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Pongal bonus for Tamil Nadu government staff
Posted on: 03/Jan/2011 2:20:18 AM
The Tamil Nadu government Saturday declared bonus ranging between Rs.500 and Rs.3,000 for its employees and pensioners on the occasion of the Pongal festival.
Class C and D employees will get Rs.3,000 as bonus this year, up by Rs.1,000 over the previous year. Group A and B employees will get Rs.1,000 as special bonus while pensioners will get Rs.500.
The government will also pay village assistants, special time pay scale workers, anganwadi and mini anganwadi, contract, temporary contract workers, daily wage earners and panchayat assistants Rs.1,000 as bonus.
This will involve a total outgo of Rs.272 crore (Rs.2.72 billion).
