Railway Ministry said on Thursday that Railways will give a bonus equal to 78 days salary to all its 11.58 lakh non-gazetted employees.
This year, railway employees will get a 78-day bonus. The Ministry of Railways (Minstry of Railways) announced this on Thursday that the Railways will give a bonus equal to 78 days salary to all its 11.58 lakh non-gazetted Employees. This Productivity Linked Bonus (PLB) will cost the Railway Ministry a total of Rs 2081.68 crore. However, given the way in which the DA of government employees was cut in the Corona period, it seemed that perhaps the railway employees might not get bonuses this year. In view of this, the railway employees started the movement several days in advance.
Every year in Dussehra, railway employees get bonuses. Railway employees had warned of jamming the train across the country in the event of non-receipt of bonus this year and also demonstrated on Tuesday. In view of this, the Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday decided to give bonus to all central employees. At the same time, the cabinet also accepted the proposal of the Ministry of Railways for the financial year 2019-20, in which all the non-gazetted employees except RPF and RPSF jawans were asked to give a bonus of 78 days.
Maximum bonus will be Rs 17,951
Railway employees will get a bonus of 78 days this year, but the maximum limit of bonus will be Rs 17,951 only. Last year too, employees received a bonus of 78 days and its ceiling was also fixed at Rs 17,951. All the employees will get this bonus in one installment only and it will be deposited in the bank account of the employees through direct benefit transfer. The Ministry says that all non-Gazetted Employees of Railways will come under its purview. This will benefit a total of 11.58 lakh railway employees. It does not include the personnel of the Railway Protection Force .
