Festival Bonus of the West Bengal Government Employees, 2020

Festival Bonus of West Bengal

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Like every year, this year also the West Bengal government has announced festival bonus for the employees.I have highlighted the memorandum of the state government here.


Subject: Grant of Ad-hoc Bonus to the State Government Employees and some other categories of
Employees for the year 2019-2020.

The undersigned is directed by order of the Governor to say that the Governor is pleased to decide
that the State Government employees who are not covered by any of the productivity linked Bonus Scheme
and whose revised emoluments did not exceed Rs.34250/- per month as on 31" March, 2020 will be entitled
to ad-hoc bonus for the accounting year 2019-2020 at the rate of Rs. 4,200/- per head. The upper eligibility
ceiling of Rs. 34250/- p.m. as on 31" March, 2020 will be applicable irrespective of whether the emoluments
are drawn in the pre-revised or revised structure of pay or on fixed/consolidated contract pay.

2.
The benefit will be admissible subject to the following terms and conditions:-
i) Ad-hoc Bonus admissible under this order will be worked out on the basis of emoluments as admissible
on 31.03.2020. For the employees drawing pay and allowances in terms of the West Bengal Services
(Revision of Pay and Allowance) Rules, 2019 the terms 'revised emoluments' in this order will mean the pay
drawn in the applicable Level in the Pay Matrix in the revised pay structure and includes the non-practising
allowance, if any, but will not include any other pay and other allowance such as house rent allowance,
medical allowance, compensatory allowance, etc.
For those who are drawing pay and allowances in the un-revised pay structure under WBS (ROPA)
Rules, 2009 the term 'emoluments' will mean and include basic pay (pay in the Pay Band plus Grade Pay),
personal pay, special pay (additional remuneration), dearness allowance, deputation (duty) allowance, Steno
allowance but will not include specialist pay and other allowances such as house rent allowance, medical
allowance, compensatory allowance, etc. For those who are drawing remuneration on contract basis, the
term 'revised emoluments' will mean the consolidated contract pay drawn by them.
li) The employees whose revised emoluments on 31.03.2020 exceeded Rs. 34250/- p.m. but during the
year 2019-2020 their emoluments at least for six months were less than Rs. 34250/- p.m. i.e., the said
emoluments exceeded the eligibility ceiling of Rs.34250/- p.m. on account of promotion, drawal of
increment, implementation of C.A. Scheme, enhancement of dearness allowance and revision of pay etc.
after remaining less than Rs.34250/- p.m. for at least six months, will be entitled to ad-hoc bonus of Rs.
4,200/- per head under this order.
iii) The employees who were in service on 31.03.2020 and rendered at least six months continuous service
during the year 2019-2020 will be eligible for payment of ad-hoc bonus under this order.
Pro-rata payment will be admissible in such cases to the eligible employees for periods of continuous
service during the year ranging from six months to full year, the eligibility period being taken in terms of
number of months of service (rounded off to the nearest number of months). A fraction of 15 days or more
should be counted as one month.
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3. The disbursement of Ad-hoc Bonus sanctioned hereinabove should be made in case of Muslim State
Government employees before the Festival of Id-Ul-fitre and in case of other State Government employees
(other than Muslim State Government employees) such disbursement should be made between 9th
October, 2020 to 16th October, 2020.
In case of failure, the disbursement should be made as early as possible before the Festival of Id-Ul-
Fitre/ Durga Puja.
4.
The charge in respect of payment of ad-hoc bonus under this order will be debitable to the detailed
head viz., "Ad-hoc Bonus" the opening of which was sanctioned under the 'Salary' head sub-ordinate to all
Major, Minor and sub-heads in the Revenue Expenditure section of the State Budget in terms of Para 9 of
this Department's Order No-4611-F dt. 22.04.1988 and necessary fund for this purpose have been provided
under the above detailed heads in the budget grant available for 2020-2021.
5.
order will also be available to the different categories of employees who had been allowed the same in the
last year in accordance with Finance Department's Memo. No-2999-F(P2) dt. 28.05.2019 by issue of
Government Orders by various Departments in this connection. As done in the last year, orders for grant of
ad-hoc bonus in respect of the employees of Statutory Bodies/Local Bodies/State aided Non-Government
Educational Institutions and such other categories of employees of various establishments, who were
allowed ad-hoc bonus/ex-gratia at par with the State Government employees or at the rate not more than
the rate as approved by the Government in the last year, should be issued by the Departments concerned
without referring the file to finance Department, Group 'P2'.
The Governor is further pleased to direct that the benefit of ad-hoc bonus sanctioned under this
6. Clarifications issued in previous years in respect of various points raised in connection with admissibility
and drawal of ad-hoc bonus would continue to apply.

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