Bank Holidays 2016 analysed:
Thanks to the decision of 2nd and 4th Saturdays as Bank holidays from 01/09/2015, we’ve got a wonderful year 2016 ahead, as far as holidays are concerned.
Consisting of a mind boggling 96 holidays excluding the 3 which fall on Sunday. Most surprisingly and luckily, no holiday falls any of the 24 Saturday offs.
These are the highlights of holidays in 2016…….
A. 4 consecutive holidays once and 3 consecutive holidays 5 times in the year.
March:
24/03-Dhulivandan
25/03-Good Friday
26/03-4th Saturday
27/03-Sunday
April:
08/04-Gudipadwa
09/04-2nd Saturday
10/04-Sunday
August:
13/08-2nd Saturday
14/08-Sunday
15/08-Independence Day
September:
10/09-2nd Saturday
11/09-Sunday
12/09-Bakri Eid
November:
12/11-2nd Saturday
13/11-Sunday
14/11-Guru Nanak Jayanti
December:
10/12-2nd Saturday
11/12-Sunday
12/12-Eid-e-Milad
B. 3 consecutive holidays with the help of 1 Casual Leave sandwiched between the 2 holidays is not a rare thing these days. ut 4 consecutive holidays twice and 5 consecutive holidays twice in an year with the help of only 1 Casual Leave in between is just a real bonus.
January:
23/01-4th Saturday
24/01-Sunday
25/01-CL
26/01-Republic Day
April:
14/04- Dr. Ambedkar Jayanti
15/04-Ram Navami
16/04-CL
17/04-Sunday
August:
13/08-2nd Saturday
14/08-Sunday
15/08-Independence day
16/08-CL
17/08-Parshi New Year
October:
08/10-2nd Saturday
09/10-Sunday
10/10-CL
11/10-Dussehra
12/10-Moharrum
C. There are 5 Saturdays in Jan, Apr, Jul, Oct, Dec and 5 Sundays in Jan,May, Jul, Oct.
D. Following 3 holidays fall on Sunday ie wasted holidays.
02/10-Gandhi Jayanti
30/10-Lakshmi Pujan
25/12-Christmas
E. A holiday on Monday gives a feeling of what we call as real bonus or “Paisa Vasool” holiday. It happens on 7 occasions:
07/03-Mahashivratri
15/08-Independence day
05/09-Ganesh Chaturthi
12/09-Bakri Eid
31/10-Deepawali Padwa
14/11-Guru Nanak Jayanti
12/12-Eid-e-Milad
F. Banks are off on 2nd and 3rd Saturday of the month.
A holiday on 3rd Saturday gives 3 consecutive Saturday offs in the month. This occurs only once. On 21/05-Buddha Poornima
But no holiday on any 1st Saturday of any month.
Apart from above 96 holidays, every employee gets 7 days casual leave, 15 days privilege leave and also some days for sick leave. There are also local holidays announced by State Governments.
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Whatever is left after holidays, lunch hours, tea breaks and call of nature breaks.
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