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    Has the Eid-E-Milad bank holiday in Maharashtra been postponed?

    Synopsis

    The Maharashtra government has announced a public holiday under Section 25 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881. The previously declared public holiday on September 28, 2023, has been cancelled.

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    The Maharashtra government has announced September 29, 2023 as a public holiday under Section 25 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881. The previously declared public holiday on September 28, 2023, has been cancelled.

    RBI has changed the public holiday under Negotiable Instrument Act, settlement of financial market transactions on September 29, 2023 from September 28, 2023.

    The RBI bank holiday list now shows September 29 as bank holiday instead of September 28, 2023.

    Also read: September Bank holiday 2023: Banks to remain closed for 16 days across various states, check full list here

    According to the RBI notification, “To ensure smooth functioning of the financial markets and non-disruptive settlement of transactions especially in view of the quarter / half year end, it has been decided, in public interest, to keep the Government securities market, foreign exchange market, money market and rupee interest rate derivatives market operational on September 29, 2023 in addition to being operational on September 28, 2023.”

    The RBI also stated, “The settlement of secondary market transactions in Government securities, foreign exchange market, money market and rupee interest rate derivatives market which were due on September 29, 2023 will continue to be on the same day i.e., September 29, 2023.”

    Banks closed on September 28
    Banks are closed in Gujarat, Mizoram, Karnataka, Tanil Nadu, Uttara Khand, Telangana, Manipur, Uttara Pradesh, New Delhi, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand.

    Banks closed on 29
    Banks are closed in Sikkim, Jammu and Srinagar on the occasion of Indrajatra, Friday following Eid-i-Milad-ul-Nabi and Eid-E-Milad.

    Also read: Bank holidays in October 2023: Banks will be closed for up to 18 days in October; check state-wise bank holiday list

    Are banks closed on Saturday 30th
    Banks are not closed on September 30th as it is the fifth Saturday which is a working Saturday, according to the RBI guidelines. Banks are closed only on Sundays, second Saturday and fourth Saturday.

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    Agartala
    Ahmedabad
    Aizawl
    Belapur
    Bengaluru
    Bhopal
    Bhubaneswar
    Chandigarh
    Chennai
    Dehradun
    Gangtok
    Guwahati
    Hyderabad - Andhra Pradesh
    Hyderabad - Telangana
    Imphal
    Jaipur
    Jammu
    Kanpur
    Kochi
    Kohima
    Kolkata
    Lucknow
    Mumbai
    Nagpur
    New Delhi
    Panaji
    Patna
    Raipur
    Ranchi
    Shillong
    Shimla
    Srinagar
    Thiruvananthapuram
    Source: RBI
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