According to a PIB release, this performance-linked bonus (PLB) will be distributed among various categories of railway staff.
Nearly 12 lakh non-gazetted railway employees will receive 78-day bonus as the Union Cabinet has approved the payout ahead of Dussehra.
According to a PIB release, this performance-linked bonus (PLB) will be paid to various categories of railway staff like track maintainers, loco pilots, train managers (guards), station masters, supervisors, technicians, technician helpers, pointsman, ministerial staff and other Group C staff.
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“The payment of PLB acts as an incentive to motivate the railway employees for working towards improvement in the performance of the Railways,” the release said.
Payment of PLB to eligible railway employees is made each year before the Dusshera holidays. “This year also, PLB amount equivalent to 78 days’ wages is being paid to about 11.72 lakh non-gazetted Railway employees,” the release informed.
The PLB payments to nearly 12 lakh railway staff will cost the central exchequer around Rs 2,028 crore, according to the government release.
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What will be the maximum bonus to be paid to railway employee?
The maximum amount payable per eligible railway employee is Rs 17,951 for 78 days.
“The performance of Railways in the year 2023-2024 was very good. Railways loaded a record cargo of 1588 million tonnes and carried nearly 6.7 billion passengers,” the release added.
“Many factors contributed to this record performance. These include improvement in infrastructure due to infusion of record Capex by the Government in Railways, efficiency in operations and better technology etc,” it further said.
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Recently, a group of railway employees made an appeal to the government to calculate their annual PLB based on the 7th Pay Commission instead of the 6th Pay Commission.
In a letter, Sarvjeet Singh, National General Secretary of the Indian Railways Employee Federation (IREF), said the current PLB is calculated using a minimum salary of Rs 7,000 per month from the 6th Pay Commission. He noted that under the 7th Pay Commission, the minimum salary has been raised to Rs 18,000, which railway employees have been receiving since January 1, 2016.
