COVID-19 Third Wave: Govt Offices to Function With 50% Staff till Jan 31 in Odisha

Bhubaneswar: In a bid to break the corona chain, the Odisha Government today announced that all the government departments and sub-ordinate offices in the State will function with 50 per cent staff from January 7 to January 31.

An order has been issued by the General Administration and Public Grievance Department in this regard on Thursday.

However, the essential offices and services such as SRC and OSDMA offices, Police, Fire Services, Health Services, Municipal services, office of the State Election Commissioner and all offices connected with the conduct of elections to the three tier Panchayat bodies will be exempted from this order and will function in full strength.

“Besides, offices of all recruiting institutions like Odisha Public Service Commission, Odisha Staff Selection Commission, Odisha Subordinate Staff Selection Commission shall function at 75% of their strength of employees. (officers of the rank of Under Secretary and above who shall attend Office daily) during 7th January to 31st January, 2022. The Departments/ Head of offices may decide the manner of selection of employees who will attend Office,” the order reads.

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