Seventh Pay Commission Likely To Abolish Gazetted Holidays
The Seventh Pay Commission is expected to reward the central government by its recommendation on abolishing 18 days gazetted holidays and to provide three days national holidays to central government employees to reform the work culture in central government offices.
Pay commission sources said the number of holidays should come down to improve work culture.
The sources also added, “A survey has revealed that India has the highest number of gazetted holidays per year and close on her heels are her Asian neighbours like Philippines, China, Hong Kong, Malaysia. We need to cut down on holidays to facilitate more work culture.”
The sources argued that the government offices worked only for 196 days in India in a year. Besides, whenever there was election, the government servants were pressed into election work. This affected the routine government business, sources contended.
Earlier, the sixth central pay commission recommended that central government offices should remain closed only on three national holidays (Republic Day, Independence Day and Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti) and all other gazetted holidays should be abolished and the number of restricted holidays (optional) depending on one’s religious persuasion should be increased from two to eight days.
The Seventh Central Pay Commission is also likely to make suggestion for flexible work hours for women and employees with disabilities.
Flexible working gives them greater choice over when and where they work, allowing them to better manage their work-life balance
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ashok kumar says
If reduction of holidays is recommended there then what happens about leave granted to the person who is already facing a lot of problems due to non grant of leave already
shivani says
gazetted holidays should be reduced but not finished at all. indian festivals like diwali and holi means a lot for every indian ..so if gaztted holidays get finished it will not possible to grant leave to all the official.
ajita says
gazeted holidays should be reduced but not get finished so that the working women can easily manage the festivals and family household work
T.Nasimlu says
What is meant by flexible timings for women and for employees with disabilities.