Dearness Allowance to be restored for CG employees and Pensioners!Holidays to be observed in Railway Board Administrative Offices during the year 2021
Government of India (Bharat Sarkar)
Ministry of Railways (Rail Mantralaya)
(Railway Board)
No.2020/E(LR)III/LR/HL1/1
New Delhi, dt 27.08.2020
The General Managers,
All Indian Railways.
(As per standard list)
Sub: Holidays to be observed in Central Government Offices during the year 2021.
A copy of Department of Personnel & Training’s letter No. 12/9/2020-JCA-2 dated 10.06.2020 with a list of holidays to be observed in Central Government Offices during the year 2021 is sent herewith for information and necessary action.
Encl: As above.
(R.K.Sinha)
Director, Estt(IR)
Railway Board.
The Government of India declared a new holiday list for its offices and employees during the year 2021. Almost the same pattern of holiday system has been followed by the Railway Board. The detailed list of holidays during the year 2021 is given below for your ready reference.
List of Central Government Gazetted Holidays 2021
- Republic Day – 26 January 2021 – Tuesday
- Holi – 29 March 2021 – Monday
- Good Friday – 2 April 2021 – Friday
- Ram Navami – 21 April 2021 – Wednesday
- Mahavir Jayanti – 25 April 2021 – Sunday
- Id-ul-Fitr – 14 May 2021 – Friday
- Budha Purnima – 26 May 2021 – Wednesday
- Id-ul-Zuha (Bakrid) – 21 July 2021 – Wednesday
- Independence Day – 15 August 2021 – Sunday
- Muharram 19 August 2021 – Thursday
- Janmashtami – 30 August 2021 – Monday
- Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday – 02 October 2021 – Saturday
- Dussehra – 15 October 2021 – Friday
- Milad-un-Nabi or Id-e-Milad [Birthday of Prophet Mohammad) – 19 October 2021 – Tuesday
- Diwali (Deepavali) – 04 November 2021 – Thursday
- Guru Nanak’s Birthday – 19 November 2021 – Friday
- Christmas Day – 25 December 2021 – Saturday
Central Govt Restricted Holiday List 2021
List of 34 Restricted Holidays for Central Govt Administrative Offices located in Delhi / New Delhi during the year 2021
- New Year’s Day – 01 January 2021 – Friday
- Lohri – 13 January 2021 – Wednesday
- Makar Sankranti/Magha Bihu/ Pongal – 14 January 2021 – Thursday
- Guru Gobind Singh’s Birthday – 20 January 2021 – Wednesday
- Basant Panchami /Sri Panchami – 16 February 2021 – Tuesday
- Shivaji Jayanti – 19 February 2021 – Friday
- Hazarat Ali’s Birthday – 26 February 2021 – Friday
- Guru Ravi Das’s Birthday – 27 February 2021 – Saturday
- Swami Dayananda Saraswati Jayanti – 08 March 2021 – Monday
- Maha Shivaratri – 11 March 2021 – Thursday
- Holika Dahan/Dolyatra – 28 March 2021 – Sunday
- Easter Sunday – 04 April 2021 – Sunday
(Jhaitra Sukladi / Gudi Padava / Ugadi / Cheti Chand / Vaisakhi /Vishu – - Vaisakh – 13 April 2021 – Tuesday
- Mesadi Tamil New Year’s Day – 14 April 2021 – Wednesday
- Vaisakhadi (Bengal) / Bahag Bihu (Assam) – 15 April 2021 – Thursday
- Jamat-Ul-Vida – 07 May 2021 – Friday
- Guru Rabindranath’s birthday – 09 May 2021 – Sunday
- Rath Yatra – 12 July 2021 – Monday
- Parsi New Year’s day/Nauraj – 16 August 2021 – Monday
- Onam or Thiru Onam Day – 21 August 2021 – Saturday
- Raksha Bandhan – 22 August 2021 – Sunday
- Janmashtami (Smarta) – 30 August 2021 – Monday
- Vinayaka Chaturthi/ Gancsh Chaturthi – 10 September 2021 – Friday
- Dussehra (Saptami) – 12 October 2021 – Tuesday
- Dussehra (Mahashtami) – 13 October 2021 – Wednesday
- Dussehra (Mahanavmi) – 14 October 2021 – Thursday
- Maharishi Valmiki’s Birthday – 20 October 2021 – Wednesday
- Karaka Chaturthi (Karwa Chouth) – 24 October 2021 – Sunday
- Naraka Chaturdasi – 03 November 2021 – Wednesday
- Govardhan Puja – 05 November 2021 – Friday
- Bhai Duj – 06 November 2021 – Saturday
- Pratihar Shashthi or Surya Shashthi (Chhat Puja) – 10 November 2021 – Wednesday
- Guru Teg Bahadur’s Martyrdom Day – 24 November 2021 – Wednesday
- Christmas Eve – 24 December 2021 – Friday
Other Railway Regional Holiday List 2021
- Indian Railway Holiday Calendar 2021 PDF Download
- Eastern Railway holiday list 2021 PDF Download
- Western Railway holiday list 2021 PDF Download
- Northern Railway holiday list 2021 PDF Download
- North East Frontier Railway Holiday List 2021 PDF Download
- Southern Railway Chennai holiday list 2021 PDF Download
- Southcentral Railway holiday list 2021 PDF Download
- Southeastern Railway holiday list 2021 PDF Download
- Southwestern Railway holiday list 2021 PDF Download
What is the Railway Holiday List?
A list of holidays with festivals and occasions for the employees working under the Ministry of Railways.
How many railway holidays in 2021?
The same patter of Central Government offices will be followed in Railways. 14 compulsory holidays and 5 optional holidays every year declared by the Zonal offices.
Is Saturday a working day for Railway employees?
Most of the employees and line staff in all Zonal Railways are working on Saturdays and also on Sundays. They will get weekly off on other days
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