Overview
- A document circulating on social platforms that claimed the Cabinet Division had set Monday–Thursday as working days was declared fake by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting’s Fact Checker.
- The ministry warned the public not to share the notification and urged people to rely only on official government channels for authenticated orders.
- Reports that prompted the fake notice grew from separate, limited discussions in some departments about cutting fuel use and operating costs by testing four-day schedules, remote work or staggered shifts, but no formal policy has been issued.
- The viral falsehood added to other social-media rumours about government measures, prompting officials to repeat that any change to the national working week would require an authenticated Cabinet or departmental notification.
- Past austerity steps and recent fuel-price pressure explain why shorter-workweek ideas have been floated, and observers say the government would need cross-sector coordination and clear administrative plans before any such change could take effect.