Lucknow, Jan. 29 -- In a gift to state employees and police personnel who worked for the successful Kumbh-2019 at Prayagraj, the state government will reward them with a month's additional salary as bonus. This was announced by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in Lucknow on Tuesday morning.
Earlier on January 25, the Chief Minister had announced an additional month's salary for police personnel deputed at the Kumbh Mela. However, on Tuesday, Yogi included all state employees for the bonus.
Official sources said that the staff or policemen would get a maximum of Rs 50,000 as bonus for their services at the Kumbh Mela. Around 43,000 personnel, including district police, PAC, home guards and Central forces were eligible for the bonus but with ...