A week back, the Tamil Nadu Government had announced Pongal bonus for the state government employees and teachers. Yesterday Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa has announced a special bonus to the staff of of public sector units and statutory bo�a�rds in the state.
As per the Chief Minister�s statement, Group A and Group B employees working in Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) firms and statutory bodies in the supervisory cadre wi�ll be getting Rs 1,000 as bo�nus for Pongal.As for Group C and D employees of these organisations, an ad hoc bonus eq�uivalent to 30 days emo�lu�ments that were calculated as on March 31 2013, up to Rs 3,000 will be paid for the year 2012-13. Pen�sioners including family pensioners of statutory bo�ards and state transpo�rt undertakings will be paid a bonus of Rs 500 each
Earlier, the state government had announced a bonus of Rs 3,000 for Group C and Group D staff and teachers. For Group A and Group B staff of the state government, anganwadi workers, villages assistants and other temporary staff who have put in 240 days of work during the past year, a bonus of Rs 1,000 was announced.