Govt declares fourth Saturday holiday for offices

Reporters Today, Bhubaneswar, June 23: In a bid to make administration more citizen-centric, the State Government has decided to make the fourth Saturday of every month a holiday.

The day to day working hours of Government offices has also been fixed from 10 am to 5:30 pm with a lunch break of half an hour from 1:30 pm to 2 pm.

However, it would be a working day for the Heads of the Offices at all levels of the administration, a notification of  the General Administration Department said.

It said the step has been taken for better implementation of the 5-T policy of the Government.

“The first half of every fourth Saturday which has been declared as a general holiday shall be devoted by the Heads of Offices at all levels of the State Government for deliberating on implementation of five Ts, and for training and brainstorming sessions relating to innovative ideas for progress and development of the State,” the GA Department note added.