Business will be affected as Banking operations in India will remain shut for a fortnight in coming month of October 2024. 

As per RBI guidelines Banks are going to remain closed due to national and local holidays. In such a situation, it is advisable to settle banking needs in advance so that disruption in work can be avoided. 

Banks will remain closed in many states during important festivals like Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti, Dussehra, Durga Puja and Diwali this month. 

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) releases a list of holidays every year, which includes all festivals, local and national anniversaries and weekend holidays. 

October 2024 Bank Holidays October 

1: Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Elections October 

2: Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti / Mahalaya Amavasya October

3: Sharadiya Navratri and Maharaja Agrasen Jayanti 

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October 6: Weekly Holiday (Sunday) 

October 10: Maha Saptami / Durga Puja / Dussehra  

October 11: Durga Ashtami / Ayudha Puja / Maha Navami 

October 12: Vijayadashami / Second Saturday  

October 13: Weekly Holiday (Sunday) 

October 14: Durga Puja (Gangtok) 

October 16: Laxmi Puja (Agartala, Kolkata)  

October 17: Maharishi Valmiki Jayanti / Kati Bihu  

October 20: Weekly Holiday (Sunday) 

October 26: Acquisition Day / Fourth Saturday in Jammu and Kashmir 

October 27: Weekly Holiday (Sunday) 

October 31: Diwali (Deepawali) / Kali Puja / Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Jayanti / Narak Chaturdashi