Panaji: Government has declared April 23, 2019 as a Public Holiday, being the Polling day for the General Election to the House of the people (Lok Sabha), 2019 and Bye-Election to the Legislative Assembly of Goa, throughout the State of Goa.
The aforesaid holiday will be a paid holiday to the workers and establishment such as industrial workers, daily wage workers of the Government Departments and State Government Industrial Department, commercial and industrial workers of private establishment in the State of Goa, all private establishment and daily wage/casual workers employed in any business, trade industrial undertakings or any other establishments.
The said Public Holiday will also apply and be available to the registered voters of the poll bound areas even if they are working outside the territorial limits of such areas, notwithstanding whether or not such voters belonging to Central or State Government Offices, Central/State Government undertakings or other entities.
