New Delhi, Oct 14: The Union Cabinet today approved the payment of Productivity-Linked Bonus (PLB) of Rs 2009.61 crore for 78 days to 11,40,770 Railway employees .
PLB is paid to eligible railway employees every year before the Durga Puja/Dussehra holidays.
This year too, approximately 11.40 lakh non-gazetted railway employees are being paid PLB, equivalent to 78 days’ salary.
PLB serves as an incentive to motivate railway employees to improve railway performance.
Eligible railway employees will be paid ₹ 17,951 for a maximum of 78 days.
This amount will be given to various categories of railway employees, including track maintenance personnel, loco pilots , train managers (guards) , station masters , supervisors , technicians , technician assistants , pointsmen , ministerial staff, and other Group ‘ C ‘ staff.
The railways performed exceptionally well in 2025-26, carrying a record 1670 million tonnes of freight and transporting approximately 7.41 billion passengers . (BVI)
