The State government has announced a bonus of ₹4,000 for government employees for Onam. Employees who are not entitled to the bonus will get a special festival allowance of ₹2,750, Finance Minister K. N. Balagopal has said.
The bonus and festival allowance are the same as last year.
Service pensioners and employees under the contributory pension scheme will be issued a special festival allowance of ₹1,000.
All government employees will be entitled to a festival advance of ₹20,000. Part-time, contingent employees will be given ₹6,000 as advance on their salaries.
All employees, including contract-scheme employees who were issued festival allowance last year, were being issued festival allowance this year also, Mr. Balagopal said. The Onam-related assistance would benefit over 13 lakh employees, Mr. Balagopal said.
The government also announced ₹1,000 as festival allowance to workers under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme and the Ayyankali Urban Employment Guarantee Scheme who have completed 100 days of employment. The decision will benefit 5.21 lakh people, according to the Finance department.
