HR & Industrial Relations

No.CIR/HR&IR/H6/2017-18/2534

April 18, 2017

All Members of the Association
(Designated Officers)

Dear Sirs,

Public Holiday on 19th April, 2017 on account of polling of By-Election, 2017

We enclose a copy of notification No. PHD. 1317/346/C.R.64/XXIX dated 10th April, 2017 issued by the Government of Maharashtra declaring Wednesday, the 19th April, 2017 as Public Holiday under the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (XXVI of 1881), on account of polling of By-Election, 2017 in the concerned Municipal Corporation, Zilla Parishads and Panchayat Samiti.

This is for information of members banks.

Yours faithfully,
sd/-
K S Chauhan
Sr. Vice President-HR&IR

Authroity: www.iba.org.in
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New Delhi: Ayush ministry may request the Union government to declare the International Yoga Day, which falls on June 21, as a public holiday if such a demand comes, Ayush minister Shripad Naik said today.

Speaking ahead of the second IYD celebrations, he said that his ministry would consider such a demand and request Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the interest of promoting a practice with multiple benefits to the masses.

“It is not needed, nobody has demanded that. Last year, also no such demand came. But if the demand comes, I will request the Prime Minister to do so.

“Yoga’s time is early morning. It will go on around 8 am.

There is no need of a holiday but if there is a demand for that, we will request the government,” Naik said during National Health Editors’ Conference on the theme – ‘Yoga for Holistic Health Recent Researches’ here.

June 21 this year falls on Tuesday while last year, it fell on a Sunday.

He also dismissed the controversy related to chanting of Om during the event and it has not been made compulsory.

“There is always some opposition whenever some good work is done. There is no opposition this year to it. We have not made it compulsory. Without OM, yoga cannot be complete. We have made those people who are opposing understand this and it seems they have understood,” he said.

A fresh controversy had broke out recently over the UGC’s directive asking universities and colleges to follow Ayush ministry’s yoga protocol that begins with chanting of ‘Om’ and some Sanskrit sholakas during Yoga Day celebrations on June 21.

Both the government and BJP, however had insisted that last year’s protocol has been maintained and no changes have been made. “There is no compulsion to chant ‘Om’,” the Ministry had earlier said.

Asked about the controversy which had erupted over performing of ‘Suryanamaskar asana, the minister said that this particular ‘asana’ had not been kept last year and this year, it will not be performed.

“The Surya namashkar asana, last year also we had not taken it. Its a complex exercise. It is difficult to do in 45 minutes and for people who are new to the exercise.

Therefore we have not kept this one,” Naik said.

PTI

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New Delhi: Narendra Modi-led central government is considering announcing holiday on the birth anniversary of Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar’s that falls on April 14 (Tuesday).

Dr Ambedkar, the man who framed India’s constitution. A lawyer, he also served as the country’s first law minister after independence.

Dr Ambedkar is remembered most for fighting to improve the social position of the Dalits, a group traditionally considered untouchable in our caste system. He became an icon for the Dalit community.

The BJP is vying to woo the Dalit vote bank by declaring public holiday on Dr Ambedkar’s birth anniversary, to counter the Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati, who has earlier ruled the state on the strength of her Dalit support base.

The BJP will also take out yatras in Uttar Pradesh on 125th birth anniversary of Babasaheb Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar.

The fact that assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh are a due in early 2017, the BJP has started making a bid for dalit votes.

As per the existing policy, the Central government offices observe 16 holidays in a year. These include 3 national holidays, namely the Republic Day, Independence Day and Mahatma Gandhi’s birthday and remaining 13 holidays relate to religious and social occasions.

Dr Ambedkar’s birthday is not one of the regular holidays observed every year. As a policy also, birthday of no national leader, except that of Mahatma Gandhi, is being observed as a regular closed holiday.

Accordingly, Dr Ambedkar’s birthday is not a compulsory holiday for central government employees. Every year, the Central government takes a call on whether or not to declare an off for its offices across the country.

However, since 1990, the Central government may declare as a closed holiday of a prominent leader’s birthday without being listed as a holiday for all Central government offices.

The BJP is determined to consolidate the base among dalits, which had built in the last general elections and will be declaring the Ambedkar Jayanti as public holiday. The holiday declaration is likely to be made on Monday.

TST

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Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881

 Schedule

2. The Departments of Mantralaya are requested to bring these instruction to the notice of the corporation / undertakings and semi-government bodies under their administrative control and advise them to extend facility to the employees.

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