All the agency banks dealing with government receipts and payments will remain operating on 31st March 2024 despite being sunday. The Reserve Bank of India ( RBI ), on request of the central government, has directed the banks to issue necessary publicity about the working on Sunday.
The RBI notification states as follows:
“The Government of India has made a request to keep all branches of the banks dealing with Government receipts and payments open for transactions on March 31, 2024 ( Sunday ) so as to account for all the Government transactions relating to receipts and payments in the FY 2023-24 itself. Accordingly, Agency Banks are advised to keep all their branches dealing with government business open on March 31, 2024 ( Sunday ).
Banks shall give due publicity about the availability of above banking services on this day.“
LIST OF AGENCY BANKS
The following are the list of agency banks as on 30th May 2023 as per the RBI release on December 7, 2023 :
Scheduled Public Sector banks ( post amalgamation )
Scheduled Private Sector Banks
Foreign Banks
Note:
*Approved for limited agency business.
# Scheduled foreign bank issued licence by RBI for carrying on banking business in India through Wholly Owned Subsidiary ( WOS ) mode.
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