Festival Advance
State Government employees may be granted interest free festival advance which will be recovered from the salary of the government employees in not more than 10 monthly installments.
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Governor has been pleased to accord sanction of Interest-free festival advance upto a maximum of Rs. 20,000/- only to State Government employees whose revised emoluments on 31.03.2025 exceeded Rs. 44,000/- p.m. but did not exceed Rs. 52,000/- p.m.
Governor has been pleased to accord sanction of Interest-free festival advance upto a maximum of Rs. 16,000/- only to State Government employees whose revised emoluments on 31.03.2023 exceeded Rs. 39,000/- p.m. but did not exceed Rs. 49,000/- p.m.
Governor has been pleased to accord sanction of Interest-free festival advance upto a maximum of Rs. 14,000/- only to State Government employees whose revised emoluments on 31.03.2022 exceeded Rs. 37,000/- p.m. but did not exceed Rs. 47,000/- p.m.
Governor has been pleased to accord sanction of Interest-free festival advance upto a maximum of Rs. 12,000/- only to State Government employees whose revised emoluments on 31st March, 2021 exceeded Rs. 36,000/- p.m. but did not exceeded Rs. 45,000/-p.m.
The employees of the Public Undertakings may be allowed to draw an ex-gratia grant of Rs. 4200/- per head provided their revised emoluments as on 31.03.2020 did not exceed Rs. 34250/- p.m.
Governor has been pleased to accord sanction of interest-free festival advance upto a maximum of Rs. 10,000/- only to State Government employees whose revised emoluments on 31st March, 2020 exceeded Rs. 34,250/- p.m. but did not exceed Rs. 41,100/- p.m.,
The employees of the Public Undertakings/ Statutory Bodies may be granted an ex-gratia grant of Rs. 4,000/-per head provided their revised emoluments as on 31st March, 2019 exceeded Rs. 10,000/- per month but did not exceed Rs. 30,000/- per month.
Interest-free festival advance upto a maximum of Rs. 8,000/- only to state Government employees whose revised emoluments on 31st march, 2019 exceeded Rs. 30,000/- per month but did not exceed Rs. 36,000/- per month.
The benefit of interest-free festival advance will also be admissible to the regular teaching and non-teaching staff of the educational institutions and regular employees of Panchayat and Local bodies.
An ex-gratia grant of Rs. 3,800/- per head may be granted to the employees of Public Undertakings whose monthly emoluments is below Rs. 28,000/- per month.
Interest-free festival advance of Rs. 6000/- only may be granted whose revised emoluments on 31.03.2018 is in between Rs. 28,000/- and Rs. 36,000/- per month.
All Employees of Darjeeling district will get one month’s salary/ remuneration/ wages as interest free advance if they join their duties by 15th September, 2017.
Interest-free festival advance of Rs. 5000/- only may be granted whose revised emoluments on 31.03.2017 is in between Rs. 26,000/- and Rs. 36,000/- per month.
All Bonus and Festival Advance bills may be prepared and submitted mandatorily through HRMS system only whenever the applicability of payment will arise.
Interest-free festival advance of Rs. 4000/- only may be granted whose revised emoluments on 31.03.2016 is in between Rs. 25,000/- and Rs. 36,000/- per month.