Maharashtra government employees to have 5-day working week! Over 20 lakh staffers to benefit

It has been announced that Maharashtra government employees will have a five-day working week. This was announced on Wednesday, according to PTI. The decision to fix five working days was taken at the state Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday. The new system will be applicable from February 29 onwards.

State government employees in Maharashtra presently get second and fourth Saturdays off every month. There are over 20 lakh officers and employees in government, semi-government and local bodies in the state, the report says.

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The Cabinet also decided that the state department for OBCs, SEBCs (socially and educationally backward classes), VJNTs (vimukt jati and nomadic tribes) and special backward classes will now be known as the 'Bahujan Kalyan Department'.