December 2024 bank holidays: Banks to remain closed on 17 days | Details

December 2024 bank holidays: Bank holidays for festivals are decided by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).

December 2024 bank holidays: Banks will not function on 17 days in December on account of festivals, as well as on second and fourth Saturdays and all Sundays.

December 2024 bank holidays: Check list here (Reuters/Representative image)

Bank holidays for festivals are decided by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI); for regional festivals, banks only in that state or region stay closed. On the other hand, all banks are closed on second and fourth Saturdays and Sundays.

Also, online financial services will be available as usual on bank holidays.

List of bank holidays in December 2024:

As per RBI's holiday list for December, banks will be non-operational on:

Date	Day	Observance	State/UT
December 3	Tuesday	Feast of St. Francis Xavier	Panaji (Goa)
December 12	Thursday	Pa-Togan Nengminja Sangma	Shillong (Meghalaya)
December 18	Wednesday	Death Anniversary of U SoSo Tham	Shillong
December 19	Thursday	Goa Liberation Day	Panaji
December 24	Tuesday	Christmas Eve	Aizawl (Mizoram), Kohima (Nagaland), Shillong
December 25	Wednesday	Christmas	Public holiday
December 26	Thursday	Christmas celebration	Aizawl, Kohima, Shillong
December 27	Friday	Christmas celebration	Kohima
December 30	Monday	U Kiang Nangbah	Shillong
December 31	Tuesday	New Year's Eve/Lossong/Namsoong	Aizawl, Gangtok (Sikkim)

In addition to these, there is a second Saturday (December 14) and a fourth one (December). The list is boosted by as many as five Sundays, taking the number of holidays in the final month of the year.

Meanwhile, bank employees have been demanding a five-day work week. The proposal if approved, would mean bank holidays on all Saturdays instead of only second and fourth ones.

The long-standing proposal is now likely to receive the finance ministry’s final approval soon, according to reports.