The Railway Ministry of the Government of India has announced the bonus to be given to the employees this year. The Railway Ministry has announced to give 78 78-day bonuses to its employees this year. This decision of the Railway Ministry will benefit 11,72,240 railway employees. The Union Railway Minister, while announcing the 78 days bonus for railway employees, said that a total of 76 days bonus was to be given to the employees based on productivity. But in an important cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, 78 day bonus for railway employees was approved.
A total bonus of Rs 2029 crore will be given to the employees
Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav said that a total of Rs 2029 crore will be given to a total of 11,72,240 railway employees as a bonus of 78 days. The Railway Minister said that this will be the Productivity Linked Bonus (PLB) given to the employees. Giving information about the data related to railway employees, Ashwini Vaishnav said that a total of 1,19,952 people joined the railways in the financial year 2023-24. Apart from this, the process of recruitment of 58,642 employees is going on. Ashwini Vaishnav said that as of March 31, 2024, the total number of railway employees was 13,14,992.
When will the bonus be paid to the employees
According to the information given by the Railway Ministry, this amount of Rs 2029 crore will be given to different classes of railway employees like track maintainer, loco pilot, train manager (guard), station master, supervisor, technician, technician helper, pointsman, ministerial staff and other group ‘C’ employees. The Railway Ministry said that like every year, this year also the bonus will be paid to the employees from Durga Puja / Dussehra holidays. The ministry said that the maximum bonus amount of 78 days to be given to the railway employee is Rs 17,951.