7th Pay Commission: Gala bonus ahead of Diwali announced for CG employees
New Delhi, Oct 07: As part of the 7th Pay Commission a massive Diwali bonus has been announced for the Central Government employees.
The bonus is applicable to the Group B and C non-gazetted officers of the Central Government. This has been announced under the Non-Product Linked Bonus.
The order was issued under an ad-hoc bonus and will be given to those CG employees who are not eligible for the NLPB. The bonus that has been announced this year is of 30.04 days salary and this means it would come up to Rs 6,900. Those who have been in service till March 31 2019 and during the years 2018-19 completed six months of service are eligible for this ad-hoc bonus.
It
may
be
recalled
that
the
Indian
Railways
has
announced
a
78
day
bonus
for
non-gazetted
employees
of
Group
B,
Group
C
and
Group
D.
This
would
be
applicable
to
12
lakh
employees
of
the
Indian
Railways
and
thanks
to
this
they
would
Rs
17,951
as
bonus.
However
there
is
no
news
or
update
on
the
salary
hikes
as
part
of
the
7th
Pay
Commission.
CG
employees
continue
to
demand
that
their
salaries
be
increased
from
Rs
18,000
to
Rs
26,000.