Tamil Nadu government announced bonus ranging between Rs 500 to Rs 3,000 for its employees and pensioners to be disbursed on the occasion of the Pongal festival.
Employees in �C� and �D� groups will get a bonus equal to 30 days salary with an upper limit of `3,000.
Those under categories �A� and �B� will get a special bonus of `1,000.
Pensioners, family pensioners, former village-level officials like Thalayaris and Karnams will get `500 as Pongal gift.
A special bonus of `1,000 will be given to employees under various categories, including full and part-time workers who had worked for a minimum of 240 days in the financial year, anganwadi and mini anganwadi workers, village and panchayat assistants, workers for people�s welfare, contract workers and temporary assistants under contract.
The bonus will cost the state exchequer Rs 264 crore , an official release said.