The Odisha government has announced the fourth Saturday of every month as general holiday for all government employees.
“In order to improve the efficiency in the administration and to make it more citizen-centric, the government has been taking various innovative steps... government hereby declares fourth Saturday of every month as general holiday for all State government employees,” states office order of General Administration and Public Grievance department. The working hours in the government offices will be from 10 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. with half-an-hour lunch break from 1.30 p.m. to 2 p.m.
