{
  "id": 15423855,
  "title": "NMMC Approves ₹45,000 Diwali Ex-Gratia For 5,121 Employees, ASHA Workers; ₹23 Crore Expenditure Expected",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/18/nmmc-approves-45-000-diwali-ex-gratia-for-5-121-employees-asha",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-18T13:19:28.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/nmmc-approves-45000-diwali-ex-gratia-for-5121-employees-asha-workers-23-crore-expenditure-expected"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Navi Mumbai: The Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) has approved an ex-gratia payment of Rs 45,000 each to its officers, employees, teachers, contractual workers and ASHA volunteers ahead of Diwali. The proposal was approved at the general body meeting held on Friday, bringing festive cheer to thousands of civic employees. The decision is expected to cost the civic body around Rs 23 crore.…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}