Friends, there are different opinions among people because leave patterns are different in organizations... actually customized as per their requirements. As per my understanding below is the requirement from department..
Earn Leave - depends on no of days worked in last calendar year, one leave earned against twenty working days of last year, maximum 14 days earn leaves are allowed.
Sick Leave -
A. The employees who are covered under ESI - I couldn't found any act/notification where SL is mentioned as necessary for this category employees. It depends on organization.
B. The employees who are NOT covered under ESI - must be entitled for 10 days SL
Casual Leave - not mentioned, depends on the orgnisation.
Annual Leave/Festival Leave/holidays - Minimum 8 days...(three national holidays are must as republic day, independence day and Gandhi jayanti). Process industries can work on all these days with prior intimation to department.
Kindly let me know with reference of govt. notification/act if anybody find the any of above information incorrect.
Regards
Sanjeev