Jayalalithaa announces Pongal bonus for govt staff
January 09, 2013  16:21
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Wednesday announced bonus to state government staff and teachers for Pongal festival. 

Group C and D staff and teachers will be paid bonus with a ceiling limit of Rs 3000, a state government release said.

Group A and B staff and teachers, full-time and part-time employees who had put in 240 working days in a financial year, anganwadi workers, those on special pay including in Panchayati Raj department, contract labours among others will be paid Rs 1000, it said. 

Pensioners and former village administrative officers will be granted Rs 500, the release said, adding, the government will incur an expenditure of Rs 311.53 crore for the payment of bonus.
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