Official Gazette Notification Text
Official TranscriptF. No. 7l24l2o07lE lll lAl Government of lndia Ministry of Finance Department of Expenditure Kartavya Bhawan-1, New Delhi, Dated 15.10.2026 OFFICE MEMORANOUM Subject: Grant of Non-Productivity Linked Bonus (ad-hoc bonus) to Central Government Employees for the year 2025-26. The undersigned is directed to convey the sanction of the President to grant of Non-Productivity Linked Bonus (Ad-hoc Bonus)...
F. No. 7l24l2o07lE lll lAl Government of lndia Ministry of Finance Department of Expenditure Kartavya Bhawan-1, New Delhi, Dated 15.10.2026 OFFICE MEMORANOUM
Subject: Grant of Non-Productivity Linked Bonus (ad-hoc bonus) to Central Government Employees for the year 2025-26.
The undersigned is directed to convey the sanction of the President to grant of Non-Productivity Linked Bonus (Ad-hoc Bonus) equivalent to 30 days emoluments for the accounting yeat 2025-26 to all Central Government employees in Group'C'and all non-gazetted Central Government employees in Group 'B', who are not covered by any Productivity Linked Bonus Scheme.
The calculation ceiling for payment of ad-hoc Bonus under these orders shall be monthly emoluments of Rs.7000/-. The payment of ad-hoc Bonus under these orders will also be admissible to the eligible employees of Central Para l\ililitary Forces and Armed Forces. The orders will deemed to be extended to the employees of Union Territory Administration which follow the Central Government pattern of emoluments and are not covered by any other bonus or ex-gratia scheme.
2. The benefit will be admissible subject to the following terms and
conditions:-
(i) Only those employees who were in service as on 31.3.2026 and have rendered at least six months of continuous service during he yeat 2025-26 will be eligible for payment under these orders. Pro-rata payment will be admissible to the eligible employees for period of continuous service during the year from six months to a full year, the eligibility period being taken in terms of number of months of service (rounded off to the nearest number of months);
(ii) The quantum of Non-PLB (ad-hoc bonus) will be worked out on the basis of average emoluments/calculation ceiling whichever is lower. To calculate Non-PLB (Ad-hoc bonus) for one day, the average emoluments in a year will be divided by 30.4 (average number of days in a month). This will, thereafter, be multiplied by the number of days of bonus granted. To illustrate, taking the calculation ceiling of monthly emoluments of Rs.7000^ (where actual average emoluments exceed Rs.7000/-), Non-PLB (Ad-hoc Bonus) for thirty days would work out to Rs.7000x30/30.4=Rs.6907.89/- (rounded off to Rs.69081).
q\N/(iii) The casual labour who have worked in offices following a 6 days week for at leasi 240 days for each year for 3 years or more (206 days in each year for 3 years or more in the case of ofllces observing 5 day week), will be eligible for this Non-PLB (Ad-hoc Bonus) Payment. The amount of Non-pLB (ad-hoc bonus) payable will be (Rs.1200x30/30.4 i.e.Rs.1184.21^ (rounded off to Rs.'1184/-). ln cases where the actual emoluments fall below Rs.1200/- p.m., the amount will be calculated on the basis of actual monthly emoluments.
(iv) All payments under these orders will be rounded off to the nearest rupee.
(v) Various points regarding regulation of Ad-hoc / Non-pLB Bonus are given in the Annexure.
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The expenditure on this account will be debitable to the respective object head in terms of Department of Expenditure's Notification dated lGth December 2022.
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The expenditure to be incurred on account of Non-pLB (Ad-hoc Bonus) is to be met from within the sanctioned budget provision of concerned Ministries/Departments for lhe current fin ancial yeat 2026-27.
5. ln so far as the persons serving in the lndian Audit and Accounts Department are concerned, these orders are issued in consultation with the Comptroller and Auditor General of lndia as mandated under Article 14g(S) of the Constitution of lndia.
\u,t-qd* (Umesh Kumar Agarwal) Director To, All Ministries/Departments of the Government of lndia as per standard list etc.
2ANNEXURE dated ANNEXURE to O.M. No. 7/24l2007-E-lll(A) 15/10/2026 Point Point Clarification No.
Whether the employees in the Subject to completion of 1 following categories are eligible minimum six months for the benefit of ad-hoc bonus for continuous seryice and being in an accounting year. service as on 31st March,2026.
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(a) Employees appointed purely Yes, if there is no break in service. temporary ad-hoc basis.
