1) The Reserve Bank of India has advised all public sector banks, private sector banks, foreign banks, small finance banks, regional rural banks, and local area banks as well as cooperative banks to remain open for public transactions on Saturday, November 12 and Sunday, November 13, 2016. 2) This is to meet the anticipated heavy demand from members of the public to conduct banking transactions. 3) Banks are advised to keep all their branches open on these two days and treat them as regular working days for transacting all business. Banks should also give due publicity about availability of services on these days.