Railway Employees to get 78 days bonus, A total amount of Rs. 17951 will be given to Railway Employees. Bonus was announced after AIRF gave a call of Strike on 22.10.2020.
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
(Railway Board)
No. E(P&A)II/2020/PLB-1
The General Managers/CAOs,
All Indian Railways & Production Units etc.
RBE No. 91 /2020
New Delhi, dt. 21.10.2020
Subject : Payment of Productivity Linked Bonus to all eligible non-gazetted Railway employees for the financial year 2019-20.
The President is pleased to sanction Productivity Linked Bonus (PLB) equivalent to 78 (Seventy Eight) days wages without any ceiling on wages for eligibility for the financial year 2019-20 to all eligible non-gazetted Railway employees (excluding all RPF/RPSF
personnel). Where, wages exceed ~7000/- per month, Productivity Linked Bonus will be calclated as if the ‘wages’ are ~7000/- p.m.
- ‘Wages’ for the purpose of calculating Productivity Linked Bonus shall include ‘Basic pay’ as defined in the Railway Services (Revised Pay) Rules, 2016 and dearness allowance drawn during the financial year 2019-20. Other conditions of eligibility, method of calculation of wages, etc., as prescribed in this Ministry’s instructions and clarifications issued from time
to time, shall remain unchanged. - It has also been decided that in the case of eligible employees mentioned in Para 1 above who were not placed under suspension, or had not quit service/retired/expired during the financial year 2019-20 or were on leave where leave salary admissible is not less than that admissible on leave on average pay, may be paid an amount of ~17,951/- towards
Productivity Linked Bonus for the financial year 2019-20. In the case of employees other than those mentioned above, the amount of Productivity Linked Bonus may be Circulated in accordance with the extant instructions on the subject. - Further, in relaxation to the provisions in Rules 905(2), 908 and 909 of State Railway Provident Fund Rules, as contained in Chapter 9 of R-111985 edition (2003 Reprint edition), such of the subscribers to the SRPF as are entitled to Productivity Linked Bonus may, if they so desire, deposit the whole or part of the amount admissible under the Scheme in their
respective State Railway Provident Fund Accounts. - Disbursement of Productivity Linked Bonus for the financial year 2019-20 to all eligible non-gazetted Railway employees mentioned in Para 1 above should be made on priority in the same mode as payment of salary before the ensuing Puja/Dussehra holidays.
- This issues with the concurrence of Finance Directorate of the Ministry of Railways.
Joint Director/Estt.(P&A)
Railway Board
