Chandigarh7 minutes agoAuthor: Baldev Krishna Sharma
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All the government offices of the Punjab government will open at 7:30 am next year, not two and a half but four months in the summer. This time the government has taken this decision after getting positive results from early opening of offices from May 2 to July 15. It will be implemented from April 1 to July 31 in the year 2024.
In a special conversation with Dainik Bhaskar, Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said that the change in office timings this year was very good. The feedback has come out in the survey conducted by the government that apart from saving electricity, the employees and officers got a chance to spend more time with their families. Common people also found this time more convenient to get their work done.
Significantly, Dainik Bhaskar also published a series of special stories regarding this pilot project of the government. On the basis of interaction with the employees, officers, people coming to the office, it was found that electricity was saved by this experiment. The biggest thing was that the employees and the general public had a positive response about it. Both were happy with this new time. It was also seen that the working capacity of the employees was also high in the morning.
Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann told Bhaskar
The changes made this year have yielded significant results, so next summer it will be run for four months.
Time to clear traffic on Airport Road in Mohali was reduced from 35-40 minutes to 5-7 minutes
Chief Minister Mann shared the results of the study conducted on traffic with Bhaskar. He told that this initiative has also had a very positive effect on the traffic. The government got a study done on the airport road in Mohali. In this, it was found that in the office time of 9 o’clock, it used to take 35 to 40 minutes for the vehicles to leave. In the new time, it was reduced to 5 to 7 minutes. Getting rid of traffic jams also saved fuel over time.
The early opening of the offices made it easier for people across Punjab to get their work done early in the morning and after that they could devote more time to their work. A large number of people were saved their entire daily wages. The employees also benefited in many ways. He did not have to take separate leave for many important works. Many employees were able to get their checkups done, do bank work etc. and were also able to give extra time related to children’s education.
A prominently published series in Bhaskar on the impact of office time change
In this series, Bhaskar told that 25% electricity was saved by changing the time and the employees and public were happy. He was in favor of this timing.
Bhaskar Expert
In countries where the concept of opening office early in the morning, there is more work efficiency
We probably got the concept of working from 9 am to 5 pm from the British. Due to the weather there, work cannot start soon. But in Japan work is from 6 am to 2 pm. Time flexibility is there for everyone except security agencies in USA. Office till 3 pm. The time in Amsterdam Netherlands is from six to two o’clock. That’s why the work efficiency is more there. The concept of Punjab’s 7:30 am was very good. Its biggest benefit was to the common people. The road which used to take an hour in traffic was covered in 15 minutes. It was good in terms of traffic management. In foreign countries, people prefer to go to office by bicycle. This also gets rid of jam.
Dr. Sangeeta Bagga, Urban Designer & City Planning Expert
There is no time restriction in foreign countries, instead of public dealing, all work is done online.
This timing is successful in foreign countries because the infrastructure there is much better and instead of public dealing, all the work is done online. There is no restriction of time and office anywhere. There you get a job on the basis of work and on the basis of performance. There in government job you get both return and salary cut on this basis. There is no assessment of work in government offices in our country. Most of the work still depends on the speed of the file. However, in our country, in private companies, everything is always decided on the basis of performance. Work should be output oriented rather than time oriented.
– Pro. Sanjay Kaushik, Expert in HR Management, Former Chairman, PU University Business School
It is right to hasten office timings to increase traffic management, work efficiency
This concept of the Punjab government should be further developed. This is a better use of infrastructure in a way which is also adopted abroad. This concept will be found in traffic management in Noida, Bangalore and Hyderabad. The commuting lane is the most used during office hours in the morning. Time management leads to better management of infrastructure and human resources. For this reason, the concept adopted in Punjab for two and a half months was very good. In our feedback, common people were more than happy with it. You remain fresh in the morning. Your working gets better. This should happen not only for Punjab but also in Chandigarh. Offices should have different timings.
– Pro. Sanjeev Sharma, Former Director, University Institute of Applied Management Sciences, Strategy Expert