Govt declares 23 public holidays in 2019

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Chennai:30.10.2018

The government on Monday declared 23 public holidays, under the Negotiable Instruments Act, for government offices and all commercial banks, including cooperative banks, for 2019.

“The government directs that all the offices under the control of the government be closed on the dates specified in the notification and all Saturdays and Sundays in the year 2019,” chief secretary Girija Vaidyanathan said in an order.

The list of public holidays are: New Year (Jan 1), Pongal (Jan 15), Tiruvalluvar Day (Jan 16), Uzhavar Thirunal (Jan 17), Republic Day (Jan 26), Telugu New Year (Apr 6), Tamil New Year and Dr B R Ambedkar’s birthday (Apr 14), Mahaveer Jayanthi (Apr 17), Good Friday (Apr 19), May Day (May 1). Ramzan (Jun 5), Bakrid (Aug 12), Independence Day (Aug 15), Krishna Jayanthi (Aug 23), Vinayagar Chathurthi (Sept 2), Muharram (Sept 10), Gandhi Jayanthi (Oct 2), Ayutha Pooja (Oct 7), Vijaya Dasami (Oct 8), Diwali (Oct 27), Milad-un-Nabi (Nov

10) and Christmas (Dec 25).

November 5 announced holiday

Chennai:

The government on Monday declared November 5 as a holiday for all offices, schools, colleges and educational institutions. November 6 is Diwali for Tamil Nadu. A government order said November 10 (second Saturday) will be a working day to compensate the extra holiday. TNN