The state government today decided to implement a hike in ad-hoc bonus for the civic and village police as well.

While the civic police are under the command of city police, Village Police are under the command of state police.

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According to the announcement by the state, for which a decision had already been taken in March this year, a civic police would get Rs 6,000 per month in the current 2023-24 fiscal year, a hike of Rs 700 from the Rs 5,300, which they got in the 2022-23 fiscal.

Earlier in February this year, the Mamata Banerjee government had announced a slew of facilities, including pecuniary hike.

Chandrima Bhattacharya, minister of state for finance, while reading the Budget proposal, had announced that civic volunteers would form now get a hike of Rs 1,000 in their monthly salary, for which Rs 180cr would be allocated and while a quota of 20 per cent job reservation would be ensured for civic volunteers in the state police.