Central Government Holidays 2020
Central Government Holiday 2020 pdf
The Government of India is every year publishing a list of Holidays for Central Government Employees and administrative offices located in New Delhi and other than New Delhi.
In India, most of the nodal offices of Central Government are located in New Delhi. The holiday list has been prepared for the offices located at New Delhi and Central Government administrative offices located outside New Delhi. The Government holidays are called as Public Holidays and Closed Holidays. Almost all State Government and nationalized banks are followed the same list of holidays.
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In India, festivals are celebrating on different days with different cultures. The Central Government is allowed choosing the date for holidays with the Coordination Committees in the respective States. The Central Government Employees Welfare Coordination Committee has already setup in all States in India. The committee will decide three holidays from the restricted holiday list according to their feasibility of festivals.
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List of Restricted Holidays 2020 in Delhi Government
Compulsory Holiday List 2020
Central Government Administrative Offices located outside Delhi – New Delhi shall observe the following holidays compulsorily.
- REPUBLIC DAY
- INDEPENDENCE DAY
- MAHATMA GANDHI’S BIRTHDAY
- BUDDHA PURNIMA
- CHRISTMAS DAY
- DUSSEHRA (VIJAY DASHMI)
- DIWALI (DEEPAVALI)
- GOOD FRIDAY
- GURU NANAK’S BIRTHDAY
- IDU’L FITR
- IDU’L ZUHA
- MAHAVIR JAYANTI
- MUHARRAM
- PROPHET MOHAMMAD’S BIRTHDAY (ID-E-MILAD)
In addition to the above 14 Compulsory holidays, three holidays shall be decided from the list indicated below by the Central Government Employees Welfare Coordination Committee.
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List of Gazetted Holidays 2020 in Central Government pdf
Restricted Holiday List 2020
- AN ADDITIONAL DAY FOR DUSSEHRA
- HOLI
- JANAMASHTAMI (VAISHNAVI)
- RAM NAVAMI
- MAHA SHIVRATRI
- GANESH CHATURTHI – VINAYAK CHATURTHI
- MAKAR SAKARANTI
- RATH YATRA
- ONAM
- PONGAL
- SRI PANCHAML – BASANT PANCHAMI
- VISHU, VAISAKHI, VAISAKHADI, BHAG BIHU, MASHADI UGADI, CHAITRA SUKLADI, CHETI CHAND, GUDI PADAVA, 1st NAVRATRA, NAORAJ, CHHATH POOJA, KARVA CHAUTH.
Note that the Coordination Committee will finalize the list of 12 restricted holidays from the above detailed list. The first 9 occasions are common for all States and three occasions will only decide with the importance of local festivals.
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New Delhi Holiday List 2020
Table of 17 Holidays for Central Govt Administrative Offices located in Delhi / New Delhi during the year 2020
| Holiday | Date and Day |
| Republic Day | 26th January 2020 (Sunday) |
| Holi | 10th March 2020 (Tuesday) |
| Ram Navami | 2nd April 2020 (Thursday) |
| Mahavir Jayanti | 6th April 2020 (Monday) |
| Good Friday | 10th April 2020 (Friday) |
| Budha Purnima | 7th May 2020 (Thursday) |
| Id-ul-Fitr | 25th May 2020 (Monday) |
| Id-ul-Zuha (Bakrid) | 1st August 2020 (Saturday) |
| Janmashtami | 12th August 2020 (Wednesday) |
| Independence Day | 15th August 2020 (Saturday) |
| Muharram | 30th August 2020 (Sunday) |
| Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday | 2nd October 2020 (Friday) |
| Dussehra | 25th October 2020 (Sunday) |
| Milad-un-Nabi or Id-e-Milad (Birthday of Prophet Mohammad) | 30th October 2020 (Friday) |
| Diwali (Deepavali) | 14th November 2020 (Saturday) |
| Guru Nanak’s Birthday | 30th November 2020 (Monday) |
| Christmas Day | 25th December 2020 (Friday) |
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New Delhi Restricted Holiday List 2020
List of 34 Restricted Holidays for Central Govt Administrative Offices located in Delhi / New Delhi during the year 2020
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| Holiday | Date | Day |
| New Year’s Day | 1 January 2020 | Wednesday |
| Guru Gobind Singh’s Birthday | 2 January 2020 | Thursday |
| Lohri | 13 January 2020 | Monday |
| Makar Sankranti/ Pongal | 15 January 2020 | Wednesday |
| Basant Panchami/ Sri Panchami | 30 January 2020 | Thursday |
| Guru Ravi Das’s Birthday | 9 February 2020 | Sunday |
| Swami Dayananda Saraswati Jayanti | 18 February 2020 | Tuesday |
| Shivaji Jayanti | 19 February 2020 | Wednesday |
| Maha Shivaratri | 21 February 2020 | Friday |
| Holika Dahan/ Dolyatra | 9 March 2020 | Monday |
| Hazarat Ali’s Birthday | 9 March 2020 | Monday |
| Chaitra Sukladi / Gudi Padava/ Ugadi / Cheti Chand | 25 March 2020 | Wednesday |
| Easter Sunday | 12 April 2020 | Sunday |
| Vaisakhi/ Vishu | 13 April 2020 | Monday |
| Mesadi/ Vaisakhadi (Bengal) / Bahag Bihu (Assam) | 14 April 2020 | Tuesday |
| Guru Rabindranath’s Birthday | 8 May 2020 | Friday |
| Jamat Ul-Vida | 22 May 2020 | Friday |
| Rath Yatra | 23 June 2020 | Tuesday |
| Raksha Bandhan | 3 August 2020 | Monday |
| Janmashtami (Smarta) | 11 August 2020 | Tuesday |
| Parsi New Year’s day/ Nauraj | 16 August 2020 | Sunday |
| Vinayaka Chaturthi / Ganesh Chaturthi | 22 August 2020 | Saturday |
| Onam or Thiru Onam Day | 31 August 2020 | Monday |
| Dussehra (Maha Saptami) (Additional) | 23 October 2020 | Friday |
| Dussehra (Maha Ashtami) (Maha Navmi)(Additional) | 24 October 2020 | Saturday |
| Vijay Dashmi (Bengal, Kerala) | 26 October 2020 | Monday |
| Maharishi Valmiki’s Birthday | 31 October 2020 | Saturday |
| Karaka Chaturthi (Karwa Chouth) | 4 November 2020 | Wednesday |
| Naraka Chaturdasi | 14 November 2020 | Saturday |
| Govardhan Puja | 15 November 2020 | Sunday |
| Bhai Duj | 16 November 2020 | Monday |
| Pratihar Shashthi or Surya Shashthi (Chhath Puja) | 20 November 2020 | Friday |
| Guru Teg Bahadur’s Martyrdom Day | 24 November 2020 | Tuesday |
| Christmas Eve | 24 December 2020 | Thursday |
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