Cabinet approves Productivity Linked Bonus (PLB) for 78 days to Railway Employees

The Union Cabinet has approved the payment of a Productivity Linked Bonus (PLB) of 78 days, amounting to Rs. 2,009.61 crore, to 11,40,770 non-gazetted railway employees for the year 2025-26. The maximum amount payable per eligible employee is Rs. 17,951. Categories receiving this payment include Track maintainers, Loco Pilots, Train Managers, Station Masters, Supervisors, Technicians, Technician Helpers, Pointsman, and Ministerial staff. The source notes this is in recognition of railway performance, which included loading 1670 Million Tonnes of cargo and carrying nearly 7.41 Billion Passengers.