Up to ₹17,951 productivity-linked bonus for railway employees approved: Who is eligible?

The Union Cabinet on Wednesday, September 24, 2025, approved Productivity Linked Bonus of 78 days for railways employee. As part of the announcement, eligible employees will get up to ₹17,951 as PLB.

"In recognition of the excellent performance by the railway staff, the Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi today approved payment of Productivity Linked Bonus (PLB) of 78 days for ₹1865.68 crore to 10,91,146 railway employees," Union Cabinet said in a release.

The Government pays PLB to non-gazetted railway employees.

Payment of PLB to eligible railway employees is made each year before the Durga Puja/Dussehra holidays. This year also, the PLB amount equivalent to 78 days of wages is being paid to about 10.91 lakh non-gazetted railway employees.

The payment of PLB acts as an incentive to motivate the railway employees to work towards improvement in the performance of the Railways.

The maximum payable amount of PLB equivalent to 78 days’ wages for each eligible railway employee is ₹17,951.

The above amount will be paid to various categories, of railway staff like Track maintainers, Loco Pilots, Train Managers (Guard), Station Masters, Supervisors, Technicians, Technician Helpers, Pointsman, Ministerial Staff and other Group ‘C’ staff.

"The performance of Railways in the year 2024-25 was very good. Railways loaded a record cargo of 1614.90 Million Tonnes and carried nearly 7.3 billion passengers," the Union Cabinet said.