Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has announced annual casual leave of 25 days for women employees working in different departments of the Odisha government.
While state government employees get casual leave for 15 days in a year, the chief minister has announced an additional 10 days of CL for women employees. As a result, women government employees can now enjoy 25 days of casual leave in a year, an official statement said on Tuesday.
The Chief Minister has taken this decision keeping in mind the family responsibilities and various problems of women.
It is worth noting that Odisha was the first state in the country to take radical steps like reserving 33% of government jobs for women in the 90s.
