Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw addressing a press conference at National Media Centre in New Delhi on September 24, 2025.
| Photo Credit: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday (September 24, 2025), announced the approved payment of Productivity Linked Bonus (PLB) of 78 days for ₹1,865.68 crore to 10,91,146 railway employees.Payment of PLB to eligible railway employee is made each year before the Durga Puja/Dasara holidays. Last year, the PLB amounted to ₹2,028.57 crore to 11,72,240 railway employees.This year also, PLB amount equivalent to 78 days’ wages is being paid to about 10.91 lakh non-gazetted railway employees. The payment of PLB acts as an incentive to motivate the railway employees for working towards improvement in the performance of the Railways, a press release read.“The maximum payable amount of PLB equivalent to 78 days’ wages for each eligible railway employee is ₹17,951/-. The above amount will be paid to various categories, of railway staff like Track maintainers, Loco Pilots, Train Managers (Guard), Station Masters, Supervisors, Technicians, Technician Helpers, Pointsman, Ministerial Staff and other Group ‘C’ staff.” it added.The performance of Railways in the year 2024-25 was very good. Railways loaded a record cargo of 1,614.90 Million Tonnes and carried nearly 7.3 billion passengers, the press release said. Published - September 24, 2025 03:27 pm IST
