India Post Office Holidays 2021
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.
Change of Central Government Holiday Date on account of Muharram on 20-08-2021
Post Office Holidays 2021 India
Post Offices will be closed on the following days in India during the year 2021
- Republic Day – 26-01-2021 – Tuesday
- Good Friday – 02-04-2021 – Friday
- Mahavir Jayanthi – 25-04-2021 – Sunday
- Id-ul-Fitr – 14-05-2021 – Friday
- Buddha Purnima – 26-05-2021 – Wednesday
- Id-ul-Zuha(Bakrid) – 21-07-2021 – Wednesday
- Independence Day – 15-08-2021 – Sunday
- Muharram 19-08-2021 – Thursday
- Mahatma Gandhi’s Jayanthi – 02-10-2021 – Saturday
- Dussehra (Vijay Dasami) – 15-10-2021 – Friday
- Milad-un-Nabi or Id-e-Milad (Birthday of Prophet Mohammad) – 19-10-2021 – Tuesday
- Diwali( Deepavali) – 04-11-2021 – Thursday
- Guru Nanak’s Birthday – 19-11-2021 – Friday
- Christmas Day – 25-12-2021 – Saturday
Post Office Calendar Holidays 2021
Complete list of Post Office Holidays 2021 in All India Postal Circle
- Post Office Holidays 2021 in Andhra Pradesh Postal Circle
- Post Office Holidays 2021 in Odisha Pradesh Postal Circle
List of Gazetted Holidays 2021 in New Delhi Government
Table of 17 Holidays for Central Govt Administrative Offices located in Delhi / New Delhi during the year 2021
| Holiday | Date | Day |
| Republic Day | 26 January 2021 | Tuesday |
| Holi | 29 March 2021 | Monday |
| Good Friday | 2 April 2021 | Friday |
| Ram Navami | 21 April 2021 | Wednesday |
| Mahavir Jayanti | 25 April 2021 | Sunday |
| Id-ul-Fitr | 14 May 2021 | Friday |
| Budha Purnima | 26 May 2021 | Wednesday |
| Id-ul-Zuha (Bakrid) | 21 July 2021 | Wednesday |
| Independence Day | 15 August 2021 | Sunday |
| Muharram | 19 August 2021 | Thursday |
| Janmashtami | 30 August 2021 | Monday |
| Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday | 02 October 2021 | Saturday |
| Dussehra | 15 October 2021 | Friday |
| Milad-un-Nabi or Id-e-Milad [Birthday of Prophet Mohammad) | 19 October 2021 | Tuesday |
| Diwali (Deepavali) | 04 November 2021 | Thursday |
| Guru Nanak’s Birthday | 19 November 2021 | Friday |
| Christmas Day | 25 December 2021 | Saturday |
New Delhi Restricted Holiday List 2021
List of 34 Restricted Holidays for Central Govt Administrative Offices located in Delhi / New Delhi during the year 2021
| Holiday | Date | Day |
| New Year’s Day | 01 January 2021 | Friday |
| Lohri | 13 January 2021 | Wednesday |
| Makar Sankranti/Magha Bihu/ Pongal | 14 January 2021 | Thursday |
| Guru Gobind Singh’s Birthday | 20 January 2021 | Wednesday |
| Basant Panchami /Sri Panchami | 16 February 2021 | Tuesday |
| Shivaji Jayanti | 19 February 2021 | Friday |
| Hazarat Ali’s Birthday | 26 February 2021 | Friday |
| Guru Ravi Das’s Birthday | 27 February 2021 | Saturday |
| Swami Dayananda Saraswati Jayanti | 08 March 2021 | Monday |
| Maha Shivaratri | 11 March 2021 | Thursday |
| Holika Dahan/Dolyatra | 28 March 2021 | Sunday |
| Easter Sunday | 04 April 2021 | Sunday |
| (Jhaitra Sukladi / Gudi Padava / Ugadi / Cheti Chand / Vaisakhi /Vishu | 13 April 2021 | Tuesday |
| Mesadi Tamil New Year’s Day | 14 April 2021 | Wednesday |
| Vaisakhadi (Bengal) / Bahag Bihu (Assam) | 15 April 2021 | Thursday |
| Jamat-Ul-Vida | 07 May 2021 | Friday |
| Guru Rabindranath’s birthday | 09 May 2021 | Sunday |
| Rath Yatra | 12 July 2021 | Monday |
| Parsi New Year’s day/Nauraj | 16 August 2021 | Monday |
| Onam or Thiru Onam Day | 21 August 2021 | Saturday |
| Raksha Bandhan | 22 August 2021 | Sunday |
| Janmashtami (Smarta) | 30 August 2021 | Monday |
| Vinayaka Chaturthi/ Gancsh Chaturthi | 10 September 2021 | Friday |
| Dussehra (Saptami) | 12 October 2021 | Tuesday |
| Dussehra (Mahashtami) | 13 October 2021 | Wednesday |
| Dussehra (Mahanavmi) | 14 October 2021 | Thursday |
| Maharishi Valmiki’s Birthday | 20 October 2021 | Wednesday |
| Karaka Chaturthi (Karwa Chouth) | 24 October 2021 | Sunday |
| Naraka Chaturdasi | 03 November 2021 | Wednesday |
| Govardhan Puja | 05 November 2021 | Friday |
| Bhai Duj | 06 November 2021 | Saturday |
| Pratihar Shashthi or Surya Shashthi (Chhat Puja) | 10 November 2021 | Wednesday |
| Guru Teg Bahadur’s Martyrdom Day | 24 November 2021 | Wednesday |
| Christmas Eve | 24 December 2021 | Friday |