Bhubaneswar, June 24 -- In a bid to increase efficiency of the administration and make it more citizen-centric, Odisha government had on Saturday revised the working hours of government employees besides declaring fourth Saturday of every month as a general holiday.
As per the new schedule, all government offices are supposed to open at 10 AM. However, after a reality check carried out by OTV on the first day under the new rules, confusion and deviations were galore and several government offices wore a deserted look even after 11 AM.
It is pertinent to mention here that the daily working hours of government offices have been revised to 10 AM to 5.30 PM.
While most government offices were virtually empty, only one employee against a tota...