Tamil Nadu government announces Pongal bonus for its employees, teachers and others

Tamil Nadu government announces Pongal bonus for its employees, teachers and others

CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu government on Sunday announced the annual Pongal bonus for its employees, teachers, pensioners and family pensioners.

Group C and Group D government employees as well as teachers will get bonus up to Rs 3,000.
Group A and Group B employees as well as teachers, who have worked for more than 240 days, will get Rs 1,000 as special salary.

Pensioners and family pensioners will get Rs 500 as bonus.

In a statement, chief minister J Jayalalithaa said, "Totally, Rs 326.85 crore will be spent on distributing bonus for government employees and others."

Pongal Bonus for Tamilnadu State Government Employees

Pongal Bonus for Tamilnadu State Government Employees

The State government of Tamil Nadu on Sunday announced Pongal bonus for its employees, teachers and pensioners. This will incur an additional expense of Rs. 326.85 crore to the government.

According to the announcement made by the Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa, government employees and teachers in ‘C’ and ‘D’ Groups will get bonus equal to 30 days salary with a ceiling of Rs. 3,000.

The officers and teachers belonging to the ‘A’ and ‘B’ categories, will receive a special bonus of Rs. 1,000. Pensioners, family pensioners and retired village officers will get Rs. 500 as Pongal gift.