New Delhi: 7th Pay Commission latest replace –the government has no plan to introduce 4 days a week or 40 working hours a week system for central government workplaces, Labour Minister Santosh Gangwar said in a written reply within the Lok Sabha.
“Presently, there is no such proposal to introduce 4 days a week or 40 hours a week for Central Government officers,” Gangwar knowledgeable Parliament.
“It is knowledgeable that the working days/ Holiday/ working hours in administrative workplaces of Central Government of India are really useful by the respective Central Pay Commissions.
“Based on the fourth pay commission recommendation, five days a week and eight and half hours working per day in civil administrative offices of Government of India was introduced,” he said.
The 7th Central pay Commission has really useful that the established order could also be maintained, the minister added.
It could also be recalled that earlier in February, senior IAS officer and Secretary within the Ministry of Labour and Employment, Apurva Chandra had advised information company IANS that the government is contemplating the objections raised by the commerce unions to 12-hour each day work shift.
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Chandra had said. “See, there will be a maximum of 48 hours of work in a week. If someone works for 8 hours a day, then there will be 6 working days per week. If a company opts for 12-hour working per day for its employees, it means four-day working and three holidays”.
