New Delhi. This year on the occasion of Diwali, Indian Railways has given a big gift to its employees. The Union Cabinet has decided to give bonus equal to 78 days’ salary for railway employees. According to this decision of the government, about 11.27 lakh employees of the Railways will benefit from this. Railways has decided to pay Productivity Linked Bonus equivalent to 78 days’ wages to the employees in the form of bonus. At the same time, according to officials, this bonus of 78 days to railway employees is estimated to cost the government about Rs 2000 crore.
Railway employees eligible for this bonus are given Rs 7000 per month as bonus payment. According to 78 days, the employees will be given Rs 17,951 as bonus amount. This will directly benefit about 11 lakh 27 thousand railway employees. The above amount will be paid to different categories. Track Maintainer, Driver & Guard, Station Master, Supervisor, Technician, Technician Helper, Controller, Pointsman, Ministerial Staff and other Group ‘C’ Staff.