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No, Central Govt Has Not Declared Public Holidays on 3, 4, 5, and 6 September

We did not find any evidence to support the viral claim.

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A post, which claims that the Central government has recently declared 3, 4, 5, and 6 September as public holidays, is doing the rounds on social media platforms.

(More archives of similar such claims could be found here and here.)

What's the truth?: As of 2 September, there is no evidence to support the claim that the government has announced holidays on the aforementioned dates.

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How did we find that out?: We conducted a keyword search using the words "holiday calendar india govt" on Google.

  • This led us to the 'holiday calendar' that follows the circular issued by the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions.

  • 5 September is declared as a gazetted holiday for Milad-un-Nabi as well as a restricted holiday for Onam.

What did RBI calendar show?: Team WebQoof further checked the holiday list for the month of September available on the official website of Reserve Bank of India (RBI).

  • Only Ranchi has a holiday on 3 September, while banks in Kochi and Thiruvananthapuram will be closed on 4 September.

  • The list showed that banks in majority of cities will get holidays on 5 September.

No news reports: We did not find any news reports or any information available in the public domain to support the claim that the government has announced continuous holidays.

Conclusion: Evidently, the claim of government announcing holidays on 3, 4, 5, and 6 September is false.

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