Diwali Bonus

District authorities will identify and notify designated sale locations, and only licensed vendors will be permitted to operate

The Cabinet approved a ₹1,865.68 crore productivity-linked bonus for 1.09 million railway employees, with a maximum of ₹17,951 per person, ahead of the festive season

Airfares for Diwali week 2025 are up to 52 per cent higher year-on-year, with rupee weakness raising costs and aircraft shortages cutting flight capacity across routes

GST collections expanded just 1.7 per cent in July, the slowest growth rate since the Centre began publishing monthly net receipts

The AAP leader and former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said that earlier salaries would be withheld for seven to eight months

Those without high-cost debt can invest the money to achieve financial goals

The pharmaceutical company, Mits Healthcare also gifted 12 cars to its employees last year ahead of the Diwali festival

The previous peak was on April 30, with 456,082 domestic air passengers traveling in India

Companies are opting to offer indulgences with social responsibility added to the package

The AAP-led MCD on Tuesday announced that the municipal corporation's employees of three categories and daily-wage workers will get a bonus as Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal asserted that "good work" is happening in the civic body and "we are trying to fix the system gradually". Kejriwal and Delhi Mayor Shelly Oberoi both termed it a "big gift" for the MCD employees on Diwali. At a press conference held at Civic Centre earlier in the day, Oberoi said that besides non-gazetted employees of group 'D' and 'C' categories, and daily salaried employees of group 'B' category, daily-wage workers who have done 240 days of work in the last three years will also receive a bonus. Later, Kejriwal also held a short online press conference and lauded the decision of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) to give Diwali bonuses to its non-gazetted employees from the three different categories and daily-wage workers. Referring to the recent move to regularise a large number of sanitation workers,

Kejriwal said his government has always endeavoured to make life better for its employees and that such efforts will continue in the future

It would also be prudent to channel some of it into replenishing emergency corpus

The Indian government has announced a Diwali Bonus for Indian railways, equivalent to 78 days' worth of wages, for all the non-gazetted employees. Complete details below

Companies across the sectors, particularly the multinationals want to do more for employees to attract them to come to office

Gifts from employer become taxable once their value exceeds Rs 5,000; bonus is also taxable

In what can be termed as a Diwali bonanza for lakhs of railway employees, the Union Cabinet approved payment of productivity linked bonus equivalent to 78 days to them for financial year 2021-22

The Delhi government has asked the heads of all departments under it to ensure contractual or outsourced workers are paid bonus by their contractors during the ongoing festive season, officials said

A spokesperson for Raut said the minister had announced a bonus, without sharing further details

With contactless exchanges becoming the new normal, companies are preferring e-gifting options.

Eligible permanent workers will receive a bonus and ex- gratia of Rs. 8,400 each