25 Oct : In a diwali bonaza for Haryana Government power sector employees a bonus of 8.33 % was announced for them o Saturday.The employees of Haryana Power Utilities including Haryana Power Generation Corporation Ltd, Haryana Vidyut Prasaran Nigam Ltd, Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam and Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam, will get the bonus, the state government said.
Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said that the Utilities will give Rs 3.88 crore on account of payment of bonus 8.33 percent to all the employees whose salary or wages did not exceed Rs 10,000.
He also stated that a sum of Rs 525 to all the employees will be paid in cash as token Diwali Gift for which an expenditure of Rs 1.94 crore will be made by the Utilities.Accepting a long pending demand of the employees the CM, announced that the retirees of the Utilities will be given a gift of Rs 2000 on their retirement on superannuation, doubling the amount being given to the retirees earlier.
In order to enable a speedier implementation of the recommendations of the Sixth pay Commission, he announced that the Utilities will constitute a committee of senior officers which will also look into the issues involving various allowances given to the employees.These arrangements will help boost morale of the employees, he said.