NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 24, 2025: In recognition of the excellent performance by the railway staff, the Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday 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 employees is made annually before the Durga Puja/Dussehra holidays. This year, the PLB amount, equivalent to 78 days’ wages, is being paid to approximately 10.91 lakh non-gazetted railway employees. The payment of PLB acts as an incentive to motivate the railway employees to work 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.
