Ad-hoc Bonus 2023 order for West Bengal Govt Employees | বোনাস ২০২৩ এর অর্ডার

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Ad-hoc Bonus 2023 order for West Bengal:

Government of West Bengal
Finance Department (Audit Branch)
Nabanna, Howrah – 711102
Email ID: [email protected]

MEMORANDUM

Sub: Grant of Ad-hoc Bonus to the state Government Employees and some other categories of Employees for the year 2022-2023

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. 39,000/- per month as on 31st March, 2023 will be entitled to ad-hoc bonus for the accounting year 2022-2023 at the rate of Rs. 5,300/- per head. The upper eligibility ceiling of Rs. 39,000/- per month as on 31st March, 2023 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 31.03.2023. For the employees drawing pay and allowances in terms of the West Bengal Services (Revision of Pay and Allowance) Rules, 2019, in terms revised emoluments’ in this order will mean the pay drawn in the applicable Level in the Pay Matrix in the revised pay structure, dearness allowance and includes the non-practicing 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 terms ’emoluments’ will mean and include basic pay (pay in the Pay Band plus Grade Pay), 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.

ii. The employees whose revised emoluments on 31.03.2023 exceeded Rs. 39,000/- per month but during the year 2022-2023 their emoluments at least for six months were less than Rs. 39,000/- per month i.e, the said emoluments exceeded the eligibility ceiling of Rs. 39,000/- per month 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. 39,000/- per month at least six months, will be entitled to ad-hoc bonus of Rs. 5,300/- per head under this order.

iii. The employees who rendered at least six months continuous service during the year 2022-2023 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 of more should be counted as one month.

iv. The amount of ad-hoc bonus on pro-rata payment as admissible under 2(iii) above will have to be calculated according to the following formula:-

Emoluments as on 31st March, 2023 X Eligibility period in number of months/ 12 = The amount of ad-hoc bonus, subject to maximum amount of Rs. 5,300/- only.

v. The casual workers who have put in works at least for 120 days and the employees on consolidated pay in the year 2022-2023 will also be entitled to ad-hoc bonus under this order according to the following formula:-

Total amount of salary/ wages earned during the year 2022-2023 / 12 = The amount of ad-hoc bonus, subject to maximum amount of Rs. 5,300/- only.

The salary/ wages in these cases should have the same meaning as ‘revised emoluments’ as defined in Para 2(i) above.

3. The disbursement of Ad-hoc Bonus sanctioned hereinabove should be made in case of Muslim State Government Employees before the festival Id-Ul-Fitre and in case of other State Government employees (other than Muslim State Government employees) such disbursement should be made between 03.10.2023 to 06.10.2023.

In case of failure, the disbursement should be made as early as possible before the festival of Id-UI-Fitre/ Durga Puja.

4. The charge in respect of payment of ad-hoc bonus under this order will be debitable to detailed head viz. “Ad-hoc Bonus” the opening of which was sanctioned under the ‘Salary’ head sub-ordinate to all Major, Minor and subheads in the Revenue Expenditure Section of the State Budget in terms of Para 9 of this Department’s Order No. 4611-F, dated 22.04.1988 and necessary fund for this purpose have been provided under above detailed heads in the budget grant available for 2023-2024.

5. The Governor is further pleased to direct that the benefit of ad-hoc bonus sanctioned under this 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. 1570-F(P2), dated 18.04.2022 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 employee 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’.

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.

Sd/- M. Pant
Additional Chief Secretary to the
Government of West Bengal

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Order for Interest Free Festival Advance for West Bengal Government Employees for the year, 2023

Government of West Bengal
Finance Department
Audit Branch
NABANNA, Howrah-711102
Email ID: [email protected]

No.: 1482-F(P2)FA/O/2M/493/12. Dated, Howrah, the 28th March, 2023.

MEMORANDUM

Subject: Grant of Interest Free Festival Advance to the State Government Employees for the year, 2023.

The undersigned is directed by order of the Governor to say that the Governor has been pleased to accord sanction of Interest-free festival advance up-to a maximum of Rs. 16,000/- only to State Government employees whose revised emoluments on 31st March, 2023 exceeded Rs. 39,000/- p.m. but did not exceed Rs. 49,000/- p.m., if applied for the same.

The authorities competent to sanction the interest-free festival advance are those mentioned in Rule 320 of the West Bengal Financial Rules, Volume-I.

2. The undersigned is further directed to say that the benefit of interest-free festival advance may also be allowed to (a) the whole time piece rated workers, either permanent or temporary and (b) the employees belonging to work charged/ contingent establishments. Such employees drawing revised emoluments exceeding Rs. 39,000/- p.m. but not exceeding Rs. 49,000/- p.m. on 31.03.2023 may be allowed to draw the interest-free festival advance of Rs. 16,000/- only, if they apply for the same.

