In view of the three-day bank strike called by bank unions, the Central Government has taken a big decision. Taking a big step, the Finance Ministry has issued strict instructions to keep all the Public Sector Banks and Regional Rural Banks of the country open on the coming Sunday, i.e. 27th September.
Why was there a need to open banks on Sunday?
A three-day nationwide strike has been called by the United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU) from 28 to 30 September 2026. In view of this situation, the government and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) have jointly decided that on 27 September 2026 (Sunday), all government banks will remain open normally like normal days so that the general public does not face much trouble.
Earlier on Tuesday, a conciliation meeting was called in front of the Deputy Chief Labor Commissioner, but no concrete result could be achieved in that meeting. For this reason, the United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU) took a tough decision to go ahead with their strike, after which the government had to take this emergency step of keeping banks open even on Sundays.
Preparation to avoid closure of work for 5 consecutive days
In a statement issued by the Finance Ministry on September 23, it was clearly stated that the proposed strike of the United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU) is starting immediately after the weekend holidays of 26 and 27 September. In such a situation, if banks were not opened on Sunday, customers would have had to face huge problems for a long time.
It is worth noting that since 26th September is the fourth Saturday of the month, banks are going to remain closed and the next day, 27th September, is a weekly holiday on Sunday. If the government had not taken this step, the banks would have remained closed for two more days before the three-day strike, due to which the entire functioning of the banks would have come to a complete halt for five consecutive days and would have caused immense inconvenience to the public.