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 boards 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 will be getting Rs 1,000 as bonus for Pongal.As for Group C and D employees of these organisations, an ad hoc bonus equivalent to 30 days emoluments that were calculated as on March 31 2013, up to Rs 3,000 will be paid for the year 2012-13. Pensioners including family pensioners of statutory boards and state transport 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.