The Reserve Bank of India has advised all currency chest holding banks to keep their currency chests open for operations on March 31, 2026, treating the day as a normal working day despite it being a public holiday. The direction is linked to earlier instructions requiring all bank branches dealing with government receipts and payments to remain open for transactions on March 31, 2026 so government transactions are accounted for in FY 2025-26. Given these transactions may require currency chest activity, currency chest holding banks are also required to suitably inform the linked branches.
Reserve Bank of India 2026-03-16
Reserve Bank of India directs currency chest holding banks to keep chests open on 31 March 2026 public holiday
The Reserve Bank of India has instructed currency chest holding banks to operate on March 31, 2026, despite it being a public holiday, to ensure government transactions are accounted for in FY 2025-26. This aligns with previous directives for bank branches handling government receipts and payments to remain open on the same day.