TN announces Deepavali bonus for 2.9 lakh workers

Tamilnadu government today announced Deepavali bonus to the tune of Rs 216.38 crore to the PSU employees in the State.

Making the announcement in a statement here, Chief Minister M K Stalin said the move will benefit 2,87,250 workers of Group ‘C’ and ‘D’ category.

The Chief Minister has lauded employees of the public sector units for their hard work and dedication to boost the economic growth of the State.

The statement said income of Tamilnadu Electricity board, TN State Transport Corporation, TN Civil Supplies Corporation and several others were affected due to the Covid-19 induced lockdown. The government has stated that it paid full salary to the workers during the lockdown in spite of the dip in the economy.

A bonus of 8.33 per cent and ex-gratia of 1.67 cent (total 10 per cent) will be given to the Group ‘C’ and ‘D’ category workers and employees for Deepavali, it added.

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