Ahead of Deepavali, CM Vijay’s government credited ₹167.12 crore bonus to 1,06,001 transport workers and ordered up to 20% bonus for 44,573 cooperative staff and 5,190 sugar mill workers — about ₹220 crore for 1.56 lakh people.
Ahead of Deepavali, CM Vijay’s government credited ₹167.12 crore bonus to 1,06,001 transport workers and ordered up to 20% bonus for 44,573 cooperative staff and 5,190 sugar mill workers — about ₹220 crore for 1.56 lakh people.
With Deepavali a week away, Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay ordered bonus and ex-gratia for 2025–26 to three more groups of workers on 2 November 2026: state transport corporation staff, cooperative society employees and workers in cooperative and public-sector sugar mills. Together, about 1.56 lakh workers will share about ₹220 crore.
Transport Minister Aa. Vijay Tamizhan Parthiban said ₹167.12 crore was credited to the bank accounts of 1,06,001 employees of the state transport corporations on 2 November. The eight corporations run 21,333 buses on more than 10,172 routes and carry about 2.18 crore passengers a day — 72% of them free or at concession fares.
| Type of cooperative | Bonus + ex-gratia |
|---|---|
| Covered by the Bonus Act, with allocable surplus | Up to 20% |
| Covered by the Bonus Act, no allocable surplus | 10% |
| Not covered by the Act, making a profit | Up to 20% |
| Not covered, not in profit — apex and central societies | ₹3,000 each |
| Not covered, not in profit — primary societies | ₹2,400 each |
In all, 44,573 cooperative employees will get ₹49.69 crore.
Tamil Nadu has 16 cooperative and 2 public-sector sugar mills. Workers at the two mills with allocable surplus — Subramaniya Siva and Kallakurichi-II cooperative mills — get 20% (8.33% bonus + 11.67% ex-gratia). Workers at the other 16 mills get 10% (8.33% + 1.67%). About 5,190 workers benefit, at a cost of ₹351.40 lakh.
On 27 October the government announced up to 20% bonus for 2.60 lakh employees of public-sector undertakings (₹367 crore), and on 31 October it raised dearness allowance to 63% for about 16 lakh employees, teachers and pensioners.