PRESS INFORMATION BUREAU

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
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Banks will remain open and banking activity will continue unimpeded in
the first week of September

Banks will only observe holidays on Sunday, 2 nd September and second

Saturday, 8th September ; Monday, 3rd September is not a pan India
holiday

ATMs in all States will be fully functional; Banks advised to ensure

availability of sufficient cash for dispensation from ATMs

New Delhi : 31st August , 2018

It has come to notice that a rumour is circulating in several sections of the social
media that banks will be closed for 6 days in the first week of September 2018,
causing undue panic among the general public.

It is hereby clarified that banks will remain open and banking activity will
continue unimpeded in the first week of September. Banks will only observe
holidays on Sunday, 2 nd September and second Saturday, 8th September.
Monday, 3rd September is not a pan India holiday and banks only in some
States where a holiday is declared under the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881
will remain closed.

Even on those days, ATMs in all States will be fully functional and there will
be no impact on online banking transactions. Banks have been advised to
ensure that sufficient cash is available for dispensation from ATMs. Banks
will remain open on all other days.

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