BMC to pay Rs 33,000 Diwali bonus this year; over 83,000 employees to benefit: Union leaders

Mumbai: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will pay a Diwali bonus of Rs 33,000 to its over 83,000 officers and employees this year, an employees' union leader said on Wednesday.

The bonus is an increase of Rs 2,000 over the Rs 31,000 ex gratia payment announced by the country's richest civic body last year.

The union leader said that the payment will also be extended to teachers and non-teaching staff of aided private primary and secondary schools, including teaching assistants and education service workers.


At a meeting of all group leaders at the BMC headquarters, the civic body agreed to pay a Rs 33,000 bonus to its employees, union leader Shashank Rao told PTI.

Ramakant Bane, another union leader, said that over 83,000 permanent BMC employees and other staffers will receive the bonus before Diwali.