World Savings Day: October 30
- The World Savings Day (formerly known as World Thrift Day) is observed every year on October 30 in India.
- However, the day is observed on October 31 in few countries where this day is a public holiday.
- World Savings Day aims to promote the importance of savings and learn more about the same.
- The theme of World Savings Day 2021 is “Understanding the Importance of Savings”.
- The day was established on October 30, 1924, during the first International Savings Bank Congress (World Society of Savings Banks) in Milan, Italy.