India Post Office Holidays 2020
India Post Office: For more than 150 years, the Department of Posts (DoP) has been the backbone of the country’s communication and has played a crucial role in the country’s social economic development. It touches the lives of Indian citizens in many ways: delivering mails, accepting deposits under Small Savings Schemes, providing life insurance cover under Postal Life Insurance (PLI) and Rural Postal Life Insurance (RPLI) and providing retail services like bill collection, sale of forms, etc. The DoP also acts as an agent for Government of India in discharging other services for citizens such as Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) wage disbursement and old age pension payments. With 1, 55,531 Post Offices, the DoP has the most widely distributed postal network in the world.
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Post Office Holidays 2020 India
The Post offices will be closed on the following days all over the country
List of Holidays to be observed in Department of Posts in the year 2020
Post Offices will be closed on the following days in India in the year 2020
- Republic Day: 26-01-2020 (Sunday)
- Mahavir Jayanti: 6-04-2020 (Monday)
- Good Friday: 10-04-2020 (Friday)
- Buddha Purnima: 7-05-2020 (Thursday)
- Idu’l Fitr: 25-05-2020 (Monday)
- Idul’l Zuha: 1-08-2020 (Saturday)
- Independence Day: 15-08-2020 (Saturday)
- Muharram: 30-08-2020 (Sunday)
- Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday: 2-10-2020 (Friday)
- Dussehra (Vijay Dashmi): 25-10-2020 (Sunday)
- Prophet Mohammad’s Birthday (Id-E-Milad): 30-10-2020 (Friday)
- Diwali (Deepavali): 14-11-2020 (Saturday)
- Guru Nanak’s Birthday: 30-11-2020 (Monday)
- Christmas Day: 25-12-2020 (Friday)
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List of Compulsory Holidays for Central Government Offices in India (Including Post Offices)
Compulsory Holidays 2020
1. Republic Day
2. Independence Day
3. Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday
4. Buddha Purnima
5. Christmas Day
6. Dussehra
7. Diwali
8. Good Friday
9. Guru Nanak’s Birthday
10. Idu’l Fur
11. Idu’lzuha
12. Mahavir Jayanti
13. Muharram
14. Id-E-Milad
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List of Restricted Holidays during the year 2020 for Administrative Offices of Central Government Located at Delhi and New Delhi
| No | HOLIDAY | DATE | DAY |
| 1 | Republic Day | Jan 26 | Sunday |
| 2 | Holi | Mar 10 | Tuesday |
| 3 | Ram Navami | Apr 2 | Thursday |
| 4 | Mahavir Jayanti | Apr 6 | Monday |
| 5 | Good Fridayday | Apr 10 | Friday |
| 6 | Buddha Purnima | May 7 | Thursday |
| 7 | Id-Ul-Fitr | May 25 | Monday |
| 8 | Id-Uz-Zuha (Bakrid) | Aug 1 | Saturday |
| 9 | Janmashtami | Aug 12 | Wednesday |
| 10 | Independence Day | Aug 15 | Saturday |
| 11 | Muharram | Aug 30 | Sunday |
| 12 | Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday | Oct 2 | Friday |
| 13 | Dussehra | Oct 25 | Sunday |
| 14 | *Milad-un-Nabi or Id (Birthday of Prophet Mohammad) | Oct 30 | Friday |
| 15 | Diwali (Deepavali) | Nov 14 | Saturday |
| 16 | Guru Nanak’s Birthday | Nov 30 | Monday |
| 17 | Christmas Day | Dec 25 | Friday |
*Milad-un-Nabi or Id-e-Milad (Birthday of Prophet Mohammad)
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LIST OF RESTRICTED HOLIDAYS DURING THE YEAR 2020 FOR ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT LOCATED AT DELHI – NEW DELHI
| No | HOLIDAY | DATE | DAY |
| 1 | New Year’s day | Jan 01 | Wednesday |
| 2 | Guru Gobind Singhs Birthday | Jan 02 | Thursday |
| 3 | Lohri | Jan 13 | Monday |
| 4 | Makar Sankranti- Pongal | Jan 15 | Wednesday |
| 5 | Basant Panchami Sri Panchami | Jan 30 | Thursday |
| 6 | Guru Ravidas’s Birthday | Feb 09 | Sunday |
| 7 | Swami Dayananda Saraswati Jayanti | Feb 18 | Tuesday |
| 8 | Shivaji Jayanti | Feb 19 | Wednesday |
| 9 | Maha Shivaratri | Feb 21 | Friday |
| 10 | Holika Dahan – Dolyatra | Mar 09 | Monday |
| 11 | Hazarat Ali’s Birthday | Mar 09 | Monday |
| 12 | *Chaitra Sukladi | Mar 25 | Wednesday |
| 13 | Easter Sundayday | Apr 12 | Sunday |
| 14 | Vaiskhi – Vishu | Apr 13 | Monday |
| 15 | Mesadi – Vaisakhadi (Bengal) – Bahag Bihu (Assam) | Apr 14 | Tuesday |
| 16 | Guru Rabindranath’s birthday | May 08 | Friday |
| 17 | Jamat -Ul-Vida | May 22 | Friday |
| 18 | Rath Yatra | June 23 | Tuesday |
| 19 | Raksha Bandhan | Aug 03 | Monday |
| 20 | Janmashtami (Smarta) | Aug 11 | Tuesday |
| 21 | Parsi New Year’s day Nauraj | Aug 16 | Sunday |
| 22 | Vinayaka Chaturthi Ganesh Chaturthi | Aug 22 | Saturday |
| 23 | Onam or Thiru Onam Day | Aug 31 | Monday |
| 24 | Dussehra (Maha Saptami) (Additional) | Oct 23 | Friday |
| 25 | Dussehra (Maha Ashtami) (Additional) | Oct 24 | Saturday |
| 26 | Vijay Dashmi (Bengal, Kerala) | Oct 26 | Monday |
| 27 | Maharishi Valmiki’s Birthday | Oct 31 | Saturday |
| 28 | Karaka Chaturthi (Karva Chouth) | Nov 04 | Wednesday |
| 29 | Naraka Chaturdasi | Nov 14 | Saturday |
| 30 | Govardhan Puja | Nov 15 | Sunday |
| 31 | Bhai Duj | Nov 16 | Monday |
| 32 | Pratihar Shashthi or Surya Shashthi (Chhat Puja) | Nov 20 | Friday |
| 33 | Guru Tag Bahadur’s Martyrdom Day | Nov 24 | Tuesday |
| 34 | Christmas Eve | Dec 24 | Thursday |
*Chaitra Sukladi-Gudi Padava-Ugadi-Cheti Chand
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