Ahead of the festive season, the Cabinet on Wednesday gave its approval to pay 78-day wages as bonus to railway employees, the same for the fifth consecutive year. The pay productivity linked bonus (PlB) is eligible to non-gazetted railway employees (excluding RPF/RPSF personnel) for the financial year 2015-16. As many as 12 lakh employees are expected to be benefitted and financial implication is approximately Rs 2090.96 crore to Railways
“We have demanded 78-day wages as productivity-linked bonus (PlB) for railway employee this year. We are happy that government has agreed to our proposals,” National Federation of Indian Railwaymen
General Secretary M Raghavaiah told media. He said the 78-day wage is expected to be around Rs 18,000 per employee.
Welcoming the decision, All-India Railwaymen’s Federation General Secretary Shiv Gopal Mishra said the bonus will motivate the employees to improve the financial position of the public transporter.