7th pay commission: Diwali bonus announced for UP government employees

By Lokmat English Desk | Published: November 7, 2020 03:26 PM2020-11-07T15:26:49+5:302020-11-07T15:26:49+5:30

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Millions of government employees have received Diwali gifts before Diwali 2020. The Uttar Pradesh government has given a huge gift to 14,82,187 state workers on the occasion of Diwali. Workers will get a bonus equal to 30 days salary for the year 2019-20.

Uttar Pradesh government will give 30 days bonus to employees of different categories of the state.

With this nearly 15 lakh employees will benefit from the decision. Those who will be eligible for the bonus include state government employees, government and government-aided school teachers, employees of local bodies and daily wagers under the state.

The move will cost the state exchequer Rs 1,023 crore.

As per the norms, maximum alloted bonus would be Rs 6,908 per employee.

While 25 per cent of the bonus will be given in cash, 75 per cent will be added to the Provident Fund (PF).

Also, non-gazetted state employees, staff of government-aided educational institutions, local bodies and district panchayats, along with daily wagers will be elligible for the bonus.

The employees who have retired after March 31, 2020, or due to retire by April 30 next year will receive full amount of eligible ad-hoc bonus, a spokesman of the government was quoted as saying, by PTI.