Railway Bonus 2025

🚆 Big News for Railway Staff! 🚆

✅ 78 Days Bonus Approved – Union Cabinet gives green signal to Productivity Linked Bonus (PLB) for railway employees.
💰 ₹1865.68 Cr to benefit over 10.91 lakh staff.
🎉 Paid before Durga Puja/Dussehra to boost festive cheer.
📈 Up to ₹17,951 per employee as a reward.
👷‍♂️ Includes Track Maintainers, Loco Pilots, Guards, Station Masters, Technicians & more.
🚂 Indian Railways achieved record 1614.90 MT cargo & carried 7.3 billion passengers in 2024-25.

👏 A strong recognition of railway employees’ hard work and dedication!

Ministry of Railways

Cabinet approves Productivity Linked Bonus for 78 days to railway employees

Posted On: 24 SEP 2025

In recognition of the excellent performance by the railway staff, the Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi today approved payment of Productivity Linked Bonus (PLB) of 78 days for Rs.1865.68 crore to 10,91,146 railway employees.

Payment of PLB to eligible railway employee is made each year before the Durga Puja / Dussehra holidays.  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.

The maximum payable amount of PLB equivalent to 78 days’ wages for each eligible railway employee is Rs.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.

The performance of Railways in the year 2024-25 was very good.  Railways loaded a record cargo of 1614.90 Million Tonnes and carried nearly 7.3 billion passengers.

PIB

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