Maharashtra govt employees to have 5-day working week soon

Mumbai: The Maharashtra government has announced five-day working week for state government employees. The decision was taken at the state Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray today.The new system will be applicable from February 29 onwards.

Employees working for the Government of 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 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’.