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Public Holidays in India also known as Government Holidays colloquially, consist of a variety of cultural, nationalistic, and religious holidays that are legislated in India at the union or state levels. Being a culturally diverse country, there are many festivals celebrated in various regions across the country.
The following table is a list of countries by number of public holidays excluding non-regular special holidays. Nepal and India have the highest number of public holidays in the world with 35 annually. Also, Nepal has 6 day working schedule in a week.
Public holidays which happen on Saturday or Sunday are lost for the particular year – thus the average number of public holidays during working days in the years 2000 to 2016 was only 8.9 days. Employees of employers who are not part of the private sector or engaged in non-commercial activities are entitled to a vacation allowance of 5 weeks.
Here is a list of the specials dates in 2024. Federal Holidays. New Year's Day: Monday, Jan. 1. Martin Luther King Day: Monday, Jan. 15. Washington’s Birthday/President's Day: Monday, Feb. 19.
Government employees in the union government in 56 ministries [1] and departments under latter as of 1 July 2023 has 48.67 lakhs working employees and about 77 lakhs retired employees on rolls. [2] Indian Railways with 1.3 million employees has highest number of employees in union government. [3]
The Indian state of Tamil Nadu has 23 public holidays for staff working in government offices and banks. [1] They are declared under the Negotiable Instruments Act of 1881. [2] [3] Three of them are national holidays: Republic Day, Independence Day and Gandhi Jayanthi. [4] State-specific holidays include Pongal, Thiruvalluvar Day, and Tamil New ...
Government employees were given the day off to attend, and many businesses closed for at least part of the day. [26] Initially, the day was variously called Labour Day or Labour Demonstration Day. [27] In 1899, the government legislated that the day be a public holiday through the Labour Day Act of 1899.
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