Central Government Employees Holidays List 2024: There is an update regarding the holidays to be given to central employees in the new year. The government has released the calendar for the holidays of central employees for the new year 2024. Modi government has given the option of 14 compulsory holidays along with 2 optional holidays to the central employees.
Central Government Employees Holidays List 2024: There is an update regarding the holidays to be given to central employees in the new year. The government has released the calendar for the holidays of central employees for the new year 2024. Modi government has given the option of 14 compulsory holidays along with 2 optional holidays to the central employees. For this, an order has been issued by DOPT.
Holiday calendar of central employees released
In the year 2024, holidays given in the order will be available in all the central government offices in Delhi and New Delhi. Apart from this, every employee will be allowed to take any 2 holidays in the given list as optional holiday. There has been no change in the dates of holidays of Eid-ul-Fitr, Eid-ul-Zuha, Muharram and Eid-e-Milad for Delhi and New Delhi offices. This will depend on the visibility of the moon.
Compulsory holidays
Apart from the three holidays, these holidays will be celebrated compulsorily in the central government offices.
- Republic Day
- Independence Day
- Mahatma Gandhi’s birthday
- Buddha Purnima
- Xmas day
- Dussehra (Vijay Dashami)
- Diwali (Deepavali)
- Good Friday
- Guru Nanak’s birthday
- Eid
- Eidul Juha
- Mahavir Jayanti
- Muharram
- Prophet Muhammad’s Birthday (Eid-e-Milad)
- These are 12 optional holidays
- Holi
- Janmashtami
- Ram Navami
- Maha Shivratri
- Ganesh Chaturthi/Vinayak Chaturthi
- Makar Sankranti
- Chariot festival
- Onam
- Pongal
- Shri Panchami/Basant Panchami
- Vishu / Vaisakhi / Vaisakhadi / Bhag Bihu / Mashadi Ugadi /
- Chaitra Shukladi/Chet! Moon/Gudi Padwa/First Navratri/
- Chhath Puja/Karva Chauth.
- Gadgeted Holidays
- Republic Day 26 January
- Holi 25 March Chaitra 05 Monday
- 29 March Good Friday
- Eid-ul-Fitr 11 April
- Ram Navami 17 April
- Mahavir Jayanti 21 April
- Buddha Purnima 23 May
- Eid-ul-Zuha (Bakrid) 17 June
- Muharram 17th July
- Independence Day 15th August
- Janmashtami (Vaishnav) 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 (Deepawali) 31 October
- Guru Nanak Jayanti 15 November
- Christmas Day 25th December
