Declare Raksha Bandhan as public holiday
Most private establishments observe Raksha Bandhan as holiday, and obviously attendance in government-offices situated in Delhi area is very thin making it a virtual holiday for all practical purposes. In response to an RTI petition transfer
IN RESPONSE to a RTI petition filed and transferred under section 6(3) of the RTI Act to hundreds of offices of Delhi Government, interesting data emerged, which revealed that more than eighty-percent government-employees avail Raksha Bandhan as one of the two restricted holidays allowed to them. It can also be established from the fact that DTC buses and Metro Rail in Delhi have record earnings on Raksha Bandhan. This festival is also a bank holiday in neighbouring towns of National Capital region (NCR) participating in New Delhi Clearing-House for clearing of cheques, resulting in bouncing of cheques presented by banks in Delhi on bank-branches of participating satellite towns of NCR unnecessarily disturbing banking system. For all practical purposes, Raksha Bandhan should be a public-holiday for all government-offices in Delhi. It will also be a deserving favour especially for women-employees who have to travel distances for celebrating the occasion by visiting their brothers!
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