Archive · 8 Oct 2026
Bhiwandi Civic Union Seeks ₹20,000 Diwali Bonus, Promotion Freeze
A workers’ union in Bhiwandi has asked the city corporation to give its employees a bigger Diwali payment.
It wants the payment to be ₹20,000.
The union says workers helped collect more property taxes this year, improving the corporation’s finances.
It says employees received ₹14,500 in 2025.
The union has also asked the corporation to pause promotions.
It says changes are needed to rules covering 17 posts.
Those changes have been sent to the state government for approval.
The union worries that promotions before approval could lead to disagreements about who is eligible and who should be promoted.
The Bharatiya Kamgar Karmachari Mahasangh has asked BNCMC to raise its Diwali ex-gratia payment to ₹20,000.
The union says improved property-tax recovery this year has strengthened the civic corporation’s finances.
Employees and officers received ₹14,500 in ex-gratia payment in 2025, according to the union.
The union wants promotions held until state approval of amendments affecting 17 posts in the 2022 service rules and staffing pattern.
It says proceeding before approval could cause disputes over seniority, eligibility and promotion rights.
- Who
- The Bharatiya Kamgar Karmachari Mahasangh and employees and officers of the Bhiwandi Nizampur City Municipal Corporation.
- What
- The union is seeking a ₹20,000 Diwali ex-gratia payment and a pause on promotions involving 17 posts until proposed amendments are approved.
- When
- The demands were raised ahead of Diwali; the article also says employees received ₹14,500 in 2025.
- Where
- Bhiwandi Nizampur City Municipal Corporation, Bhiwandi.
- Why
- The union cites improved property-tax recovery as grounds for a higher payment and says promotions before approval of amendments could cause disputes over seniority, eligibility and promotion rights.
- Requested Diwali payment
- ₹20,000 per employee and officer
- Previous payment cited
- ₹14,500 in 2025
- Civic corporation
- Bhiwandi Nizampur City Municipal Corporation (BNCMC)
- Union
- Bharatiya Kamgar Karmachari Mahasangh
- Posts affected by proposed amendments
- 17
- Staffing rules approved
- The service rules and staffing pattern were approved in 2022
- Approval status
- A proposal to amend the 17 posts has been submitted to the state government