As part of the 7th Pay Commission, a massive Diwali bonus has been announced for the Central Government employees. The bonus is applicable to the Group B and C non-gazetted officers of the Central Government. This has been announced under the Non-Product Linked Bonus.

The order was issued under an ad-hoc bonus and will be given to those CG employees who are not eligible for the NLPB. The bonus that has been announced this year is of 30.04 days salary and this means it would come up to Rs 6,900. Those who have been in service till March 31, 2019, and during the years 2018-19 completed six months of service are eligible for this ad-hoc bonus.