The Central Government has ordered these portals to immediately refund the money of the consumers who booked air tickets on online travel related air ticket booking portals during the lockdown period imposed during the Corona epidemic. The government has ordered to issue refunds by the end of the third week of November.

During the first phase of the Corona epidemic, a lockdown was imposed in the country from March 25, 2020 to prevent it. During this period, domestic and international commercial flights were canceled till the month of May to prevent the spread of the epidemic.

The Ministry of Consumer Affairs held a meeting with companies providing online air ticket booking facilities on Wednesday 8 November 2023 to discuss the issues adversely impacting consumer interests. The issue of not returning consumers’ money was also raised in this meeting. The issue of non-refund of tickets booked during the Covid-19 lockdown period was discussed in the meeting chaired by Consumer Affairs Secretary Rohit Kumar Singh.

After the meeting, the ministry issued an official statement saying that travel aggregators have been asked to pay the pending fare amount affected due to the Covid-19 lockdown by the end of the third week of November. Apart from this, the establishment of an Ombudsman for time bound resolution of consumer complaints has also been discussed, the statement said.

The Ministry of Civil Aviation and the Department of Consumer Affairs can jointly work out the modalities for setting it up. In another proposal, it has also been decided to integrate the National Consumer Helpline with the Air Seva Portal for effective resolution of consumer complaints.

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According to the issued order, holidays have been announced for the 6h-7th pay commission government employees in the year 2023. Let us know the complete information about it. Government orders have been issued in this regard by the Public Miscellaneous Department.

Holidays have been announced for 24 days in a year for the employees. The order issued states that the Government of Tamil Nadu has passed the following order regarding observance of holidays in the State of Tamil Nadu for the year 2023.

The holiday declared under the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (Central Act XXVI of 1881) is indicated in the notification appended to this order, which shall be published in the Gazette of the Government of Tamil Nadu.

According to the government instructions, all the offices under the control of the Government of Tamil Nadu will remain closed on this day:-

• The dates specified in the notification attached to this order (except for annual closure of bank accounts on 01.04.2023) shall remain in force at the office bank.
• All Saturdays and Sundays in the year 2023.
• The above notified public holidays will also be applicable to all State Government Undertakings/Corporations/Boards etc.

Public Holiday -Date-Day

• New Year’s Day 01-01-2023 Sunday
• Pongal 15.01.2023 Sunday
• Thiruvalluvar Day 16.01.2023 Monday
• Uzhavar Thirunal 17.01.2023 Tuesday
• Republic Day 26.01.2023 Thursday
• Thai Poosam 05-02-2023 Sunday
• telugu new year day 22.03.2023 wednesday
• *Annual closure of accounts of commercial banks and co-operative banks 01-04-2023 Saturday
• Mahavir Jayanti 04-04-2023 Tuesday
• Good Friday 07-04-2023 Friday
• Tamil New Year’s Day / Dr. B.R. Ambedkar’s birthday 14.04.2023 Friday
• Ramzan (Eid-ul-Fitr) 22.04.2023 Saturday
• May Day 01-05-2023 Monday
• Bakrid (Idul Azha) 29.06.2023 Thursday
• Muharram 29.07.2023 Saturday
• Independence Day 15.08.2023 Tuesday
• Krishna Jayanti 06-09-2023 Wednesday
• Vinayaka Chaturthi 17.09.2023 Sunday
• Milad-un-Nabi 28.09.2023 Thursday
• Gandhi Jayanti 02-10-2023 Monday
• Ayut Puja 23.10.2023 Monday
• Vijay Dashami 24.10.2023 Tuesday
• Diwali 12-11-2023 Sunday
• Christmas 25.12.2023 Monday

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