There is good news for central government employees before Diwali. The Finance Ministry has announced to give Non-Productivity Linked Bonus (Adhoc Bonus) for the financial year 2022-23.
In an office memorandum, the Department of Expenditure under the Finance Ministry said that non-productivity (ad hoc bonuses) equivalent to 30 days’ salary for the accounting year 2022-23 will be given to central government employees in Group ‘C’. and all non-gazetted employees of Group ‘B’ who are not covered under any productivity linked bonus scheme.
According to the order, the ceiling of payment of ad hoc bonus will be calculated on the monthly salary of Rs 7000. This bonus will also be available to eligible employees of central paramilitary forces and armed forces.
What are the conditions for the bonus?
The Central Government has set some conditions for which employees will get this bonus.
Only those employees who were in service as on 31.3.2023 and rendered at least six months of continuous service during the year 2022-23 will be eligible for payment under these orders. Pro-rata payment will be admissible to eligible employees for continuous service period ranging from six months to one full year during the year, the eligibility period will be based on the number of months of service.
The amount of bonus to be received will be decided on the basis of average salary/calculation limit, whichever is lower. To calculate ad hoc bonus for one day, the average salary in a year will be divided by 30.4 (average number of days in a month). After this, it will be multiplied by the number of days of the bonus given.
Bonus will be calculated like this
A)- Let us understand this with an example – Suppose we take the calculation ceiling of monthly salary as Rs 7000. Ad hoc bonus for 30 days is Rs 7000×30/30.4- Rs 6907.89, if rounded off it comes to Rs 6908.
Now suppose the salary of an employee is Rs 15,000 per month, the bonus for 30 days will be – 15,000×30/30.4 = Rs 14802.63, if rounded off it will be Rs 14803.
B) A casual laborer who has worked for at least 240 days every year for 3 years or more on 6 days a week (206 days every year for 3 years or more in case of offices with 5 days weekly), will be eligible for Ad Hoc Bonus.
In such a situation, the amount of ad hoc bonus will be calculated in this way – 1200×30/30.4 = Rs 1184.21 – i.e. Rs 1184.
In cases where the actual salary is less than Rs 1200 per month, the amount will be calculated on the actual monthly salary.
