Optional Holiday for Central Government Employees: Holiday has been announced for central employees. According to the rules issued in the order, the employees will get the benefit of 14 compulsory holidays along with 3 optional holidays. For this, an order has been issued by the DoPT.
Order has been issued
It has been said in the order that during the year 2024, the holidays given in the order will be celebrated in all the central government offices located in Delhi and New Delhi. Apart from this, each employee will also be allowed to choose any 2 holidays in the optional holidays. There is no change in the holiday dates for Id-ul-Fitr, Id-ul-Zuha, Muharram and Id-e-Milad for Delhi and New Delhi offices. It will depend on the sighting of the moon.
Compulsory holidays
In addition to the three holidays in central government offices, these holidays will be compulsorily celebrated.
- Republic Day
- Independence Day
- birthday of mahatma gandhi
- Buddha Purnima
- christmas day
- Dussehra (Victory Dashmi)
- Diwali (Deepavali)
- good Friday
- Birthday of Guru Nanak
- Eid
- eid ul juha
- Mahavir Jayanti
- muharram
- Birthday of Prophet Muhammad (Eid-e-Milad)
These are 12 alternative holidays
- Holi
- Janmashtami
- Ram Navami
- maha shivratri
- Ganesh Chaturthi / Vinayaka Chaturthi
- Makar Sankranti
- Rath Utsav
- onam
- Pongal
- Shree Panchami / Basant Panchami
- Vishu / Vaisakhi / Vaisakhadi / Bhag Bihu / Mashadi Ugadi /
- Chaitra Shukladi / Chet! Chand/Gudi Padwa/First Navratri/
- Chhath Puja / Karva Chauth.
Gazetted Holidays
- republic day 26 january
- Holi 25 March Chaitra 05 Monday
- 29 March Good Friday
- Eid-ul-Fitr April 11
- Ram Navami 17 April
- Mahavir Jayanti 21 April
- Buddha Purnima 23 May
- Id-ul-Zuha (Bakrid) June 17
- muharram 17 july
- independence day 15 august
- Janmashtami (Vaishnava) 26 August
- Milad-un-Nabi or Eid-e-Milad (Birthday of Prophet Muhammad) 16 September
- Mahatma Gandhi’s birthday 02 October
- Dussehra 12 October
- Diwali (Deepavali) October 31
- Guru Nanak Jayanti 15 November
- Christmas Day 25 December
