu Puja 16 January 2021: Uzhavar Thirunal 17 January 2021: Sunday 20 January 2021: Guru Govind Singh Ji Birth Anniversary 23 January 2021: Fourth Saturday, Birth Anniversary of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose 24 January 2021: Sunday 25 January 2021: Imoinu Iratpa 26 January 2021: Republic Day 31 January 2021: Sunday Former Economic Affair Secretary Atanu Chakraborty to be next HDFC Bank Chairman PMC Bank Gets Four Proposals For Revival Tackling NPAs the biggest challenge for the banking sector in the New Year