NEW DELHI: The Cabinet on Wednesday approved immediate disbursal of Rs 3,737 crore bonus to 30.7 lakh nongazetted central government employees, including from railways, postal department, EPFO, ESIC and defence production. This amount will be credited within a week, before Vijaya Dashami, to all the employees. The government said this will boost demand during the festive season.
“The Union Cabinet approves productivity-linked bonus and non-productivity linked bonus for 2019-2020. More than 30 lakh nongazetted employees will be benefited by the bonus announcement and total financial implication will be Rs 3,737 crores,” Union minister Prakash Javadekar told reporters. He added that the bonus will be given in a single instalment before Vijaya Dashami, which would encourage spending and boost the economy.
Recently, two major rail workers association had set a deadline for the government to issue order for the disbursement of their performance-linked bonus, otherwise they would stop the running of railways. There had been concerns among employees whether whether the government would offer bonus due to the pandemic.
In a circular, the railway board said that its non-gazetted employees, except RPF and PRSF personnel, will get 78 days wages as performance-linked bonus.