Press Release:
2013-2014/1899 dated 26.03.2014
With a view to
providing greater convenience to tax payers, it has been decided that all
designated branches of agency banks and RBI Offices conducting government business
will keep their counters open for extended hours on Saturday, March 29, and
Monday, March 31, 2014 till 8.00 p.m. This arrangement will apply where March 31,
2014, has not been declared as a public holiday. On Sunday, March 30, 2014, and
on Monday, March 31, 2014 (at places where holiday under the Negotiable Instruments
Act has been declared), agency banks would keep select branches open for
transacting government business at locations identified by them based on volume
of transactions.
Facility of
electronic transactions would, however, continue till midnight on March 31, 2014.
In order to
facilitate government receipts, necessary arrangements have also been made to
conduct special clearing operations across the country. Centralised payment systems,
such as, Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) and National Electronic Funds
Transfer (NEFT) will also be operational on these three days (from March 29, 2014,
to March 31, 2014).
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