Holiday - Holiday List

Hi Friends,
Is Amdedkar Jayandhi a mandatory holiday? If no, no need to mention in our holiday list. I asked our top management regarding this, they told me that we can include this as holiday in our list but no need to give this day as holiday to our employees and as per the labour law this holiday we should mention in our holiday list. I want to know that anything mentioned regarding this in our labour law. Suppose we are not mentioning in our holiday list, is there any problem.
Kindly give your valuable opinion regarding this.
Thanks & Regards
Jagan

Dear Jagan,
First examine under which of the enactment you are required to allow holidays to your workers/employees & then see which are the mandatory holidays under that particular Act to get the answer.
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Amdedkar Jayandhi is not a mandatory holidays. Here are the mandatory holidays:
Republic Day
Independence Day
Gandhi Jayanti
Diwali

In a seven day week, after working six days, one day is paid holiday. But if it is five day week, for example, workers working with contractor connected to five day week central government departments and others, for how many days the contractor has to pay to the worker? Please clarify.