3. In case of the employees falling under Para 2 above, the authority sanctioning the advance shall certify after being satisfied that the employee is likely to continue in service until the recovery in this respect is completed.

4. The advance will be recovered from the salary of the Government employee concerned in not more than 10 monthly instalments. If the amount of advance is exactly divisible by the number of instalments opted for the recovery, then it will be recovered in equal monthly instalments for that number of instalment months. If not the figure obtained by so dividing should be rounded off to the nearest rupee which will be the recoverable amount for each of the monthly instalments excluding the last instalment and the balance amount will be recovered in the last monthly instalment. The recovery of the advance sanctioned under this order will being either from the salary for the month of November, 2023 at the latest or from the salary for the month following the month in which the advance is drawn, as the case may be. However, recovery in all cases should be completed by 31st August, 2024 at the latest.

5. The State Government employees who will retire/ part with the Government service on a date after the issue of this order but before 1st November, 2023 will not be allowed any festival advance. However, an employee who will retire after 1st November, 2023 will be eligible for interest-free festival advance sanctioned in this order subject to the condition that the recovery should be completed on or before the month of his superannuation.

6. (a) Persons who will enter into State Government service for the first time after 31st March, 2023 but before 1st October, 2023 will be entitled to the benefit of interest-free festival advance as sanctioned in this order subject to fulfilment of the terms and conditions laid down hereinabove and their emoluments for the purpose of payment of advance will be determined on the basis of their emoluments at the time of entry into Government service.

(b) The benefit of interest-free festival advance sanctioned above will also be admissible to the State Government employees who have been appointed on regular or contract basis provided they are not eligible to draw ad-hoc bonus on pro-rata basis sanctioned for accounting year 2022-2023 and provided their regular or contract emoluments did not exceed Rs. 49,000/- p.m.

7. The benefit of interest-free festival advance sanctioned hereinabove will also be admissible to the personal staff of Chief Minister, Ministers and Ministers of State as well as the personal staff attached to the Chief Government Whip, Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly on the same terms and conditions as laid down hereinabove provided they are not eligible to draw ad-hoc bonus for the accounting year 2022-2023.

8. The benefit of interest-free festival advance will also be admissible to the personal staff of the Leader of the Opposition of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly provided they are not sanctioned ad-hoc bonus for the accounting year 2022-2023.

9. The benefit of interest-free festival advance will also be admissible to the regular teaching and non-teaching staff of the government sponsored educational institutions and regular employees of Panchayats & Local Bodies.

10. The Central Government employees on deputation to the State Government may be granted festival advance as may be sanctioned by the Government of India for Central Government Employees subject to the terms and conditions as may be laid down by the Government of India in this Regard.

11. For the purpose of this order, members of All India Services serving in connection with the affairs of the State will be regarded as State Government Employees.

12. For the employees drawing pay in the revised pay structure, the terms ’emoluments’ will mean basic pay drawn in the applicable Level in the Pay Matrix, dearness allowance and non-practising allowance, if any.

13. The term ’emoluments’ in the case of employees drawing pay and allowances in the un-revised pay structure will include basic pay (pay in the Pay Band plus Grade Pay), dearness allowance deputation (duty) allowance and special allowance (Additional remuneration).

In case of retired Government employees on re-employment, the terms ’emoluments’ will mean remuneration drawn by by them in terms of Finance Department Memo No. 6472-F(P2), dated 02.12.2019 plus basic pension.

14. Application for interest-free festival advance on the strength of this order shall be made by all employees as early as possible.

DISBURSEMENT OF INTEREST-FREE FESTIVAL ADVANCE (WHEREVER APPLIED FOR) ON THE STRENGTH OF THIS ORDER SHOULD BE MADE IN CASE OF MUSLIM EMPLOYEES BEFORE THE FESTIVAL OF ID-UL-FITRE AND IN CASE OF PAYMENT TO OTHER EMPLOYEES (OTHER THAN MUSLIM EMPLOYEES) SHOULD BE MADE BETWEEN 03.10.2023 TO 06.10.2023.

In case of failure, such disbursement should be completed before 1st December, 2023 in case of all employees at the latest. The drawing and Disbursing Officers in order to minimize the number of bills should as far as possible, prepare one bill for advance in such cases in respect of the establishment/ office for which they act as Drawing and Disbursing Officers.

15. The advance excluding the advance to the employees borne on work-charged establishment will be debited to the standard detailed head ‘Salaries-Pay’ under all major, minor and sub-heads in the budget grant available for the financial year 2023-2024, the recoveries thereof being automatically adjusted by monthly deduction of instalments of advance paid to an employee from his pay. No new detailed head is required to be opened for this purpose as per new classification in accounts. The advance to persons borne on work-charged establishments will debited to the same head from which their wage is met.

