The State government has announced a bonus of ₹4,000 for government employees for Onam. Employees who are not entitled to the bonus will get a special festival allowance of ₹2,750, Finance Minister K. N. Balagopal has said.
The bonus and festival allowance are the same as last year.
Service pensioners and employees under the contributory pension scheme will be issued a special festival allowance of ₹1,000.