Union Cabinet clears 78-day Productivity Linked Bonus worth ₹2,009.61 crore for 11,40,770 railway employees

Exam-focused facts from the 14 October 2026 current affairs briefing.

Key facts

The Union Cabinet approved a Productivity Linked Bonus (PLB) of 78 days for 11,40,770 railway employees, amounting to ₹2009.61 crore, ahead of Dussehra and Deepavali.
The maximum amount payable per eligible railway employee is ₹17,951 for 78 days.
The PLB, disbursed each year before Durga Puja/Dussehra holidays, covers categories including track maintainers, loco pilots, train managers, station masters, supervisors, technicians, pointsmen, ministerial staff and other Group C staff.
In 2025-26, Railways loaded a record 1,670 million tonnes of cargo and carried nearly 7.41 billion passengers.