Centre has no plan to introduce 4 days a week for central authorities workplaces. (Representational picture)
The Centre has no plan to introduce 4 days a week or 40 working hours a week system for central authorities workplaces, Parliament was knowledgeable on Wednesday.
“Presently, there is no such proposal to introduce four days a week or 40 hours a week for Central Government officials,” Labour Minister Santosh Gangwar stated in a written reply in the Lok Sabha.
“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 stated.
The Seventh Central pay Commission has really useful that the established order could also be maintained, the minister added.
