7th Pay Commission: This decision of the State Government has come during that time when employees of these companies had warned that they have decided to go on strike. Even though announcement of the bonus has been made, it is not clear what will be the quantum of benefit these employees will get?

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During the ongoing festive season, Maharashtra Government decided to gift bonus to over 1 lakh electricity workers. Energy Minister Nitin Raut did make this announcement of the bonus. Nitin Raut said that employees working with the electricity companies will be eligible for these Bonus benefits.

This decision of the State Government has come during that time when employees of these companies had warned that they have decided to go on strike. According to Raut spokesperson, even though Energy Minister has made this announcement it is not clear what will be the quantum of benefit these employees will get.

Transmission Company Mahatransco, Distribution Company MSEDCL (Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited) and the employees of the power generation Mahagenco will benefit. Employees of these companies threatened to go on strike if the bonus was not paid. Last year, employees of three companies were given bonus of Rs 9000 – Rs 15000.
Declaration of Bonuses to employees of these states too:

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Rajasthan Government has given Diwali Bonus to 7.3 lakh Employees on 9 November itself. At the same time, Uttarakhand Government has also given the gift of Diwali Bonus to about one and half lakh employees. Non-gazetted employees, daily wage earners, corporation employees will directly benefit from this. Apart from this, the Yogi Adityanath Government of Uttar Pradesh had also given bonus to 15 lakh workers.