The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday approved the payment of Productivity Linked Bonus (PLB) equivalent to 78 days’ wages amounting to Rs 1865.68 crore for 10.91 lakh railway employees. The annual PLB is disbursed ahead of the Durga Puja/Dussehra holidays as a recognition of the railway staff’s performance. This year too around 10.91 lakh non-gazetted employees will receive the bonus continuing the long-standing practice. Railway Employees Bonus 2025 The payment of PLB acts as an incentive to motivate the railway employees for working 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 Rs.17951. 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. How Railway Performed This Year? 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 Cabinet also approved doubling of Bakhtiyarpur - Rajgir - Tilaiya single railway line section (104 Km) in Bihar with total cost of Rs. 2192 crore The project covering four Districts in the state of Bihar will increase the existing network of Indian Railways by about 104 Kms. The Project section also provides rail connectivity to prominent destinations such as Rajgir (Shanti Stupa) Nalanda Pawapuri etc. attracting pilgrims and tourists from across the country. Multi-tracking projects will enhance connectivity to approximately 1434 villages and about 13.46 lakh population and two Aspirational Districts (Gaya and Nawada). The Cabinet also approved construction of a 4-lane Sahebganj-Areraj-Bettiah section of the NH-139W in Bihar on Hybrid Annuity Mode with a total project length of 78.942 km worth Rs. 3822.31 crore. A Rs 69725 crores package to revitalise Indias shipbuilding & maritime sector with a comprehensive 4-pillar approach focused on shipbuilding maritime financing & boosting domestic capacity has als been green flagged.  (With Inputs From ANI)