(b) Employees who resigned, retired As a special case only those from service or expired before 31st persons who superannuated or March,2026. retired on invalidation on medical grounds or died before 31st March, 2026 but after completing at least six months regular service during the year will be eligible for the ad- hoc bonus on pro rata basis in terms of nearest number of months of service.
(c) Employees on deputation/ foreign Such employees are not eligible service terms to state governments, for the ad-hoc bonus to be paid by U.T. Governments, Public Sector the lending departments. ln such Undertakings, etc., on 31st March, cases the liability to pay ad-hoc
2026. bonus lies with the borrowing organization depending upon the ad-hoc bonus/PLB/ex-gratia/ incentive payment scheme, if any, in force in the borrowing
(d) Employees who reverted during The total amount of bonus/ex- accounting year from deputation on gratia received for the accounting foreign service with the organizations year from foreign employer and the indicated in 'C'above. ad-hoc bonus, if any, due from a central government office for the period after reversion will be restricted to the amount due under ad-hoc bonus as per these orders.
W I(e) Employees from state Yes, they are eligible for ad-hoc GovernmenUU.T. Admn./Public bonus to be paid by the borrowing Sector undertakings on reverse departments in terms of these deputation with the Central orders provided no additional Government. incentive as part of terms of deputation, other than Deputation Allowance, is paid and the lending authorities have no objection.
(f) Superannuated employees who Re-employment being fresh were re-employed. employment, eligibility period is to be worked out separately for re-employment period; the total if amount admissible, any, for period prior to superannuation and that for re-employment period being restricted to the maximum admissible under ad-hoc bonus under these orders.
(g) Employees on halt-Pay Except in the case of leave leave/E.O.L./Leave not due/study without pay the period of leave of leave at any time during the other kinds will be included for the accounting year. purpose of working out eligibility period. The period of E.O.L./dies non will be excluded from eligibility period but will not count as break in service for the purpose of ad-hoc bonus.
(h) Employees under suspension at Subsistence allowance given to any time during the accounting an employee under suspension year. for a period in the accounting year cannot be treated as emoluments.
Such an employee becomes eligible for the benefit of ad-hoc bonus if and when reinstated with benefit of emoluments for the period of suspension, and in other cases such period will be excluded for the purpose of eligibility as in the case of employees on leave without pay.
(i) Employees transferred from one Employees who are transferred from any of the Ministry/DepartmenVOffice covered Ministry/ by ad-hoc bonus orders to another DepartmenUOffice covered by within the Government of lndia or ad-hoc bonus orders to another a Union Territory Government such office without break in covered by ad-hoc bonus orders servic4e will be eligible on the basis and vice versa. of combined period of service in the different organizations. Those who are nominated on the basis of 4a limited departmental or open competitive exam from one organization to a different organization will also be eligible for the ad-hoc bonus.
The payment will be made only by the organization where he was employed as on 31st March ,2026 and no adjustments with the previous employer will be necessa
(i) ployees who are They may paid what wou from a Government DepartmenU have been paid on the basis of Organization covered by ad-hoc emoluments in ad-hoc bonus bonus orders to a Government covered department for the entire DepartmenU Organization covered year less the amount due as by productivity Linked Bonus productivity-linked bonus. The scheme or vice versa. amount so calculated may be paid by Department where he was working on 31st March, 2026 and/or at the time of
(k) Part{ime employees engeged on Not eligible. nominal fixed oavment
2. payable to casual labour for an accounting year in the following
cases:-
(a) Thosewho @ The eligibility is to be worked out number of days of work in different for three years from the said yof efi ace rss d eu nri dn ig n gea wch it o hf tt hhe e three accounting year backwards. The said accounting year. period ol 24O days of work in each of these years may be arrived at by combining the number of days worked in more than one offices of the government of lndia, for which bonus, ex-gratia or incentive payment has not been earned and received.
(b) Casual labour who were not h work The condition of being in on 31st March, 202O. employment on 31st March, 2026 as laid down in these orders is applicable to regular Government Employees and not to casual labour.
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(c) Those who lf a casual labour, who has been specified number of days of work in regularized in the accounting year each of two years preceding the \1\"\uaccounting year but are short does not fulfill the minimum this limit due to regularization in continuous service of six months employment in the said accounting as on 31st March, 2026 and year. therefore, cannot be granted benefit as a regular employee, he may be allowed the benefit as for a casual labour provided the period of regular service in the said year if added to the period of work as casual labour works out to at least specified number of **I in that accounting year.
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