Cars, flats in Diwali bonanza

Cars, flats in Diwali bonanza

FPJ BureauUpdated: Saturday, June 01, 2019, 07:25 AM IST
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Surat : Diwali is time for a traditional box of sweets, a gift hamper and the like. Even in their wildest fantasy, few employees would expect their employers to shower them with brand new cars, diamond jewellery and apartments.

A Surat-based diamond baron has done just that, leaving his employees simply dazzled. The largesse was extended to 1,200 employees who had met the firm’s targets: the number of years put in by the worker, his performance appraisal etc were factored into the reward.

About 500 employees got the windfall in form of cars, some 200 got jewellery and the rest accepted deposits on apartments as their annual incentive. The gifts were handed over on Sunday at a sprawling ground where brand new cars were lined up in neat queues.

“These workers have been loyal to the company. They deserve it, they have put in hard work which is reflected in their performance,” said Savjibhai Dholakia, whose firm Hari-Krishna exports polished diamonds to 75 countries.

The employees are grinning from ear to ear like Cheshire cats but the smiles are costing Hari-Krishna Exports Rs 50 crores. The news went viral on Monday and the beneficiaries were instantly christened the Desi Oprahs by some sites -– TV host Oprah Winfrey too had gifted free cars to her employees.

Another indirect beneficiary of the largesse was the Fiat automobile company, which delivered its biggest bulk order of 455 Fiat Punto cars to the business house in Surat. ‘‘This is the largest single delivery made by any car company in India, according to industry sources. This is also the biggest number of cars given as Diwali bonus by any company,” a source told a TV channel.

Founded in 1992 by Savji Dholakia and his three brothers, Hari Krishna Exports has evolved from being an entrepreneurial outfit of four brothers into a group with interests in domestic and international business and has an annual turnover of Rs 6,000 crores. The company has offices in USA, Belgium, UAE, India and Hong Kong. In Mumbai, the company has a jewellery unit at SEEPZ called H K Designs (India). In the last two decades, the company has grown in strength from being a small diamond manufacturer to a complete mine-to-market supply chain with supply from miners like Rio Tinto Diamonds and brands like KISNA Diamond Jewellery. — Online compilation

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