Cabinet announces Rs 3,737 crore bonus for 30 lakh public sector employees

The Union Minister Prakash Javadekar on Wednesday informed that the Cabinet has approved the productivity and non-productivity linked bonus for 2019-2020. In addition, it has also permitted the adoption of the Jammu & Kashmir Panchayati Raj Act, 1989.

The bonus will be given in a single instalment, through Direct Benefit Transfer, before Vijayadashami, Javadekar said, ANI reported.

“More than 30 lakh non-gazetted employees will be benefited by the bonus announcement and total financial implication will be Rs 3,737 crores,” he said.

The minister also spoke about the Jammu & Kashmir Panchayati Raj Act.

Briefing the press about the Act, Javedkar said that the three-tier system was not available in Jammu and Kashmir in the “pre-370 period”, referring to Article 370 of the Constitution that was abrogated last year.

The article gave special status to the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir.

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The promise made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Jammu and Kashmir and Home Minister Amit Shah in Parliament now stands redeemed, he said.

The Act will help the people of Jammu and Kashmir elect their representatives at the village, block and district levels. The process of local body polls would start soon.