India, July 5 -- Weekly holiday in markets of Indian capital

Delhi should adopt a uniform pattern of weekly holidays. All those markets remaining open on Sundays should be uniformly closed on Saturdays. Outsiders coming to Delhi will be sure of the opening of all markets for the first five working days of the week. Shopkeepers and their employees will have at least one common weekly holiday with government employees under the five-day week system in government offices. However, shops of essential services like barbers, flour-mills, etc. may have Tuesday as common weekly holiday. When Mumbai can follow uniform weekly-off on Sunday without any problem, Delhi can at least step for optional off on Sunday or Saturday.

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