In a major push this festive season and ahead of next year's Assembly elections, the chief minister of Tamil Nadu, M K Stalin, on Monday (October 6) declared up to 20 per cent bonus and ex gratia for ‘C’ and ‘D’-category workers of state public sector undertakings.

The state government issued a press release which said that, according to the Amendment Bonus Act, 2015, the eligible salary ceiling for receiving a bonus is Rs 21,000, and the monthly salary ceiling for calculating the bonus is Rs 7,000.

The newly announced bonus and ex gratia for the 2024-25 will relax that ceiling, the press release added.

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Call to benefit nearly 2,70,000 employees

The decision will benefit nearly 2,69,439 employees and Rs 376.01 crore wil

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