Good news for railway employees! Govt approves 78 days’ wage as bonus

Ahead of Dusshera and the festive season, the Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a productivity-linked bonus equivalent to 78 days’ wage to eligible non-gazetted railway employees, which will benefit about 11.56 lakh non-gazetted railway employees. “Every year, the govt gives out this bonus to non-gazetted employees of the railways. A committee determines the bonus based on a formula. According to the formula, the employees were supposed to get 72 days’ wage as a bonus. But PM Modi and the Cabinet decided to give 78 days’ wage as a bonus to boost the morale of the railway employees,” Union minister Anurag Thakur said announcing the Cabinet decision. The bonus will cost the exchequer around ₹1,985 crore.