BIG Diwali Gift! Railway Staff To Get 78-Day Performance Bonus; Here's How Much You Get

Railway Bonus 2025: In a major delight for railway employees, the PM Modi-led Union Cabinet, on Wednesday, approved a railway bonus for 78 days. The productivity-linked bonus (PLB) of 78 days for Rs 1865.68 crore was approved for 10,91,146 railway employees.

Union Cabinet's decision on bonus for railway employees was announced by the Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw. The decision has further sparked speculation around the DA hike and the keenly awaited 8th Pay Commission.

Who Will Get Railway Bonus For Diwali?

The payment of a productivity-linked bonus for 78 days will be given to eligible employees every year before the Durga Puja or Dussehra holidays. The bonus will be paid to non-gazetted railway employees in 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.

How Much Railway Bonus You Will Get?

The railway bonus amount will be equivalent to the 78 days' wages for about 10.91 lakh non-gazetted railway employees. Hence, the amount will depend on the daily wage of the railway employees. As per the government's official statement, the railway bonus amount can't be more than Rs 17,951 per employee.

The productivity-linked bonus to railway employees acts as a major booster and a motivation for the railway employees to work towards improvement in the performance of the railways.

"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," as per the statement released by the Government of India.

Other than approving railway bonus, the Union Cabinet has also sanctioned a funds for incentive schemes. The Union Cabinet has approved a Rs 1,500 crore incentive scheme to enhance recycling capacity for extracting critical minerals from secondary sources.

The scheme is a component of the National Critical Mineral Mission (NCMM), which focuses on bolstering domestic capabilities and ensuring supply chain resilience in critical minerals.

The scheme will span six years, from FY 2025-26 to FY 2030-31. It targets e-waste, Lithium Ion Battery (LIB) scrap, and other types of scrap like catalytic converters from end-of-life vehicles. Both large recyclers and smaller entities, including start-ups, are expected to benefit. One-third of the scheme's funds are reserved for these smaller players.

The Cabinet has also approved has approved the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research / Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR/CSIR) Scheme, expansion of postgraduate and undergraduate medical education capacity in the country.