Sunday Banking Operations
Public and regional banks remain open Sunday ahead of a nationwide strike.
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Public sector banks and regional rural banks will operate normally on Sunday, September 27, 2026, ahead of a proposed three-day nationwide strike from September 28 to 30. With the strike following weekend holidays and coinciding with banks’ half-yearly closing, the Reserve Bank of India has approved keeping branches, offices, ATM-linked branches and currency chests fully operational on Sunday. The government and bank managements have urged the United Forum of Bank Unions to postpone the strike and said the measures are intended to prevent disruption to essential banking services. The UFBU, which says it represents about 90% of bank employees, plans to proceed with the strike after an inconclusive conciliation meeting, primarily demanding a five-day workweek along with pension and dearness-allowance reforms and an option to shift from the National Pension System to the old pension scheme.
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The All India Bank Officers’ Confederation said the five-day workweek demand had already been agreed to and signed in March 2024 under the previous wage-revision settlement, but had not been implemented.
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The officers’ body accused bank managements and other authorities of pressuring employees—particularly senior officers and probationary officers—not to join the strike, calling such alleged threats and coercion an “Unfair Labour Practice” under Section 84 of the Industrial Relations Code.
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Banks currently operate on the first, third and fifth Saturdays of each month, a schedule that would be affected by the unions’ demand for a five-day banking week.
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Many public sector banks have advised customers to use digital alternatives—including mobile banking, ATMs, internet banking, business correspondent points and UPI—during the anticipated disruption.
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The UFBU’s decision to proceed followed a conciliation meeting before the Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner on Tuesday that ended without an agreement; the meeting took place a day after the Finance Ministry urged employees to resolve the remaining issues through dialogue rather than strike action.
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