New Delhi, March 23 -- Banks in several areas of India are set to be closed for three days next week.

According to the bank holiday calendar of the Reserve Bank of India, banks will be closed in two areas for two consecutive days.

As per RBI bank holiday calendar, lenders will close their branches on Thursday, February 27, and Friday, February 28, in Jammu and Kashmir.

Apart from this, there will be a bank holiday across India on March 30 due to a Sunday.

Banks are closed across India on national holidays like Independence Day, Republic Day and Gandhi Jayanti. Apart from this, bank holidays are also given on second and fourth Saturdays of every month, as well as all Sundays.

The RBI categorises bank holidays into three types - Negoti...