No Curtailing of Public Holidays
As per the existing policy, the Central Government Administrative
Offices observe up to 17 holidays in a year on specified occasions which
consist of 3 National Holidays (on 26th January, 15th August and 2nd
October) and 14 other holidays to celebrate festivals of different
regions/religion in a diverse country like India.
At present there is no proposal under consideration of the Government to curtail the public holidays for government employees.
This was stated by the Minister of State for Personnel, Public
Grievances and Pensions and Minister of State in Prime Minister’s office
Dr. Jitendra Singh in a written reply to a question by Shri S.
Thangavelu in the Rajya Sabha today.
Source : PIB News
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