 "Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti 2024: Are banks closed today? Check details")
India celebrates Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti every year on May 8, 2024. Rabindranath Tagore was a renowned Bengali polymath, who was a poet, writer, composer, philosopher, social reformer, and painter during the Bengal Renaissance. Tagore has reshaped Bengali literature and music as well as Indian art with Contextual Modernism in the late 19th and early 20th century.
This day holds great cultural significance, especially in the state of West Bengal. Banks remain closed on May 8 in West Bengal, and apart from this, banks will also remain shut on Akshaya Tritiya festival or Akha Teej on May 10.
As per the Reserve Bank of India holiday calendar 2024, private and public sector banks in Kolkata will remain closed today, May 8, on Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti.
Will online banking services remain active on May 8?
Although banks will remain shut on May 8 due to Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti 2024, online banking services will remain active throughout the day in the state. Users can use the same to perform transactions, check bank balances, and carry out other tasks from the convenience of their homes. All digital services including mobile banking, UPI and other internet services will remain unaffected due to bank holidays.
Other bank holidays in May 2024
Here are bank holidays in May 2024
- May 1, 2024: Maharashtra Din/May Day (Labour Day)
- May 7, 2024: Lok Sabha General Elections 2024:
- May 8, 2024: Birthday of Rabindranath Tagore
- May 10, 2024: Basava Jayanti/Akshaya Tritiya
- May 13, 2024: Lok Sabha General Elections 2024
- May 16, 2024: State Day
- May 20, 2024: Lok Sabha General Elections 2024
- May 23, 2024: Buddha Pournima
- May 25, 2024: Nazrul Jayanti/Lok Sabha General Elections 2024
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) prepares the bank holiday calendar. RBI guidelines determine bank holidays in three categories; Negotiable Instruments Act, Negotiable Instruments Act and Real Time Gross Settlement Holiday and Banks’ Closing of Accounts. State government and regional bank holidays may differ as per local customs and traditions of various states.