Bengal Government Reduces Annual Holidays for Employees to 40 Days

Preparations have started to cut the holidays of government employees in Bengal. Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari has directed to reduce the number of annual holidays of state government employees from about 50 to 40 days. This was informed by the Chief Minister himself during a press conference at the state secretariat on Wednesday night. He said that the Finance Secretary had earlier prepared a proposal for 45 days of holidays, but he has asked to reduce it further to 40 days. However, the final list of festivals and occasions for which holidays will be abolished has not been prepared yet. The Chief Minister said that a large number of works are pending in various government departments of the state. It is necessary to reduce the number of holidays to speed up the administrative work and improve the work culture. The Chief Minister said that I had called the Finance Secretary and told him that the holidays will have to be reduced. He gave a list of 45 days. I have asked him to reduce it further to 40 days. Actually, in the previous Trinamool Congress government's tenure, apart from various religious events and social events, the government does not want to review the number of holidays.