Overview
- Departments and treasuries have been instructed to process February salaries and pensions for credit by February 28.
- The directive covers outsourced personnel, contractual staff and sanitation workers, with warnings against any negligence in compliance.
- State offices will observe Holi holidays from March 2 to March 4, with March 3 notified as a public holiday under the Negotiable Instruments Act.
- Offices, institutions, banks and treasuries will remain open on Saturday, February 28 to ensure disbursals are completed.
- The order affects about 18 lakh employees and 12 lakh pensioners, and it followed the chief minister’s return from a Singapore–Japan trip reported to have produced investment MoUs.