10 To 20 % Bonus For State Public Sector Staff
The Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage Board (TWAD) would pay its group C and D employees only 8.33 percent bonus only with no ex-gratia payment and temporary workers in the civil supplies corporation would receive only Rs 3000 as ex-gratia, the press release said.
Chennai: A total of 2,60,497 permanent Group C and D employees of the State public sector organisations would be paid bonus and ex-gratia ranging from 20 to 10 percent of their salaries to enable them celebrate Deepavali, which falls on November 8, in a joyous manner, Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay announced on Tuesday.
Acknowledging the dedication and hard work of public sector employees as key factors, along with the long-term visionary policies of the government, for the industrial development of the State and in attracting domestic and foreign investment, the government had come up with the plan to pay them a bonus, an official press release said.
While group C and D employees of profit making public sector organisations would be entitled for 8.33 percent bonus and 11.67 percent ex-gratia payment for the year 2025-26, all the State organisations would pay 8.33 percent bonus, the release said.
Though the Bonus Act stipulated a maximum salary of Rs 21,000 as an eligibility criterion for receiving bonus that would be calculated for only up to Rs 7000 salary, the State government had relaxed those guidelines to pay bonus and ex-gratia for all group C and D employees of the State public sector organisations.
Among those organisations that would pay 20 percent bonus are TANGEDCO, all transport corporations, civil supplies corporation, while organisations with no surplus funds would pay 10 percent bonus. In that category would fall the State housing board and Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board.
The Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage Board (TWAD) would pay its group C and D employees only 8.33 percent bonus only with no ex-gratia payment and temporary workers in the civil supplies corporation would receive only Rs 3000 as ex-gratia, the press release said.
So permanent employees of the public sector organizations would receive Rs 8,400 to Rs 16,800 as festival bonus at a total cost of Rs 367.20 crore for Deepavali, the release said, adding that announcements on the bonus for employees of cooperative societies would be published separately.