Sd/- Manoj Pant
Additional Chief Secretary to the
Government of West Bengal

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Order for Grant of Ex-Gratia Payment of West Bengal Govt. Pensioners, 2022-2023

Government of West Bengal
Finance [Audit] Department
“NABANNA”
325, S.Chatteriee Road, Howrah – 711 102
Email ID : [email protected]

No. 1484-F[P2]/FA/O/2M/493/12 Dated, Howrah the 28th March, 2023

MEMORANDUM

Sub: Grant of ex-gratia payment to the State Government Pensioners for the year 2022-2023.

The undersigned is directed by order of the Governor to say that in order to provide some relief to the State Government Pensioners during the ensuing festivals, the Governor has been pleased to decide that all State Government Pensioners including the holders of provisional pension who retired prior to 30.09.2022 and also the pensioners who retired or died after 30.09.2022 but prior to 01.09.2023 and whose basic pension plus Dearness Relief on pension as on 31st March, 2023 did not exceed Rs. 33,000/- (Rupees Thirty three thousand) only and are not eligible for ad-hoc bonus shall be paid an ex-gratia of Rs. 2,900/- (Rupees Two thousand Nine hundred) only in lump per head.

2. The charge is debitable to the head “2071-Pension and other retirement Benefits-01-Civil-800-other Expenditure-001-fund required for meeting other expenditure-V-04-Pension/ Gratuities” during the current financial year.

3. The ex-gratia grant sanction herein will also be admissible to:-

i) The holders of family pension, ex-gratia family pension and ad-hoc family pension;

ii) Pensioners (including widow pension holders) who draw their pension sanctioned under French Pension Rules;

iii) Holders of extra-ordinary pension; and

iv) Holders of ex-gratia pension.

The benefit will also be admissible to the pensioners of the undivided Government of Bengal and the pensioners of the erstwhile East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) Government who migrated to West Bengal and are receiving pension under “Provisional Payment of Pension Scheme”.

4. The Ex-gratia grant sanctioned herein will not be admissible to the special categories of pensioners, such as:-

i) Pensioners who have migrated from Pakistan;

ii) Political Pensioners;

iii) Special Pensioners;

iv) War Risk Pensioners;

v) Pensioners governed by the All India Services Rules.

5. The benefit will not be admissible to those who are entitled to ad-hoc bonus sanctioned by the State Government and those who are employed/re-employed under any Public Undertakings/ Statutory Bodies under the Government and are in receipt of bonus or ex-gratia payment in lieu thereof during the current financial year.

6. State Government pensioners who draw their pension through Public Sector Banks will get this ex-gratia grant through their respective Bank Account. The Principal Accountant General (A&E), West Bengal will issue an authority for this purpose to all such Banks under the Kolkata Payment Scheme immediately on receipt of this order so that the pensioners may draw the ex-gratia grant immediately to make their commitments for their festival. The Treasury Office will take appropriate steps for issue of cheque to the respective paying branches of the Banks and Post Offices, so that the pensioners receiving pension through Banks and Money Order get the payment of ex-gratia immediately to meet their commitments for their festival. No authority of the Principal Accountant General (A&E), West Bengal will be required for this purpose.

7. Subject to Para 6 above, this order will also be applicable to those who are eligible to this ex-gratia grant but whose pension/ family pension has not yet been sanctioned. In their cases and in the case of persons who are drawing provisional person, this amount of ex-gratia will be drawn by the authority competent to draw provisional pension in the same manner as the amount of provisional pension is drawn by him. In their cases, the facts of payment of ex-gratia grant should be intimated to the Principal Accountant General (A&E), West Bengal at the time of forwarding their pension papers for final sanction of pension.

The benefit of ex-gratia grant of Rs. 2,900/- per head as has been sanctioned in this memorandum for the State Government Pensioners will also be allowed to the teaching and non-teaching Pensioners of State Aided Non-Government Educational Institutions and Pensioners of Panchayats, the Pensioners of Municipal Corporations/ Municipalities/ Local Bodies and other Organizations for whom Pension is authorized either by the Accountant General, West Bengal or the DPPG, West Bengal. In such cases the respective Administrative Department may sanction the benefit of ex-gratia payment @ Rs. 2,900/- per head this year to the pensioners concerned under their control without making any further reference to Pension Branch of this Department.

The payment of ex-gratia as sanctioned hereinabove should be made before the festival of Id-Ul-Fitre of 2023 for the Muslim Pensioners/ Family Pensioners and other than Muslim Pensioners/ Family Pensioners the benefits should be disbursed in between 03.10.2023 to 06.10.2023.

Sd/- M. Pant
Additional Chief Secretary to the
Government of West Bengal

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