Holidays to be observed in Railway Board Administrative Offices during the year 2021

Government of India (Bharat Sarkar)
Ministry of Railways (Rail Mantralaya)
(Railway Board)

No.2020/E(LR)III/ LR/HL1/1

New Delhi, dt 27.08.2020

The General Managers,
All Indian Railways.
(As per standard list)

Sub: Holidays to be observed in Central Government Offices during the year 2021.

A copy of Department of Personnel & Training’s letter No. 12/9/2020- JCA-2 dated 10.06.2020 with a list of holidays to be observed in Central Government Offices during the year 2021 is sent herewith for information and necessary action.

Encl: As above.

(R.K.Sinha)
Director, Estt(IR)
Railway Board.

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The Government of India declared a new holiday list for its offices and employees during the year 2021. Almost the same pattern of holiday system has been followed by the Railway Board. The detailed list of holidays during the year 2021 is given below for your ready reference.

List of Central Government Gazetted Holidays 2021

1. Republic Day – 26 January 2021 – Tuesday
2. Holi – 29 March 2021 – Monday
3. Good Friday – 2 April 2021 – Friday
4. Ram Navami – 21 April 2021 – Wednesday
5. Mahavir Jayanti – 25 April 2021 – Sunday
6. Id-ul-Fitr – 14 May 2021 – Friday
7. Budha Purnima – 26 May 2021 – Wednesday
8. Id-ul-Zuha (Bakrid) – 21 July 2021 – Wednesday
9. Independence Day – 15 August 2021 – Sunday
10. Muharram 19 August 2021 – Thursday
11. Janmashtami – 30 August 2021 – Monday
12. Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday – 02 October 2021 – Saturday
13. Dussehra – 15 October 2021 – Friday
14. Milad-un-Nabi or Id-e-Milad [Birthday of Prophet Mohammad) – 19 October 2021 – Tuesday
15. Diwali (Deepavali) – 04 November 2021 – Thursday
16. Guru Nanak’s Birthday – 19 November 2021 – Friday
17. Christmas Day – 25 December 2021 – Saturday

Central Government Restricted Holiday List 2021

List of 34 Restricted Holidays for Central Govt Administrative Offices located in Delhi / New Delhi during the year 2021

1. New Year’s Day – 01 January 2021 – Friday
2. Lohri – 13 January 2021 – Wednesday
3. Makar Sankranti/Magha Bihu/ Pongal – 14 January 2021 – Thursday
4. Guru Gobind Singh’s Birthday – 20 January 2021 – Wednesday
5. Basant Panchami /Sri Panchami – 16 February 2021 – Tuesday
6. Shivaji Jayanti – 19 February 2021 – Friday
7. Hazarat Ali’s Birthday – 26 February 2021 – Friday
8. Guru Ravi Das’s Birthday – 27 February 2021 – Saturday
9. Swami Dayananda Saraswati Jayanti – 08 March 2021 – Monday
10. Maha Shivaratri – 11 March 2021 – Thursday
11. Holika Dahan/Dolyatra – 28 March 2021 – Sunday
12. Easter Sunday – 04 April 2021 – Sunday
    (Jhaitra Sukladi / Gudi Padava / Ugadi / Cheti Chand / Vaisakhi /Vishu –
13. Vaisakh – 13 April 2021 – Tuesday
14. Mesadi Tamil New Year’s Day – 14 April 2021 – Wednesday
15. Vaisakhadi (Bengal) / Bahag Bihu (Assam) – 15 April 2021 – Thursday
16. Jamat-Ul-Vida – 07 May 2021 – Friday
17. Guru Rabindranath’s birthday – 09 May 2021 – Sunday
18. Rath Yatra – 12 July 2021 – Monday
19. Parsi New Year’s day/Nauraj – 16 August 2021 – Monday
20. Onam or Thiru Onam Day – 21 August 2021 – Saturday
21. Raksha Bandhan – 22 August 2021 – Sunday
22. Janmashtami (Smarta) – 30 August 2021 – Monday
23. Vinayaka Chaturthi/ Gancsh Chaturthi – 10 September 2021 – Friday
24. Dussehra (Saptami) – 12 October 2021 – Tuesday
25. Dussehra (Mahashtami) – 13 October 2021 – Wednesday
26. Dussehra (Mahanavmi) – 14 October 2021 – Thursday
27. Maharishi Valmiki’s Birthday – 20 October 2021 – Wednesday
28. Karaka Chaturthi (Karwa Chouth) – 24 October 2021 – Sunday
29. Naraka Chaturdasi – 03 November 2021 – Wednesday
30. Govardhan Puja – 05 November 2021 – Friday
31. Bhai Duj – 06 November 2021 – Saturday
32. Pratihar Shashthi or Surya Shashthi (Chhat Puja) – 10 November 2021 – Wednesday
33. Guru Teg Bahadur’s Martyrdom Day – 24 November 2021 – Wednesday
34. Christmas Eve – 24 December 2021 – Friday

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