The union government has approved a non-productivity linked or ad-hoc bonus for central government employees for the financial year 2020-21.
In an office memorandum, the Department of Expenditure under the Finance Ministry said the employees of central paramilitary forces and armed forces too would be eligible for the bonus.
Employees who were in service as of March 31, 2021, and have rendered at least six months of continuous service during the 2020-21 fiscal year would be eligible for this ad hoc bonus.
The non-productivity linked bonus will be payable to employees in Group C and all non-gazetted employees in Group B, who do not come under the ambit of any productivity-linked bonus scheme. The calculation ceiling for payment of this bonus would be monthly emoluments of ₹7,000.
“The quantum of ad hoc bonus will be worked out on the basis of average emoluments/calculation ceiling whichever is lower,” the department of expenditure said. It also shared an illustration of how the payout will be calculated. It said that to calculate the ad hoc bonus for one day, the average emoluments in a year will be divided by 30.4 (average number of days in a month). The amount will then be multiplied by the number of days of bonus granted.
The memorandum stated that the calculation ceiling of month-to-month emoluments of ₹7,000 (the place precise common emoluments exceed ₹7,000), the non-productivity linked bonus or ad-hoc bonus for 30 days would work out to be ₹6,908.
