Bonus announced for railway employees
The Railway Ministry of the Government of India has announced the bonus to be given to the employees this year. The Railway Ministry has announced to give 78 days bonus to its employees this year. This decision of the Railway Ministry will benefit 11,72,240 Railway employees. Announcing 78 days’ bonus for railway employees, the Union Railway Minister said that a total of 76 days’ bonus was to be given to the employees on the basis of productivity. But in an important cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, 78 days bonus was approved for railway employees.
A total bonus of Rs 2029 crore will be given to employees
Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav said that a total of Rs 2029 crore will be given to a total of 11,72,240 Railway employees as 78 days’ bonus. The Railway Minister said that this will be Productivity Linked Bonus (PLB) given to the employees. Giving information about the data related to railway employees, Ashwini Vaishnav said that a total of 1,19,952 people joined the Railways in the financial year 2023-24. Apart from this, the process of recruitment of 58,642 employees is currently going on. Ashwini Vaishnav said that till March 31, 2024, the total number of Railway employees was 13,14,992.
When will the bonus be paid to the employees?
According to the information given by the Railway Ministry, this amount of Rs 2029 crore will be given to different classes of railway employees like Track Maintainer, Loco Pilot, Train Manager (Guard), Station Master, Supervisor, Technician, Technician Helper, Pointsman, Ministerial Staff and others. Will be given to Group ‘C’ employees. Railway Ministry said that like every year, this year too the bonus will be paid to the employees from the Durga Puja/Dussehra holidays. The ministry said that the maximum bonus amount given to a railway employee for 78 days is Rs 17,951.
Ila Kazmi’s report
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