Pongal bonus for teachers, TN government staff – G.O issued
The Tamil Nadu Government has announced a Pongal bonus of Rs. 1000 to Rs. 3000 for its staff and the teachers. The Government Order comes with just five more days remaining for Pongal, and with no official announcement on bonus yet.
Personnel of the ‘C’ and ‘D’ grade and the government teachers shall be given a maximum bonus of Rs. 3,000, equivalent to 30 working days.
Festival bonus of Rs. 1000 shall be given to contract employees in the Nutritious Meal Scheme, the Anganwadi employees under the Integrated Child Rearing scheme, village assistants, Panchayat assistants working with the Departments of rural development and municipality corporations, employees on contract basis, ad hoc contract employees, daily wages workers and those who began working on daily wages basis and were made permanent afterwards.
According to the Government Order, the special bonus shall also be given to officials and teachers of municipality schools and government-aided schools, those whose salaries are fixed as per the University Grant Commission/All India Council for Technical Education/Indian Agricultural Research Centre recommendations and the All India service rules.
G.O.Ms.No.6, Dated 6th January 2018 : BONUS – Payment of Ad-hoc Bonus and Special Ad-hoc Bonus for the Accounting Year 2016–17 – Sanction – Orders – Issued.
G.O.Ms.No.07, Dated 8th January 2018 : Pongal Festival, 2018 – Grant of Pongal Prize to ‘C’ and ‘D’ Group Pensioners / All Family Pensioners – Orders – Issued.