Bank holidays are days when banks are closed to the public and all operations are closed for transactions at bank branches. Since India celebrates Republic Day, a national holiday, and a lot of regional public holidays hence bank remains non-operational during such days. This page outlines various bank holidays in Meghalaya 2020.
List of Bank Holidays 2020 Meghalaya
Date | Day | Event |
1st January 2020 | Wednesday | New Year’s Day |
10th March 2020 | Tuesday | Holi (Second Day)/Dhuleti/Yaosang 2nd Day |
1st April 2020 | Wednesday | Annual closing of banks |
10th April 2020 | Friday | Good Friday |
14th April 2020 | Tuesday | Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Jayanti/Bengali New Year’s Day/Tamil New Year’s Day/Bohag Bihu/Vishu |
1st May 2020 | Friday | Maharashtra Din/May Day (Labour Day) |
25th May 2020 | Monday | Ramzan Id (Id-Ul-Fitr) (Shawal-1) |
8th July 2020 | Wednesday | Beh Dienkhlam |
17th July 2020 | Friday | U Tirot Sing Day |
1st August 2020 | Saturday | Bakri ID (Id-Ul-Zuha) |
12th August 2020 | Thursday | Janmashtami |
15th August 2020 | Saturday | Independence Day |
2nd October 2020 | Friday | Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti |
23rd October 2020 | Friday | Durga Puja/Dussehra (Maha Saptami) |
24th October 2020 | Saturday | Durga Puja/Dussehra (Mahanavami)/(Maha asthmi) |
30th October 2020 | Friday | Id-E-Milad (Milad-un-Nabi)/Friday following Eid-i-Milad-ul-Nabi/Baravafat/Lakshmi Puja |
6th November 2020 | Friday | Wangala Festival |
17th November 2020 | Tuesday | Laxmi Puja/Deepawali/Ningol Chakkouba |
23rd November 2020 | Monday | Seng Kutsnem |
12th December 2020 | Saturday | Pa-Togan Nengminza Sangma |
18th December 2020 | Friday | Death Anniversary of U SoSo Tham/Losoong/Namsoong |
24th December 2020 | Thursday | Christmas Festival |
25th December 2020 | Friday | Christmas |
26th December 2020 | Saturday | Christmas Festival |
30th December 2020 | Wednesday | U Kiang Nangbah |
According to the RBI banks remain open on the 1st, 3rd and 5th Saturdays of every month as regular working days but remain closed on 2nd and 4th Saturday.
RTGS Holidays in Meghalaya 2020
The RTGS settlement takes place on all working days but it is non-operational on Sundays and 2nd and 4th Saturdays of the Month. Other than this, following is a list of holidays on which users will not be able to use RTGS service:
Date | Day | Event |
1st April 2020 | Wednesday | Annual closing of banks |
10th April 2020 | Friday | Good Friday |
25th May 2020 | Monday | Ramzan Id (Id- ul- Fitr) |
1st August 2020 | Saturday | Bakri Id (ld- uI-Zuha) |
15th August 2020 | Saturday | Independence Day |
2nd October 2020 | Friday | Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti |
30th October 2020 | Friday | Lakshmi Puja / Milad-un-Nabi |
25th December 2020 | Friday | Christmas |
NEFT Holidays in Meghalaya 2020
As per the RBI, NEFT is available 24*7, 365 days a year. Hence one can carry out NEFT anytime anywhere.
Bank Holidays on Saturdays in Meghalaya 2020
As mandated by the RBI, commercial, scheduled, non-scheduled, co-operative and regional rural banks will remain closed to the public on the 2nd and 3rd Saturdays of every month. 5th Saturdays are working days in a given month.
Here is a list of upcoming Saturday bank holidays when all banks for the state of Meghalaya will be closed:
Date | Event |
11th January 2020 | 2nd Saturday |
25th January 2020 | 4th Saturday |
8th February 2020 | 2nd Saturday |
22nd February 2020 | 4th Saturday |
7th March 2020 | 2nd Saturday |
21st March 2020 | 4th Saturday |
11th April 2020 | 2nd Saturday |
25th April 2020 | 4th Saturday |
9th May 2020 | 2nd Saturday |
23rd May 2020 | 4th Saturday |
13th June 2020 | 2nd Saturday |
27th June 2020 | 4th Saturday |
11th July 2020 | 2nd Saturday |
25th July 2020 | 4th Saturday |
1st August 2020 | 1st Saturday (Bakri ID -Id-Ul-Zuha) |
8th August 2020 | 2nd Saturday |
15th August 2020 | 3rd Saturday (Independence Day) |
22nd August 2020 | 4th Saturday |
12th September 2020 | 2nd Saturday |
26th September 2020 | 4th Saturday |
10th October 2020 | 2nd Saturday |
24th October 2020 | 4th Saturday |
14th November 2020 | 2nd Saturday |
28th November 2020 | 4th Saturday |
12th December 2020 | 2nd Saturday |
26th December 2020 | 4th Saturday |
Banking Service Available on Bank Holidays in Meghalaya
Even though banks are closed on the above listed days in Meghalaya, customers can get access to all the banking services online or by visiting the concerned bank’s ATM. Some of the banking services that are available round the clock on all bank holidays in Meghalaya are:
- Unified Payments Interface (UPI)
- Access to Net-banking, phone banking and Mobile-banking services
- Cheque Drop facility at ATM/other Cheque Drop-boxes
- Immediate Payment Service (IMPS)
- ATM Services