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

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