The Central government on Tuesday sanctioned Deepavali bonuses for Group C and non-gazetted Group B employees. The bonus, an annual affair before every Deepavali, will have an upper limit of ₹7,000.
An order by the Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance said that the President has sanctioned “the grant of Non-Productivity Linked Bonus (Ad-hoc Bonus) equivalent to 30 days emoluments for the accounting year 2022-23 to the Central Government employees in Group ‘C’ and all non-gazetted employees in Group B’, who are not covered by any Productivity Linked Bonus scheme.”
The calculation ceiling for payment of ad-hoc Bonus under these orders shall be monthly emoluments of ₹7,000, it said.
