If your account is in public sector banks and rural banks, you need to be careful. These banks are going to remain closed for five days out of the coming six days. Here is the list of days on which the banks will remain closed.
So, if you have some urgent work to do in banks, then check this list beforehand.
March 11, 2021: This day is Mahashivratri. Banks will be closed in the states of Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Telangana, Rajasthan, Jammu, Uttar Pradesh, Kerala, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Kashmir, and Himachal Pradesh on this day.
March 13, 2021: Banks will be on holiday as this is the second Saturday.
March 14, 2021: Banks will have weekly holidays on this day due to Sunday.
March 15, 2021: Banks remain closed in the wake of bank unions’ strike against the privatization of public sector banks.
March 16, 2021: Banks will remain closed on this day due to unions’ strike against the privatization of public sector banks.
So, the only day on which the bank will be opened is Friday, 12th March 2021. Many bank employees can also go on leave due to long vacations. You may have to wait a long time on Friday at the branch to get your bank work done.
Reason for the Strike:
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has announced privatisation of two public sector banks and a public insurance company in the budget presented for the forthcoming financial year. This privatisation will be in the financial year 2021-22.
The bank unions are opposing this privatisation. That is why the Union of bank employees and officers has been given the notice to go on strike on the next 15 and 16 March. This strike has been called by the United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU). This includes organizations of employees and officers. Rural banks are also participating in this strike which is called by PSU banks.
