Ahead of Diwali, the Narendra Modi government has approved bonuses for Group C and non-gazetted Group B officials, including paramilitary forces. The finance ministry has set a limit of ₹7,000 for computing non-productivity linked bonuses (ad-hoc bonuses) for central government employees in 2022-23.
In an official note, the Department of Expenditure under the Ministry of Finance stated that a non-productivity linked bonus (ad-hoc bonus) of up to ₹7,000 will be paid to central government employees for the financial year 2022-23.
Central government employees in Group C and all non-gazetted employees in Group B who are not covered by any productivity-linked bonus scheme will receive a one-time bonus equivalent to 30 days of their salary for the financial year 2022-23.
The central government has set certain conditions for receiving the ad-hoc bonus:
- Only employees who were in service on March 31, 2023 and have completed at least six months of continuous service during the year 2022-23 will be eligible for the bonus.
- Eligible employees who have worked for more than six months but less than a full year will receive a pro-rata bonus. The eligibility period will be calculated in terms of the number of months of service, rounded off to the nearest month.
Casual labourers who have worked in a 6-day workweek for at least 240 days per year for 3 or more years (or 206 days per year for 3 or more years in a 5-day workweek) will be eligible for this non-PLB (ad-hoc bonus) payment. The amount payable will be ₹1,200 per month for 30 days, i.e. ₹1,184.21 (rounded off to ₹1,184). In cases where the actual emoluments fall below ₹1,200 per month, the amount will be calculated on the basis of the actual monthly emoluments..
All payments made under these orders will be rounded off to the nearest rupee.
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The notification also stated that the cost of this bonus will be debited to the relevant budget head, as per the Department of Expenditure’s notification dated December 16, 2022.
The government will pay for the ad-hoc bonus from the existing budget of the concerned ministries and departments for the current year.
