Ahead of Deepavali, the Tamil Nadu government on Monday (October 6, 2025) announced a bonus and ex gratia compensation for over 2.69 lakh eligible employees and workers of State-run Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) for 2024-25. The State exchequer would incur an expenditure of ₹376.01 crore, as it has relaxed the norms under the Payment of Bonus (Amendment) Act, 2015.
Workers in the C and D categories in profit-making PSUs would get 20% (bonus of 8.33% and 11.67% ex gratia), considering the allocable surplus of the respective PSUs. Eligible employees in these categories working in TANGEDCO, various State Transport Corporations, and the Tamil Nadu Civil Supplies Corporation, among others, would get an 8.33% bonus and 11.67% ex gratia, an official press release said.
Workers in the C and D categories in PSUs without allocable surplus would get a bonus of 8.33% and 1.67% ex gratia. Workers in these categories in the Tamil Nadu Housing Board and the Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board would also get 10% (8.33% bonus and 1.67% ex gratia).
As for the C and D category workers of the Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage Board, they would get a bonus of 8.33%. Contract staff of the Tamil Nadu Civil Supplies Corporation would get an ex gratia of ₹3,000. Permanent employees are eligible for a bonus of ₹8,400 to ₹16,800.
Published – October 06, 2025 03:03 pm IST
