Reserve Bank of India (RBI) New Delhi regional office holiday list for the year 2010 are as under

JAN

26: Tuesday: Republic Day

Feb

26: Friday: Milad un Nabi (Birthday of the Prophet Mohammed)

August

15: Sunday: Independence Day

September

10: Friday: Id ul fitr

October

02: Saturday: Gandhi Jayanti
17: Sunday: Vijayadasami (Dussehra)

November

05: Friday: Diwali
21: Sunday: Guru Nanak Jayanti

December

17: Friday: Muharram (Islamic New Year)

For a complete list of holidays view the following link

http://www.rbi.org.in/scripts/holidaymatrixdisplay.aspx

Bank Holidays in India during year 2009

Bank holidays are announced by Reserve Bank of India (RBI).  The holidays vary from state to stae as festivals are unique to each state.

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) New Delhi regional office holiday list for the year 2009 are as under

January

8    Muharram

26    Republic Day

March

10    Id-e-Milad

11    Holi

April

1    Annual closing of banks

3    Ram Navami

7    Mahavir Jayanti

10    Good Friday

July

1    Annual closing of RBI

August

15    Independence Day

September

21    Ramzan-Id (Id-Ul-Fitar)

30    Half-yearly closing of banks

28    Dussehra (Vijaya Dashami)

October

17    Diwali

2    Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti

November

2    Guru Nanak Jayanti

28    Bakri Id

December

25    Christmas

For a complete list of holidays view the following link

http://www.rbi.org.in/scripts/holidaymatrixdisplay.aspx

Bank Holidays

Bank holidays are generally public holidays. These are the days when banks shut down and don’t operate. On these days no business takes place. Bank holidays vary from country to country. In USA banks are usually closed on federal holidays. Bank Holidays implies to the emergency bank closures that are mandatory.

There are have been several Banking Acts till date and the foremost had been, the 1871 Act that designated four holidays in England, Wales and Ireland. Prior to this Act, Bank of England observed about thirty-three Saint’s Day and all the religious holidays. Later things changes and from 1834 onwards four Bank holidays were given: 1May, 1 November, Good Friday, Christmas.

Sir Lubbock introduced the first bank holiday legislation, when he put forth Bank of Holidays Act 1871. Then in 1903, Saint Patrick’s Day, was added as a Ireland Bank Holiday.

In the present scenario there are total 8 permanent Bank holidays in England, Wales and Scotland and 10 in Northern Ireland.

Every country has their own set of Banking holidays. On these holidays banker go out on mini breaks and outings with family, and enjoy a great time. There’s a provision, if employees work on Bank Holidays, they are paid extra money- “time-and-a-half” or even “double time.”

2009 Bank Holiday dates are already available on several sites online. Just click your mouse and get the whole year’s list of Bank holidays. Every country has there own set of Bank Holidays. These holidays differ and their dates also keep on changing. Some holidays have fixed date like New Year on 1st of January as per the Gregorian Calendar and Christmas on 25th December. Then there are other changing dates.

The Indian Bank Holidays for a specefic year are displayed in this site in the registerd user section. Details on Indian bank Holidays can be found here.