Confusion on ceiling of bonus for Central Government employees continues
“Doubts and debates over the ceiling
of Productivity Linked Bonus to Central Government employees this year
continue to plague the minds.”
The word ‘Bonus’ continues to powerfully attract the employee communities.
Given once every year, bonus or honorarium could sometimes be even bigger than the monthly salaries.
But Central Government employees are
given only small amounts as bonuses each year. With the highest
prescribed ceiling limit fixed at Rs.3500, the bonus is calculated based
on the number of days announced.
Last year, Railway employees were given
bonuses of 78 days, employees of the postal department received 60 days’
bonus. Civilian employees of the defence were given a bonus of 40 days.
Employees of the public and private sectors wrongly assume that 60 days bonus implies tow months’ salary.
In simple terms, a 30 days bonus
indicates a sum of Rs.3500 approximately. 60 days bonus implies that the
worker will be given Rs.7000. in case of 75 days’ bonus, the worker
makes Rs.8750. The amount is equal to one-fifth the salary of the
employee.
In 2007, the calculation ceiling of bonus was increased from Rs.2500 to Rs.3500pm ,
and the eligibility limit for bonus was raised from Rs.3500 to
Rs.10,000 pm. For a number of years, all federation of Central
Government employees have been demanding that the calculation
ceiling limit be raised from Rs.3500. You can see its impact on all the ‘Charter of Demands‘ presented by the federations to the government.
Recently, the Government requested the trade
unions to withdraw their September 2 strike notice. During the
negotiations that were held between the ministers and the trade union
representatives, it was reported that the Government had accepted to
raise the bonus ceiling limit from Rs.3500 to Rs.7000. Sources also said
that the eligibility of bonus was raised from Rs.10,000 to Rs.20,000.
But, no announcements in this regard were made by the Government.
unions to withdraw their September 2 strike notice. During the
negotiations that were held between the ministers and the trade union
representatives, it was reported that the Government had accepted to
raise the bonus ceiling limit from Rs.3500 to Rs.7000. Sources also said
that the eligibility of bonus was raised from Rs.10,000 to Rs.20,000.
But, no announcements in this regard were made by the Government.
Meanwhile, Shri Vijesh Upadhyay, the
General Secretary of BMS, created quite a flutter with his letter. The
letter mentioned the ceiling of bonus as Rs.10,000.
The Railway workers federation, NFIR,
wrote a letter to the Railway Minister on September 8. The letter
demanded that the ministry take action based on the bonus announcement
issued by the authorized government information bureau, PIB, on
September 1, 2015.
Unless the Government clarifies its
stand in the bonus issue, the social media are going to overflow with
false information, and some cooked up orders too. Since the information
is being eagerly awaited, Central Government employees tend to get drawn
to them and some are very likely to be misguided by these rumours
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