Question : CEILING ON PAYMENT OF BONUS



(a) whether the Trade Unions have been demanding to remove the eligibility limit and calculation ceiling under the Payment of Bonus Act, 1965;

(b) if so, the reaction of the Government thereto; and

(c) the time by which a decision is likely to be taken?

Answer given by the minister


MINISTER OF STATE FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SHRI MUNI LALL)

(a) to (c): The Trade Unions have been demanding from time to time that eligibility limit and calculation ceiling under the Payment of Bonus Act, 1965 should be removed. The Government is seized of their demands.