Gujarat Confidential: Bonus Vacation
- The Gujarat government on Monday declared October 30 as a holiday.
- By giving a stretch of five days to its employees to celebrate Diwali, impressing upon being an “employee friendly government”.
- October 31 is already a government holiday for Sardar Patel Jayanti.
- The Prime Minister Narendra Modi is visiting the Statue of Unity site that day.
- Apart from the employees of the state government in Secretariat, the decision applies to all employees of state government undertakings, boards, corporations and panchayats.
